In the state of Ohio, Lucasville remains synonymous with the state's largest-ever prison riot. On Easter Sunday of 1993, more than 400 inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility there took ...

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History is being made. We made history." READ: High police presence at stadium ahead of Soweto Derby Another supporter says strict security measures helped make the experience both safe and ...

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Two students from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Soweto campus are still at large following the murder of a learner. Two other students were arrested yesterday and will appear in court soon. On ...

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Looking at the cause of the disorder, which included riots in Southport on July 30, a day after the attack, and on County Road in Walton days later, the report stated how it was "extremely complex ...