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Violent Extremist Who Targeted Young People Online Is Sentenced to 77 Years

Kyle William Spitze was part of an online extremist movement that coerces young people to do self-harm, officials said. Two of his victims died by suicide.

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A federal judge in Tennessee this week sentenced a man to 77 years in prison for having child pornography as a member of groups that officials say glorified mass murder and urged young people to commit self-harm.
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Alfalfa Sprouts Linked to Illnesses in 15 States, F.D.A. Says

Officials are investigating after multiple strains of E. coli and a type of salmonella sickened dozens of people across the United States. Two people were infected with both salmonella and E. coli.

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Public health officials have tied a number of salmonella and E. coli cases to alfalfa sprouts produced by a company in Minnesota.
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Man, 18, Pleads Guilty to Repeatedly Kicking Sea Lion in California

The man bobbed and wove before lobbing a kick at a sea lion in San Diego last month, a video of the episode shows.

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Sea lions at La Jolla cove in San Diego. An 18-year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges of assaulting a sea lion last month.
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