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Australian man sentenced to 9 years in prison for gay American's 1988 manslaughter
Read full article: Australian man sentenced to 9 years in prison for gay American's 1988 manslaughterAn Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
Brother of gay American attacked on Sydney cliff in 1988 says killer deserves no leniency
Read full article: Brother of gay American attacked on Sydney cliff in 1988 says killer deserves no leniencyThe brother of American Scott Johnson says the man who attacked Johnson on a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 deserves no leniency.
Sydney man gets 12 years for murdering gay American in 1988
Read full article: Sydney man gets 12 years for murdering gay American in 1988An Australian man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for the 1988 murder of an American who fell off a Sydney cliff that was known as a gay meeting place.
Sydney man admits pushing gay American off a cliff in 1988
Read full article: Sydney man admits pushing gay American off a cliff in 1988A man told police he killed American mathematician Scott Johnson in 1988 by pushing the 27-year-old off a Sydney cliff in what prosecutors describe as a gay hate crime.
What makes Novak Djokovic great? Shots, yes, but also mind
Read full article: What makes Novak Djokovic great? Shots, yes, but also mindNovak Djokovic enters his U.S. Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev needing two wins to complete the first calendar-year Grand Slam by a man in more than a half-century.
Alabama Shakes drummer facing child abuse charges
Read full article: Alabama Shakes drummer facing child abuse chargesFILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Steve Johnson of Alabama Shakes accepts the best American roots performance for "Killer Diller Blues" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. Johnson, the drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges. Johnson, 35, was arrested Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after being indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, news outlets reported. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges. Steven William Johnson, 35, was arrested Wednesday after being indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, news outlets reported.
In rural Texas, frustration with a disjointed vaccine rollout grows: “We’re better than this”
Read full article: In rural Texas, frustration with a disjointed vaccine rollout grows: “We’re better than this”Health care workers administer the COVID-19 vaccine in Austin. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune(Audio unavailable. Steve and Linda Johnson say they see the COVID-19 vaccine as a sort of “get-out-of-jail-free card.” The North Texas couple, who are in their 70s, have stayed mostly indoors since March, terrified of catching the virus. And while they got their first vaccine dose Monday at a rural hospital, it wasn’t easy, they said, adding that the process highlights the gross shortcomings of the vaccine rollout. Steve Johnson said he’s sent letters to national, state and local leaders suggesting a better way.