The prosecutor said Abril confronted the couple, at which point James MacEgan was shot and killed, before Abril grabbed MacEgan’s wife and pulled her into the creek.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Scheierman also hit two earlier threes, grabbed five rebounds and pestered Gilgeous-Alexander to force a third-quarter turnover to help Boston take down the defending NBA champions 119-109.
Max Verstappen snatched the torch from Lewis Hamilton and became one of the most unstoppable Formula 1 drivers in the sport from 2021 to 2024.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
This is the same person who cut off dribble-drives in a second-half effort that shut down Minnesota in the Sweet 16, who snatched a pass that was nearly out of bounds for a layup.
Then, with an hour and a half to deadline, the telex room came to our rescue with a report of an explosion at a Welsh coalpit, which had left scores of miners trapped hundreds of feet underground.
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Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Excess heat is being trapped by ever-rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere as humans continue to burn fossil fuels.
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Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
And now, for the first time, a specimen has been successfully GPS-collared and released back into the region — marking a major victory for conservation efforts to protect the elusive vulpine.
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
The 3-year-old female gray wolf when it was collared in 2025.
Justice Samuel Alito expressed concern over how the rise of state laws allowing mail ballots to be received after Election Day could undermine public confidence in the electoral process, as the Supreme Court grappled with the legality of Mississippi’s late-arriving mail ballot law Monday.
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Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
The court also grappled with whether state laws allowing for late-arriving ballots from military and overseas ballots could survive.
Gavan Biggins netted four goals, while David Kane scored twice as Rockland defeated Whitman-Hanson 7-5 in a nonleague battle.
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Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Despite Dolphins fans dwelling in the doldrums following the Waddle trade, which netted Miami a first-round pick, a third-round pick as well as fourth-round pick swap, this has to be viewed as good news.
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