‘Aggressive and hostile': NYC reportedly beset by an increase in fake monks scamming tourists; Sarah Palin celebrates Brexit, says UK avoided ‘apocalyptic One World Government’; Texas mom killed by police after she shot two daughters to death, police say; At Sacramento rally, violence between white nationalists and counterprotesters leaves 10 injured; Two adults, three children dead after Amtrak passenger train collides with minivan in Colorado; Europe is in crisis. So is its favorite sport. Can a soccer tournament show the way forward?; Sleeping teen girl groped, kissed by drunk man on flight, police say; Study: Men say they’re less inclined to use condoms if a female partner is attractive; Watch a world-famous pianist perform floating in the Arctic Ocean; Suspects charged in Pittsburgh cookout shooting that left 5 dead, led to anchor’s firing; ‘I decided to be a parent and I’m the bad guy.’ Mom charged for whipping kids she says burglarized neighbor.; ‘She was born in August, and I ended up killing her 15 months after her birth’; Fearing ex-boyfriend, woman installs security system only to find him under her bed;
 
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Javelin pierced through teen athlete’s eye socket after he tripped at Oregon competition
Since the accident Friday, Parker Kennedy has shown signs of progress and retains partial eyesight in his right eye. It remains unclear how the injury will affect his athletic career.
‘Aggressive and hostile': NYC reportedly beset by an increase in fake monks scamming tourists
The problem has become so common along the High Line Park, a popular waterfront elevated park in Chelsea, that Friends of the High Line put out a press release asking visitors to report this particular brand of "aggressive panhandling."
 
Sarah Palin celebrates Brexit, says UK avoided ‘apocalyptic One World Government’
Palin applauded the Leave voters for outfoxing “globalists” and says the US should do the same.
 
Texas mom killed by police after she shot two daughters to death, police say
The woman's husband and the girls' father watched the carnage unfold from afar. Friday was his birthday, neighbors told a local TV station. The father was uninjured, police said, but he was so distraught he was taken to a local hospital.
 
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At Sacramento rally, violence between white nationalists and counterprotesters leaves 10 injured
Video and still images show several instances of violence erupting and people fighting and chasing one another, with members on both sides emerging bloody, beaten and bruised, despite the presence of 100 police officers.
 
Two adults, three children dead after Amtrak passenger train collides with minivan in Colorado
Amtrak Train 3, the Southwest Chief passenger train, was traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles with 286 passengers on board when it struck a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country minivan on Las Animas County Road 32.
 
Europe is in crisis. So is its favorite sport. Can a soccer tournament show the way forward?
Passion, not prejudice, rivalry, not riots — is what soccer tournaments should be made of.
 
Sleeping teen girl groped, kissed by drunk man on flight, police say
The flight to Anchorage was diverted to Seattle, where the man was arrested. It was the second groping incident on an airplane in a week.
 
Study: Men say they’re less inclined to use condoms if a female partner is attractive
Men might forgo using condoms because they "want to reproduce with women they find to be more attractive," one researcher told The Washington Post.
 
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Watch a world-famous pianist perform floating in the Arctic Ocean
Ludovico Einaudi called The Washington Post from his home in Milan to discuss his performance. There is a cold that I cannot describe really," he said.
 
Suspects charged in Pittsburgh cookout shooting that left 5 dead, led to anchor’s firing
“I'm just hoping and praying for justice," said Eric Powell, father to three of the people killed.
 
‘I decided to be a parent and I’m the bad guy.’ Mom charged for whipping kids she says burglarized neighbor.
A Louisiana case arouses public outrage.
 
‘She was born in August, and I ended up killing her 15 months after her birth’
"In 2011, I fell pregnant with Adélaïde, she was born in August, and I ended up killing her 15 months after her birth,” Fabienne Kabou said on the first day of her week-long trial, which is set to conclude Friday.
 
Fearing ex-boyfriend, woman installs security system only to find him under her bed
She saw his feet poking out from beneath her bed -- so she swiftly took action.
 
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