The Orange County jury that found Demorris Hunter guilty of murdering his girlfriend in 2002 unanimously recommended to send him to death row Tuesday after just over two hours of deliberations.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
In May 2004, she was convicted of the 1995 murder of Glenn, and in 2007, she was convicted of murdering Randy.
Dunk’s blemishes against Liverpool were compounded by an unfortunate yellow card for time wasting in the closing stages when referee Darren England decided too long had been taken with Verbruggen over a goal kick.
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Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Many complained about time-wasting technology platforms.
Suspect faces numerous charges Prosecutors say Greene fired multiple shots into a crowd of people, killing Kaori and injuring her 2-year-old brother.
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Christina Fan,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
Russian strikes hit more than a half-dozen areas of Ukraine behind the front line from Tuesday to Wednesday, killing an 8-year-old boy in the central Cherkasy region and a woman who was in a kiosk near a bus stop that was hit in southern Zaporizhzhia, according to Zelenskyy and local officials.
In these examples at the London Stadium, Yoro’s positioning initially cuts off the option to square a pass, pushing the player to have to keep the ball and shoot, before snuffing that out with a block.
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Ian Irving,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Singleton perhaps should have taken the credit for snuffing out one of the league’s best and doing so on National Tight Ends Day, no less.
Ultimately, the Yanks would spend 2 hours and 45 minutes on the court, meaning 2023 champion Tiafoe, who had prevailed in two previous marathons, wound up whacking balls for eight-plus hours in his ultimately futile bid for reach a fourth consecutive final here.
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