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    SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The mother of a young child who investigators say was raped and beaten nearly to death last month is now behind bars — along with her boyfriend who was previously accused in the crime.

Caddo Parish sheriff’s investigators arrested Shea Upshaw, 31, Wednesday on charges of accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice. She was arrested in Bossier Parish and booked into the Caddo Correctional Center. No bond is set.

Already in custody is Lucas Logan, 31, of Stonewall. He’s held in CCC on charges of first-degree rape, attempted first-murder, 16 counts of production of pornography involving juveniles and molestation of a juvenile.

Logan was arrested on Aug. 2 after deputies, who responded to a sexual assault complaint, found a nearly lifeless six-year-old child in a home on Farmridge Road in Keithville.

Deputies said the child had been sexually assaulted and suffered what was described as life-threatening injuries.

Logan was identified as the suspect in the child’s injuries.

Upshaw was interviewed multiple times during the investigation. She confessed to lying to protect Lucas, the sheriff’s office said, by cleaning and removing evidence related to the crime.

Caddo District Judge Chris Victory signed an arrest warrant for Upshaw on Sept. 10.

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By Kimber Collins

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    KAILUA, Hawaii (KITV) — Inside a Windward Oʻahu warehouse, piles of trash cover the floor, fishing nets, oyster spacers, toothbrushes, toys, even mannequin heads and duck decoys.

It may look like garbage, but to scientists and volunteers, it’s valuable data.

“We have this incredible team that’s here that is sorting it all out and categorizing it by piece so that we can better understand what it is that shows up on our coastlines,” said Rafael Bergstrom, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi Executive Director.

Volunteers carefully dump debris, sift through the piles, and place each item into labeled bins. Some items come with unexpected surprises.

Sarah Jeanne Royer with The Ocean Cleanup pointed out a plastic bottle covered in clear bite marks.

“This bottle is really interesting because we can clearly see the bite marks,” Royer said.

Every piece is weighed, recorded, and logged into a global database to help researchers pinpoint the sources of marine debris.

This effort is part of Marine Debris Catch Analysis Volunteer Week, where Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi (SCH) joined forces with The Ocean Cleanup and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project (PMDP).

Together, they are processing debris collected from Laysan Island and Kalaupapa.

“It comes from Asia, the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, even all the way down to the equatorial region,” explained James Morioka, Executive Director of the PMDP.

According to SCH, 60% of the debris comes from commercial fishing vessels. The rest is man-made trash that has drifted across the Pacific.

This batch of debris alone weighed in at 50,000 pounds, but experts warn it’s just a small fraction of what the ocean holds.

“Our lifestyles, our world, is contributing this much plastic to the oceans, which has detrimental effects, from how it affects the animals in the ocean to how it affects us as we breathe in all of this plastic, or ingest the plastic,” Bergstrom said.

Every year, an estimated 115,000 pounds of marine debris accumulate in Papahānaumokuākea, according to Morioka.

“Our goal is to remove two years’ worth, we set our to catch up and keep up essentially. ” he added.

The debris doesn’t just end with cleanup. Researchers analyze the data and publish scientific papers that influence global decision-making.

“Once we analyze everything, this is to understand the main goal: where are these debris coming from, how they’ve been sitting out there. And then the idea is to use that scientific paper to have the large policy makers reading that and designing better laws to stop that pollution from the source,” said Royer.

After analysis, the debris is recycled, repurposed or incinerated, ensuring none of it returns to the ocean.

For Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi, this work builds on a mission years in the making. The nonprofit has already removed more than 750,000 pounds of debris from Hawaiʻi’s shores, reached 55,000 students with educational programs, and mobilized 50,000 volunteers.

While the mountain of debris can feel overwhelming, organizers said efforts like these prove that solutions begin with understanding, and every piece of trash tells a story.

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By Jacob Murphy

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    MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — On Tuesday night, 11-year-old Deon Sargent was shot near the corner of 68th and Silver Spring and later died at the hospital.

According to Milwaukee police, a 13-year-old was arrested in connection to the shooting.

“At such a young age, a lot of lives are now changed, and these are children, they had their whole lives ahead of them,” Deon’s grandma, Kelli Thomas, said.

Thomas was one of several family members at a vigil Wednesday night, where the family was joined by football teammates and coaches.

“We try to avoid these situations the best we can,” CLE Panthers football coach Corey Collins said. “We can’t control the city.”

Collins was Deon’s 9U coach and won a championship with him. He said Deon was a leader on the field, which is part of the reason why friends and family called him “Mister.”

“That could have progressed all the way to college, to the NFL, somewhere, with the way his passion was for the sport. And it’s just sad to hear at 11 years old that’s just gone now,” Collins said.

Collins says the last 24 hours for the family have been filled with chaos and tears and hopes other families don’t have to go through the same pain.

“We have to be careful what our children are exposed to, we have to be careful of what they see, we have to be careful of who we have them around and the examples we are setting in front of our children,” Collins said. “They are sponges, they pick up everything.”

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By Lauren Winfrey

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    DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Two Detroit siblings are working to preserve and share their late father’s life’s work: tens of thousands of historic artifacts tied to Black media and entertainment.

James Wheeler, who moved to Detroit from Arkansas during the Great Migration in 1958, spent decades collecting film posters, photographs, and memorabilia. That lifelong passion is now the foundation of The Black Canon, a nonprofit launched by his children, Alima Wheeler-Trapp and Ali Wheeler.

“The Black Canon is basically my father’s life work,” Wheeler-Trapp said. “If we don’t preserve these artifacts, they could actually be lost.”

While other kids collected baseball gloves or cards, James Wheeler collected film posters and artifacts, building what his children say is a “crazy collection” of more than 40,000 pieces.

“Personally, it’s extremely meaningful,” Ali Wheeler said. “He spent more than half of his life collecting these items.”

The collection represents one of the largest archives of Black film and media. It includes rare photographs, scripts and posters from a century of Black artistry.

“A lot of this information, people just don’t know about,” Wheeler-Trapp said. “People don’t know that there were 350 to 400 race films with all-Black casts, Black directors, [and] Black producers showing Black people in a positive light.”

The siblings say continuing their father’s work is not only a way to honor him but also a source of pride.

“I think of [what] my father did to persevere and collect this, and what me and my sister are doing right now, and that’s what makes me ‘Detroit Proud,'” Ali said.

The Black Canon will be featured in “Portraits and Power,” an exhibition happening on Oct. 4 at the Detroit Historical Museum.

For more information, visit The Black Canon’s website.

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By Hamilton Kahn

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    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KOAT) — KOAT has received body cam video and surveillance video from the Albuquerque Police Department that appears to show Davis Gabaldon, a city bus driver, allegedly stabbing a man to death on July 9.

Police say it started early that morning when Raymond Coan begins arguing with Gabaldon, accusing him of being late. Soon after, Gabaldon stops and says, “We’re not going anywhere until he gets off the bus.”

A few minutes pass, then Coan addresses Gabaldon.

Coan: “What you’re saying to the rest of us in here, sit down and shut up. That’s not the best (expletive) thing to say.”

Gabaldon: “So what do you want me to say? Do you come in and talk (expletive) to me every day?”

Coan: “No.”

Gabaldon: “Then you come in here and you shut up, don’t you? You come in here and get quiet, don’t you?”

The two men start fighting, and Gabaldon again asks Coan to get off the bus. The fight continues, and police say that’s when Gabaldon allegedly stabs Coan.

Witnesses told police that before the fight, Coan took a knife of his own out of his backpack.

Gabaldon is pleading not guilty to first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and criminal damage to property.

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    CINCINNATI (WLWT) — At least 18 counties in Ohio, including Hamilton County, are under quarantine as the spotted lanternfly reaches its peak visibility.

Under quarantine, plants and trees in the county should be inspected before being shipped out of the area.

The insects are currently in their fully grown and most visible stages and they’re spreading rapidly.

Spotted lanternflies have black spots and vibrant red under-wings. They’re not a danger to people but they can stress trees and kill some garden vegetables.

“They’re not going to fly at you,” Joe Boggs, an entomologist with the OSU Extension in Hamilton County, told WLWT earlier this year. “But just the sheer numbers make them a nuisance pest.”

Officials encourage you to squash them and their eggs, and report them.

Experts in Ohio discourage using pesticides, saying it kills other pests that could eat them.

The lanternflies will likely be around through late November.

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