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  2. Murder of Junko Furuta - Wikipedia

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    Furuta was born on 18 January 1971 and grew up in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, where she lived with her parents, older brother, and younger brother. [5] At the time of her murder, she was a 17-year-old senior at Yashio-Minami High School [], and worked a part-time job at a plastic molding factory from October 1988 to save up money for a planned graduation trip. [6]

  3. List of unusual deaths - Wikipedia

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    The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.

  4. Timeline of the history of the United States (1990–2009)

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    The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation results in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. 1995 — Retired professional football player O. J. Simpson is acquitted of two charges of first-degree murder in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. The ...

  5. Blue city invests in police — and loses 'murder capital' moniker

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    New Orleans has recorded a 50% decrease in homicides since 2022 and a 71% decrease in juvenile homicides since 2023. The city's police superintendent explains how.

  6. Sensationalism - Wikipedia

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    e. In journalism and mass media, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic. Events and topics in news stories are selected and worded to excite the greatest number of readers and viewers. This style of news reporting encourages biased or emotionally loaded impressions of events rather than neutrality, and may cause a manipulation to the ...

  7. Murder of Kelly Anne Bates - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Bates (mother) 1955-2020. Kelly Anne Bates (18 May 1978 – 16 April 1996) was an English teenager who was murdered in Manchester, England at the age of 17 by her abuser, James Patterson Smith (born c. 1948). [3][4] She was tortured by him over a period of four weeks, including having her eyes gouged from their sockets up to three ...

  8. Murder of Elaine O'Hara - Wikipedia

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    Died. c. 22 August 2012. (2012-08-22) (aged 36) Elaine O'Hara (17 March 1976 – c. 22 August 2012) was an Irish childcare worker who was murdered in August 2012 by architect Graham Dwyer. She was last seen alive at a public park in Shanganagh, Dublin, Ireland, on 22 August. The remains of her body were discovered on Killakee Mountain, south of ...

  9. Timeline of the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    February 8: The Algerian Civil War ends. February 27 – March 1: Riots and mass killings in the Indian state of Gujarat leave 1,044 dead. March 14: SpaceX is founded by Elon Musk. April 11 - 13: 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt fails to overthrow president Hugo Chavez. May 20: East Timor gains independence.