UW-Madison students continue protest as night falls; tents set up on Library Mall (Wisconsin)
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Channel3000 News ^
| April 30, 2024 | Channel 3000 Staff
MADISON, Wis. -- Hundreds of students took to Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin Monday, in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. A
group called "Students for Justice in Palestine - UW Madison" organized the event. It defined its protest against "ongoing genocide and Zionist war crimes in Gaza, and against the new wave of student repression across the country." Protesters have demanded for an end to the war, as well as for UW-Madison to divest from corporations that do business in Israel. Speaking to News 3 Now, Students for Justice in Palestine member Dahlia Saba said...
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The Death And Rebirth of the American Mall
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Smithsonian ^
| 11/24/14 | Natasha Geiling and Esri
Malls are dying—but a dead mall gives a community the chance to rebuild something that might have been doomed to begin with. For
countless Americans—especially those who came of age in the postwar years—malls were the new town square: a place to shop, eat, gather and meander. Envisioned as perfectly pristine, cast against the gritty danger of urban centers, the American mall became the image of suburban consumerism, the "pyramids to the boom years," as Joan Didion once wrote. But like the pyramids, the culture that the malls once honored—and survived off of—is starting to vanish. In 2014, traditional retailers...
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Bishop viciously stabbed during service in Sydney just days after mall massacre
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New York Post ^
| April 15, 2024 | Melissa Koenig
An Australian bishop was stabbed multiple times as he was delivering his sermon Monday night, in an attack that came just days after six people were stabbed to death at a nearby mall. Footage
posted online Monday shows Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel speaking at Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church when an unidentified man in a black hoodie confronts him. The bishop appears to try to talk to the man, who then stabs the bishop’s face and neck... A motive for the attack is unknown. Emmanuel has gained a following online in recent years as an outspoken critic of COVID...
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Stabbing rampage at Sydney mall leaves at least seven dead, including attacker
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MSN - NBC News ^
| April 13, 2024 | Liam Woods and Henry Austin and Mahalia Dobson and Minyvonne Burke
Seven people are dead, and others are in serious or critical condition after a stabbing rampage in a mall in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, according to police. The
attacker, who was shot by a lone officer, was among the dead, and a baby among those stabbed. New South Wales Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told a news conference that the attacker walked into the Westfield Bondi Junction mall at about 3:20 p.m. local time (1:20 a.m. ET) where he “caused harm” to about nine people “stabbing them with a weapon he was carrying.” The weapon “was most likely a knife,” he...
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Hero cop fatally shoots knife-wielding maniac who killed at least 5, injured several including small child in popular Sydney mall
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NY Post ^
| April 13, 2024 | Richard Pollina
A heroic police officer fatally shot a knife-wielding maniac who killed five people and stabbed several others — including a small child — inside a popular Sydney mall Saturday afternoon. Authorities
received calls around 3:30 p.m. local time that a knife-wielding man was attacking people at Westfield Bondi Junction, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said during a press conference. Footage obtained by 9News Sydney showed the suspect, wearing a gold and green rugby jersey and shorts, brandishing a long knife and approaching several horrified shoppers. Hundreds of people were captured running for the mall’s exits during the stabbing spree....
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'Hero' Wyoming teen stabbed to death while protecting girlfriend in mall attack: report
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Fox News ^
| April 11, 2024 | Audrey Conklin
A Wyoming teenager is being hailed as a hero after he was stabbed to death outside a shopping mall, reportedly while protecting his girlfriend. Casper
police detained two juveniles, 15-year-old Jarreth JoseFlee Plunkett and 15-year-old Dominique Antonio Richard Harris, in connection with the April 7 stabbing death of 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Maher at the Eastridge Mall. Both suspects are being charged as adults. "We are completely and utterly devastated to our cores. He was the best of all of us and his light is too bright to be dimmed," Bobby's father, Robert Maher, told Fox News Digital in a statement....
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Boy, 14, fatally stabbed trying to protect girlfriend from two ski mask-clad teens in mall
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New York Post ^
| 04/10/2024 | forEmily
A 14-year-old Wyoming boy was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife while trying to protect his girlfriend from two balaclava-clad teens in a shopping mall.
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Pair detained in stabbing of minor to be tried as adults (14-year-old murdered at Wyoming mall)
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Caspar Star Tribune ^
| 04/10/2024 | David Velazquez
Two juveniles in custody accused of stabbing a minor that later died outside a mall in Casper will be tried as adults. Dominique
Antonio Richard Harris, born in 2008, and Jarreth Joseflee Sabastian Plunkett, born in 2009, are both charged with felonious conspiracy to commit murder, felonious aggravated assault and battery and a misdemeanor theft, according to court records. Plunkett is also charged with first-degree murder. Robert Dean Maher, 14, was stabbed twice in the abdomen with a stolen kitchen knife and died outside Eastridge Mall in Casper on Sunday afternoon. Harris and Plunkett were arrested later that day in...
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100 huskies escape dog cafe and run through Chinese mall
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UPI ^
| April 08, 2024 | Ben Hooper
April 5 (UPI) -- The dogs had their day at a Chinese mall when 100 huskies escaped from a pet cafe and ran loose through the shopping center. Workers
at the cafe in Shenzhen, Guangdong, said someone left a door open, allowing 100 canines to run out into the shopping mall, surprising and delighting shoppers. Cafe employees said the dogs were excited because the business' owner was visiting the cafe after a prolonged absence. Workers ran out after the dogs and were able to round up the excited animals after a prolonged indoor chase. VIDEO AT LINK.....................
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Two dead, 7 injured in Miami outdoor mall shooting
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The Hill ^
| 04/06/2024 | Tara Suter
Two people have died and seven were injured in a shooting early Saturday at an outdoor mall in Doral, Fla., local authorities said. “The
preliminary information that we do have from investigators is that there was some type of a dispute or altercation amongst patrons at a local facility within this commercial establishment,” Detective Alvaro Zabaleta of the Miami-Dade Police Department said in a press conference, referring to the late-night shooting that occurred at a club around 3:30 a.m. at the CityPlace Doral mall.
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7 kids, some as young as 12, wounded in mass shooting at busy Indianapolis mall
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Nypost ^
| 03/31/2024 | Isabel Keane
At least seven children between the ages of 12 and 17 were wounded in a mass shooting in busy downtown Indianapolis late Saturday night. Officers
were on patrol just after 11 p.m. when they heard gunshots near the Circle Centre Mall, a shopping plaza downtown, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department told Fox 59. After rushing to the area of West Maryland Street, officers located a “large group of juveniles,” including six with gunshot wounds, Police Deputy Chief Tanya Terry said during a Sunday morning news conference, according to CNN.
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It Begins… Entire NYC Mall Closes Over Theft
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YouTube ^
| March 24, 2024 | Cash Jordan
It Begins… Entire NYC Mall Closes Over Theft
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Fulton Center mall operator wants out of FiDi lease over crime and homelessness concerns (New York)
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NBCNewyork ^
| 3-13-24 | Erica Byfield
The company that runs the Fulton Center mall told the MTA last month it wants out of its lease because of crime and homelessness issues. Westfield
signed a 20-year lease with the MTA, but wants to exit operations at Fulton Center more than 10 years before the end of the deal, according to a lawsuit the New York City Transit Authority filed days after receiving the news from the mall operator. The Fulton Center shopping complex operates above a transit hub that services eight subway lines, and is the busiest subway complex in Lower Manhattan, according to the MTA. The...
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Shocking moment California cops tackle teens to the ground during massive 200-person brawl caused by two girls 'fist fighting' as local mall is shut down
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DailyMail.com ^
| March 18, 2024 | James Gordon
A shopping mall in Southern California was forced to close early on Saturday evening after the venue became swamped by brawling teenagers. Police
in Long Beach were quickly on the scene of The Pike Outlets mall after a fight between two girls resulted in an all-out brawl. Footage of the massive scuffle saw about 200 individuals all congregating at the mall after a social media post went viral suggesting there would be a fight between two females, one adult and one juvenile. Officers were on standby ahead of the melee and were quickly able to identify the two females around...
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ALARMING SIGHT Smoke near Lincoln Memorial on National Mall sparks concern in Washington DC after black plumes seen for miles (car fire)
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The Sun ^
| 3-15-24 | Erica Scalise
BLACK smoke enveloped the Lincoln Memorial after a vehicle fire broke out about five miles from the monument. Plumes
from the crash hang over the National Mall, but the fire has been extinguished, according to DC Fire and EMS. The crash on the southbound lanes of the George Washington Parkway involved a "pickup truck and trailer" per Arlington Fire and EMS, reported local Fox affiliate WTTG. It brought "dark black and light white smoke," according to WTTG, near the Lincoln Memorial. No immediate injuries have been reported. The fire has caused commuter delays.
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‘A monument to blight:’ Century III Mall owner facing criminal charges over dilapidated property
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WESA 90.5 NPR ^
| 1/30/24 | Julia Zenkevich
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala has filed criminal charges against the owner of the abandoned Century III Mall. Century III Mall PA, LLC is facing one felony count of causing or risking a catastrophe and one misdemeanor for making a public nuisance. The
company’s Las Vegas-based owner, Moonbeam Capital Investments, bought the property in 2013, but never fulfilled assurances that it would redevelop the site. “They clearly have no intention of doing anything with the property as it exists. They've abandoned [it], for all intents and purposes,” Zappala said at a press conference announcing the charges Tuesday. “This is...
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How San Francisco's Westfield turned into a ghost mall: The dying center where 75 PERCENT of units are empty and more stores are closing - as shoppers describe 'dodgy' area overrun with homeless who left them 'scared'
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DAILY MAIL ^
| 28 January 2024 | LEWIS PENNOCK
The San Francisco Center, once a thriving mall home to the largest Nordstrom in America, is a shell of its former self after a string of high-profile departures.. Staff and shoppers in the mall, where five more stores closed in January .. crime and falling foot traffic is ruining the palatial building..
The mall lost $1 billion in value last year ... The mall's cavernous, marble-floored atrium is eerily quiet. There's not a single shopper in sight and a litany of abandoned stores lay mostly empty, but for a few leftover cardboard boxes or fading signs which serve as a...
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10-year-old's head slammed into display at Somerset Mall: 'I didn't do anything to her'
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fox2detroit.com ^
| January 19, 2024 | Jessica Dupnack and Nour Rahal
Sophia Simpson, 10, is still recovering after an adult woman randomly slammed her head into a cookie display at Somerset Mall in Troy. The incident took place last Friday as Sophia waited in line for a cookie from Mrs. Fields at the mall, according to police. She
was there with a group of friends and one of their dads. "She took her hand in the back of my neck and slammed it into the glass," Sophia said. "The car ride back, oh my gosh, it was terrible. I was so dizzy. I was actually really tired too." The attacker is...
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KPMG moving out of $400million 'KMPG building' in downtown San Francisco with nearby besieged mall loses another tenant as doom loop continues to see residents and businesses flee liberal-led city
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https :// www . dailymail . co . uk / news / article - 12974813 / San - Francisco - KMPG - mall - vacant - homeless - crime . html ^
Accounting firm KPMG is set to move out of its $400 million namesake building, another high-profile exit from San Francisco's beleaguered downtown. The
consulting and accounting giant first leased space in the 25-story office tower when the building opened in 2002. Its name hangs above the entry to the skyscraper where the company currently occupies more than 100,000 square feet. It comes as shoe store Alto prepares to exit San Francisco Centre, the city's biggest mall, next week. Businesses and residents have fled downtown San Francisco since the pandemic with groups blaming crime, homelessness and work-from-home keeping people from downtown....
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The Life and Death of the American Mall: The indoor suburban shopping center is a special kind of abandoned place.
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Atlas Obscura ^
| January 10, 2024 | Matthew Christopher
I've visited hundreds of abandoned places in my life—factories to asylums, schools to churches—but suburban malls might be the most surreal and striking. They
captivate the imagination in a way few other types of environments can: with an almost imperceptible layer of fog that forms between the first and second floors of an atrium, endless reflections of vacant storefronts, or a chance encounter with a groundhog in the remains of a food court. Stripped of signage and wares, they are nearly perfectly liminal spaces. Malls have become a part of the modern collective unconscious, through both the haze of half-buried...
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