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-Ralph Yarl was shot through a glass door by a white homeowner in his 80s after mistakenly approaching the wrong address -He had been going to collect his two younger twin brothers from a house less than a block away in Kansas City, Missouri -Police have not brought any charges in the incident, and released the suspected gunman after 24 hours A homeowner accused of shooting a black teenager in Missouri after the 16-year-old mistakenly rang his doorbell is understood to be an elderly white man in his 80s… … Ralph was known among his peers for his intellect and...

The son of a billionaire banker was killed by a boat propeller while desperately trying to save his fiancée during a Florida Keys fishing competition. Juan Carlos Escotet Alviarez — the 31-year-old son of Venezuela-based Banesco president Juan Carlos Escotet Rodriguez — died Saturday afternoon after jumping into waters about six miles off north Key Largo as he and fiancée Andrea Montero, 30, tried to snag sailfish from a 60-foot boat, the Miami Herald reported. Escotet Alviarez dove into the water to try to save Montero when she fell overboard, but hit the vessel’s propeller immediately and died from his...

New Jersey is seeking to revoke the liquor license of President Donald Trump’s Colts Neck golf club after the facility allegedly served an intoxicated customer who later drove drunk and and got into an accident that killed his father, according to a published report. While the two offenses listed in the notice carry a combined penalty of a 25-day suspension, the state Division of Alcohol Beverage Control said it was seeking revocation of the license “due to the aggregating circumstances in this case.” The letter was obtained by the Washington Post, which reported that the customer in question was Andrew...

Disabled, divorced, with a degree, working several jobs yet making less than $10,000 a year. Struggling to pay bills. Unable to buy presents for her children. Waiting for her disability to come through. Dependent on her parents. That was the sad story that a woman told Bernie Sanders at an event in Iowa yesterday. On today's Morning Joe, after airing that clip, an obviously moved Mika Brzezinski challenged the panel as to who between Sanders and Hillary Clinton would "be there" for the woman. Mika didn't answer the question herself, though she has been a Bernie booster. View the video...

A gay police officer has filed a discrimination suit against the city and the New York Police Department, saying he was threatened with violence, called vulgar names and treated unfairly by supervisors because of his sexuality. The lawsuit was filed by Michael Harrington, 30, who claimed his superior officers failed to take proper action when he told them about the malicious and discriminatory mistreatment he suffered. "The hell he's gone through is heart wrenching," said Harrington's lawyer, George D. Rosenbaum. Connie Pankratz, spokeswoman for the city's Law Department, said the city had not seen the lawsuit and could not comment...

LOS ANGELES - Tom Sizemore was sentenced Monday to 16 months in state prison by a judge who ruled the alleged discovery of methamphetamine in the actor's car had violated his probation in a previous drug case. Sizemore "has been in every program, and here he is again," Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis said. He "abused the privilege of probation" and "needs to be in a lockdown setting," the judge said. Rayvis recommended Sizemore be sent to the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County because of its noteworthy drug treatment program. Sizemore, whose screen credits include "Saving Private...

Woman in Water Drinking Contest Dies Sacramento, Calif. (AP) A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday. Jennifer Strange, 28, was found dead Friday in her suburban Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest in which KDND 107.9 promised a Nintendo Wii video game system for the winner. "She said to one of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was hurting her...

A Hamilton County juvenile judge granted a continuance today in the case of a Hyde Park teen charged with murder after he allegedly beat his brother to death using a baseball bat. Defense attorneys for Andrew Warrington, 16, asked for more time to prepare at today's probable cause hearing. Judge Thomas Lipps granted the request. Warrington's parents, Marcie and John Warrington Jr., who are divorced, held hands as they walked into a courtroom packed with media. During the brief hearing, John Warrington reassuringly gripped the arm of his handcuffed and leg shackled son. Lipps ordered Andrew Warrington held until the...

STUNNED Bert Silver told yesterday how his brother lay dead in a room at their caravan home for 18 months — without him noticing. Hard-of-hearing Bert, 72, admitted he thought there was “something a bit odd” when 75-year-old George failed to emerge. But he added: “George liked to keep himself to himself, and to be honest so do I.” He finally discovered the grim truth on Monday after “plucking up the courage” to enter his brother’s bedroom. He said: “He looked a bit skeletal and I called the police. I haven’t been told what he died from.” Bert, of Blissford,...