After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe in 2019.
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Israeli officials to meet with delegation after talks with mediators on proposed pause in Gaza war
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, asserted that the Hamas militant group ruling Gaza had relented on some demands, but gave no details.
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Zendaya’s $100,000 donation helps California Shakespeare Theater company make summer return
For a half-century, Cal Shakes has been known for its outdoor summer season of plays by Shakespeare and other artists.
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Notre Dame’s tiny namesake shows plight of religious colleges
Over the past decade, the 102-year-old private college with about 1,400 students, located in South Euclid, Ohio, has watched its enrollment wither by a third.
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West Africa bloc lifts coup sanctions on Niger in new push for dialogue to resolve tensions
West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger which were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year
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A teacher and 6 members of religious congregation have been kidnapped in Haiti, officials say
Last month, six nuns and two other people were kidnapped while traveling aboard a bus in the capital, Port-au-Prince. They were later released.
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Tired of diesel fumes, these moms are pushing for electric school buses
Diesel exhaust from school buses potentially affects one-third of U.S. students, their parents and educators each day, according to federal data.
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Body of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny handed over to his mother, aide says
Russia’s most well-known opposition politician unexpectedly died Feb. 16 in an Arctic penal colony, and his family have been fighting for more than a week to have his body returned to them.
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Vigil held for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died following a school bathroom fight
Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma student, died the day after a fight in an Owasso High School bathroom.
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Blind seal founded stranded in Maine gives birth and nurtures pup at an Illinois zoo
After Georgie was found stranded on an island in Georgetown in 2013, it was determined she was blind in her left eye and functionally blind in her right eye.