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A 17-year-old Colorado Springs girl whose body was found inside the Walgreens store where she worked had expressed concerns about a 28-year-old coworker who made her uncomfortable because he had a crush on her, according to a police affidavit used to secure the man's arrest in connection with her death. Johnson was being held without bond in El Paso County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. He made his first court appearance Tuesday. The document states that Whitelaw was told she would have to work with Johnson and added that a coworker told investigators Johnson "appeared to be acting jealous"...

A student of color is reportedly behind racist graffiti found Monday morning in a bathroom at a private Catholic all-girls school in Brighton, New York. Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women, a grade 6 through grade 12 school located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, announced Thursday that its investigation into the graffiti containing a racial slur has ended with a student coming forward and taking responsibility for writing the offensive message. Mercy said it will not disclose the name of the student who confessed to vandalizing the school bathroom with the N-word graffiti because of its...

What Color Is a Conservative? My Life and My PoliticsBy J.C. Watts, Jr. with Chriss Winston HarperCollins/294 pages/$24.95Beginning his political career by running for a seat on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 1990, J.C. Watts made the startling discovery: his party label meant more to people than his message. As a former Oklahoma sports star, he had been well known in the state for years and was a popular public speaker. But now he was running for office as a Republican, and all bets were off. A newspaper in Norman, site of his glory days with the Oklahoma Sooners, wrote...