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SHOOTINGS DISRUPT THE NATION Over the weekend, a Dollar tree in Jacksonville, Fl. was the target of another shooting this year. Now being investigated as a federal hate crime, officials say 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter took the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr., 19, and Jerrald Gallion, 29 in a racially motivated attack. Yesterday, Aug. 28, The University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill was put under lockdown as the school received reports of an armed and dangerous person on campus according to university officials. After putting the university on lockdown for hours, the shooter was apprehended after killing one faculty member. No other injuries were reported. Classes have been cancelled for Tuesday, Aug. 29.
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WHEN EVERYTHING GOES U P, T U I T I O N S T A Y S L O W The UT System Board of Regents electively came together to approve the new plan to maintain the cost of attending, making it more affordable for all UT institutions. Now full-time and in-state undergraduate students will officially pay $9,744. MORE TROUBLE FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP Former President Donald Trump turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta in connection to his efforts to overturn the 2020 Presidential election. It is Trump’s fourth arrest this year. This also makes him the first President in U.S. history to have their mugshot taken. Alongside Trump, 18 of his co-defendants have also surrendered themselves.
THE GOAT IS BACK Cartwheeling herself into her eighth U.S gymnastics title, Simone Biles made history Aug. 27, as the seven-time Olympian broke a 90-year-old record she once shared with Alfred Jochim. Easing her way into victory, the gymnastics star gave a stellar performance this past Sunday in San Jose, California. Considered one the greatest gymnastics of all time, Biles dominated the floor with a 59.150 score for the day and a 118.40 combined total. Gymnast Shilese Jones was runner-up making Biles the oldest woman to win a national title.
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IMMIGRANT MURDERS 11-YEAR-OLD A Guatemalan immigrant entered the United States through El Paso back in January. Earlier this month he was accused of brutally murdering an 11-year-old girl while she was home alone. Maria Gonzalez was in her room after her dad left for work before she heard someone knocking at the door. She urgently texted her father who told her not to open the door as she was waiting in her room. Gonzalez was later found by her father under her bed after being sexually assaulted and killed by the 18-year-old immigrant. Police in Louisiana later arrested him for capital murder. The Prospector may be reached at prospector@ miners.utep.edu