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Killer gets double life sentence for gay app stabbings, decapitation

A man in Ireland was sentenced to two life sentences for the horrific murders of two gay men he targeted on gay dating apps, the BBC and other outlets reported. Police say the man had consensual sex with his victims before killing them, attacking them due to an antigay bias…

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School board elections turn toxic and democracy is at stake

The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls itself, is once again a cauldron of hostilities, this time minus the muskets. Within range of four devastating battles that laid waste to tens of thousands of lives, 21st century culture wars rage…