Author: Alex Horton
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New Jersey investigating after a white referee forced a black wrestler to cut his dreadlocks
Andrew Johnson stood at the side of the mat, shoulders slumped forward, as teammates from Buena Regional High School stepped up one at a time with a high five and some encouragement. “Don’t worry about it,” one said, putting his hands on Johnson’s shoulders as a team athletic trainer stood behind the wrestler, shearing off…
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Mega Millions jackpot enters ‘uncharted territory’; next drawing on Tuesday
Yes, that headline is correct: The Mega Millions jackpot is at $1.6 billion. With a B. All eyes were on the latest drawing Friday night, when the jackpot was at an already mind-boggling $1 billion. However, with no ticket matching all six numbers drawn — 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 7 —…
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Man who shot at a teenager who knocked on his door for directions found guilty
Brennan Walker didn’t make the morning bus to school. He didn’t have his phone. And he wasn’t sure how to get to his high school. Brennan needed help finding his way, and the home of Jeffrey Zeigler appeared to be just as good as any to seek neighborly guidance. Zeigler answered with a shotgun blast.…
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A woman’s daring escape from a Border Patrol agent helped reveal a ‘serial killer,’ police say
The woman in the white pickup was feeling increasingly uneasy about the driver, whom she knew only as “David.” Two fellow sex workers in Laredo, Tex., had been recently killed, and one was her friend Melissa. The man and the woman had already been at his house, where she had discussed Melissa. He had reacted…
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MS-13 is suspected of killing her daughter. Now she is dead in a dispute over the memorial.
Almost exactly two years ago, mourners gathered at Brentwood High School on Long Island to remember teenagers Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens, who were allegedly killed by suspected MS-13 gang members. The night was pierced with hundreds of candle flames marshaled on the football field, though the two friends dreamed of playing professional basketball. Kayla’s…
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Seattle plane heist, fatal crash show gaps in security
The 29-year-old hijacker was performing midair stunts over Puget Sound, an erratic flight pattern that seemed to mirror the loops and barrel rolls of his radio chatter. He told the control tower he was “a broken guy” but a lot of people cared about him and he wanted to apologize. He asked the whereabouts of…
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‘Why are you still here?’: Inside the last Blockbuster in America
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man parked his motorcycle on the sidewalk Saturday morning, ruining the aesthetic of the last remaining Blockbuster in the contiguous United States. “You can’t park there,” general manager Sandi Harding told the man as…
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Woman defends killing of giraffe, cites ‘game management’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tess Thompson Talley is grinning, hunting rifle in hand, in front of the dead giraffe, as she points to the sky in the way quarterbacks do after throwing touchdown passes. The photos were taken in South Africa in June 2017, NBC’s “Today” show and other…
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A West Point grad wrote ‘Communism will win’ in his cap. The Army kicked him out.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The alumni of the United States Military Academy at West Point span presidents, generals and astronauts in what its students call the Long Gray Line, a nod to the Army service academy’s central role in educating leaders years before they rise to prominence. Spenser Rapone, 26, became…
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‘Active Shooter’ video game let players shoot up a school. Parkland parents were horrified.
The gunman, armed with an AK-47, is in a second-story window of a school, prepared to make a final, bloody stand. SWAT officers rush into an entrance below. Two are struck by gunfire and are instantly killed. As fleeing civilians prepare to breach a door, the gunman turns his rifle toward them and shoots one in…