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Student wrongly tied to Boston bombings found dead Reddit apologized for the 'dangerous speculation' on the site that pointed fingers at the student. A body pulled from the water off Indian Point Park in Rhode Island has been identified as the Brown University student mistakenly linked by amateur sleuths on a social media site to the Boston bombings. More
Police confiscate 4-foot, 2-pound marijuana joint California police confiscated a mammoth joint during a 4/20 pot rally on Saturday, reports the Los Angeles Times. As the paper notes, hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students gather each year for the event, and each year campus police confiscate things like bongs and dime bags. More
Teen wounded in 2021 Timberview High School shooting was killed Monday in Arlington A man was shot and killed in an Arlington apartment complex on Monday, Jan. 13. Arlington police responded to a reported shooting at 5:50 p.m. in the 2400 block of Laurelwood Drive, west of Texas 360. 01/14/2025 - 2:50 am | View Link
Teen arrested after younger boy shot near Eastern High School in SE DC WASHINGTON (7News) — A teen boy is facing charges for his alleged role in a shooting that injured a younger boy near Eastern High School in Southeast D.C. in late 2024, according to D.C. Police. 01/9/2025 - 5:27 am | View Link
Teen with gun arrested at Georgia high school that was scene of deadly shooting months ago, cops say Teen with gun arrested at Georgia high school that was scene of deadly shooting months ago, cops say - The student allegedly brought a gun to the same Georgia high school where a September shooting ki ... 01/9/2025 - 2:40 am | View Link
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Changing your eye color is easier than you think.
Dear Eric: I took a job in DC at the behest of my close friend, who also invited me to live with her.
She said she was going to retire and move back to her Midwest hometown. She offered to rent her townhouse to me for a really reduced rate while she’s in transition.
Well, not only is she not making any attempts to move, but she also comments on my eating choices and constantly gives me unsolicited advice.
She’s vegan and a diabetic, so she’s very strict with her diet.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I spent a few days with some friends at a house in a rural setting near a small lake.
During our stay, the electricity went out. The toilets did not work for over 24 hours, and we had to use buckets for the waste we generated.
After the toilets were working, our host disposed of our collected waste in the lake.
An illegal gambling network that ran from strip-mall casinos to a warehouse in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was taken down this week by state and local law enforcement agencies.
Authorities raided slot-machine parlors in suburban West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach and Zephyrhills, confiscating machines and cash. They also charged officers of a company in Miami that sold slot machines to illegal casinos.
Floridians are jumping on the newest TikTok trend: changing your eye color.
The young and old have discovered that turning brown eyes blue or hazel eyes green can be as simple as putting in color contacts or as permanent as laser surgery that inserts color pigment into the cornea.
Ophthalmologists say both come with risks.
Keratopigmentation, also called eye tattooing, is performed on the cornea.