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Students raise awareness of veteran suicide
Student veterans from Nebraska and Iowa have joined together in a nine-day march to raise awareness of veteran suicide ahead of a football game between the two universities.
The student veteran organizations at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Iowa organized the 347-mile march from Iowa City, Iowa to Lincoln, Nebraska, the Omaha World-Herald reported . The march started Wednesday and will conclude Thursday, just before Friday’s football game.
The groups hope to bring attention to the problem of veteran suicide. Studies show that about 20 veterans die by suicide every day.
Ray Allen tells Orlando court he was ‘catfished’
Retired NBA star Ray Allen said he is a victim of “catfishing,” and has asked a court to throw out a case where he is accused of stalking someone he met online.
Allen filed an emergency motion in Orange County, Florida, on Tuesday, one day after Bryant Coleman told the court he is being stalked by the 10-time AllStar and two-time NBA champion.
Allen said Coleman is the one who is stalking.
“Coleman pretended to be a number of attractive women interested in Ray Allen,” read the motion filed on Allen’s behalf. “Ray believed he was speaking with these women and communicated with them.”
Allen also played for Milwaukee and Seattle, and last appeared in the league in 2014. He and his family have lived in the Miami area since.
A former Tennessee State player has been charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury for punching a coach on the sideline during a game.
Latrelle Lee was arrested Monday and released on $7,500 bond.
According to the arrest affidavit, strength coach TJ Greenstone was trying to keep the Tigers behind the white line when Lee punched him several times around his face, knocking him to the ground. The incident was caught on video, and the affidavit says Greenstone has had medical issues from being hit.
Lee was kicked off the team and expelled from Tennessee State. He is due in court Dec. 8.