Tag: life
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Bailey Sharp, 23, was killed after plotting California man’s murder; co-conspirators sentenced to life, as seen on Dateline
For years, Jeff Sharp often relied on the same refrain when he came upon an addict. It usually involved an expletive and a blunt question: Why do you keep doing it? Back then, more than two decades ago, Sharp — a detective with the Seattle Police Department’s gang unit — was on a bike patrolling high-drug…
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Pete Rose, MLB’s all-time hits leader who was banned for life, dies at 83
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from the sport after gambling on his own team as a player and manager, died Monday. He was 83. Rose’s death was confirmed by the Clark County, Nevada, medical examiner’s office. Rose played 24 seasons in the major leagues, the last three of which…
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Voters blame ‘extreme’ rhetoric for contributing to attempt on Trump’s life
A majority of voters blame “extreme political rhetoric” from some politicians and media figures for contributing to the assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump in Florida earlier this month, according to the latest NBC News poll, part of a rising trend across a decade-plus of violent attacks on political figures. Slightly more than half…
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John Carter called Katelyn Markham the love of his life. Then, he was charged with her murder.
John Carter seemed desperate to find his missing fiancée. On the night of Aug. 14, 2011 — less than 24 hours after Katelyn Markham had last been seen in the Cincinnati suburb where she lived — Carter dialed 911 and reported her missing. In the months and years that followed, he repeatedly provided information to…
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Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare his life. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was declared dead at 10:17 a.m. His execution…
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Aubrey Plaza, Maisy Stella on trauma, life lessons and cringey kiss in ‘My Old Ass’
Megan Park’s “My Old Ass” isn’t the first film to ask whether it would be better to have a warning about what life has in store. But the borderline-sci-fi film set in an Ontario lake town, which stars Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza alongside a multigenerational cast of veteran and first-time actors, may be the…
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Man sentenced to 31 years to life in L.A. murder of rapper PnB Rock
A man convicted in the murder and robbery of Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock at a famous Los Angeles eatery was sentenced Monday to 31 years to life in prison. A jury convicted Freddie Lee Trone, 42, last month of one count of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.…
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Congress mulls new Secret Service funding after apparent attempt on Trump’s life
WASHINGTON — Congress is considering boosting funding for the Secret Service after what the FBI called an apparent second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in 10 weeks. Leaders of both parties and top appropriators say one possibility is to attach emergency funding for the Secret Service to a short-term funding bill that Congress…