Author: Jacob Bogage
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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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A white referee told a high school wrestler to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit. He took the cut.
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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Brazil vs. Belgium 2018 World Cup quarterfinal: Belgium stuns Brazil, 2-1
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Belgium 2, Brazil 1 With a blistering counterattack and sturdy goaltending, Belgium shocked Brazil, 2-1, in the World Cup quarterfinals Friday in Kazan, Russia, to become one of the tournament’s last four teams standing. Brazil’s loss continued a string of World Cup upsets that previously…
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A ‘mad pooper’ targeted a high school football field in N.J. The culprit turned out to be a school superintendent.
It was a disturbingly normal discovery for the students and faculty at Holmdel High School in New Jersey: human feces on or near the track and football field, found before the school day began. The school’s administrators turned to law enforcement to launch a whodunit investigation. Thursday, they got an answer: the school district superintendent.…
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Shohei Ohtani, so-called ‘Babe Ruth of Japan,’ to sign with Angels
Shohei Ohtani, the 23-year-old Japanese outfielder and pitcher, will sign with the Los Angeles Angels, his agent Nez Balelo announced Friday afternoon. “In the end, he felt a strong connection with the Angels and believes they can best help him reach his goals in Major League Baseball,” Balelo said in a statement. When he announced…
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1.7 million-year-old cancer found, the oldest yet
Scientists’ conventional opinion about cancer was that it’s a relatively recent phenomenon caused by the stresses of modern life. Dietary changes, behavioral changes and man-made changes to our environment have subjected humans to toxins that contribute to cancers. But new findings from researchers at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand published in the South African…
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Colorado man rescued a bear from the jaws of a cheese puff bucket
Some quick thinking and a sturdy rope saved a young black bear in Glenwood Springs, Colo., from certain death this week. The 2 year-old bear had its head stuck in an empty bucket of cheese puffs and could not free itself — meaning it also couldn’t eat, said Perry Will, area wildlife manager with Colorado…
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CSC, HP Enterprise plan to merge to create a tech giant
For months now, there’s been a huge shakeout among companies that provide technology services to corporations, government agencies and large organizations, and the biggest may have come last week, with broad ramifications for businesses in the Washington area. Tysons Corner, Va.-based Computer Sciences Corp. announced it is merging with the services business of Hewlett Packard…