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Ben Brasch

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DC city hall/politics reporter for @citycast_DC. @UFJSchool+@ajc+@washingtonpost alumnus. 727 native. I crave those 'Tommy Boy' wings. He/him. Avi: @alyssaNo_L
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How escaped prisoner Danilo Cavalcante was captured in Pennsylvania

How escaped prisoner Danilo Cavalcante was captured in Pennsylvania

The Washington Post — Danilo Cavalcante's escape from a Pennsylvania prison began with one daring move. It ended almost two weeks later with him bloody and surrounded by officers.
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Titan's experimental design drew concern even before its doomed dive

Titan's experimental design drew concern even before its doomed dive

The Washington Post — This week, and for years, experts have voiced concern about the design and upkeep of OceanGate's Titan submersible. Now, five people aboard vessel have died.
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The lawless deep sea

The lawless deep sea

The Washington Post's Post Reports podcast — The Coast Guard said Thursday that the missing submersible suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure that killed all five people onboard. Today on "Post Reports," we talk about the unregulated industry of deep-sea tourism.
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New tag-team partners UFC and WWE forming sports megacompany

New tag-team partners UFC and WWE forming sports megacompany

The Washington Post — The MMA and professional wrestling brands will merge into a sports entertainment company led by UFC's Dana White and WWE's Vince McMahon.
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A dynasty broken: Alex Murdaugh found guilty of killing wife and son

A dynasty broken: Alex Murdaugh found guilty of killing wife and son

The Washington Post — The double murder case of the disgraced patriarch of a South Carolina legal dynasty has engrossed the country.
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Mother Anna: Cobb woman who led Florida cult in jail on murder charge

Mother Anna: Cobb woman who led Florida cult in jail on murder charge

Atlanta Journal-Constitution — From Georgia to Florida, I tracked down those who survived the House of Prayer for All People cult. I reviewed hundreds of police and court documents obtained from state and federal agencies via multiple open records requests.
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Video shows Cobb student's drowning death through his eyes; mom sues

Video shows Cobb student's drowning death through his eyes; mom sues

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — I didn't go to this press conference expecting to watch a teenage boy die, but I did. This is the story that ran on the front page of The AJC the next day.
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One Cobb company made more than 140 of the South's Confederate statues

One Cobb company made more than 140 of the South's Confederate statues

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — I always find it rewarding to delve into the archives and link the past and the present. This published soon after the deadly protest in Charlottesville, Va.
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Endangered Florida panther faces new pressures, critical crossroad

Endangered Florida panther faces new pressures, critical crossroad

The News-Press (Fort Myers) — This is the front-page Sunday mainbar to a project that me and the newspaper's environmental reporter wrote after months of reporting, data work and public records requests.
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Necropsy puts scientists hands on with rare mammal

Necropsy puts scientists hands on with rare mammal

The News-Press (Fort Myers) — This is one of the two sidebars I wrote as part of an investigation into the management of the Florida panther, the state animal.
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Zombicon shooting victim remembered by friends, family

Zombicon shooting victim remembered by friends, family

The News-Press (Fort Myers) — Zombicon started for 20-year-old Expavious Taylor as a fun night out with his girlfriend. It ended with him lying dead on First Street in Fort Myers wearing a creepy clown mask. Taylor, who went by his middle name of Tyrell, was one of the six shot at Zombicon on Saturday night.
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The Zombicon shooting: What I saw

The Zombicon shooting: What I saw

The News-Press (Fort Myers) — I had fake blood smeared on my cheeks, just joking around with friends at Zombicon when it started. A mass of people with fake flaking flesh fleeing. Each had that look in their eye people get when they're running for their lives. Because they were.
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Cobb brothers' holiday return to college turns tragic on I-16

Cobb brothers' holiday return to college turns tragic on I-16

myajc.com — Jake Morgan was celebrating the end of his Publix shift with a Mike's Hard Strawberry Lemonade when he saw his teary-eyed parents walking toward him. They said his best friend and the friend's younger brother, fellow Allatoona High graduates, died Sunday driving back to college. "I just fell to the ground," Morgan said Tuesday.
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Family mourns 14-year-old boy killed in Fort Myers club shooting

Family mourns 14-year-old boy killed in Fort Myers club shooting

The News-Press (Fort Myers) — The sound of a mother's grief occasionally broke the silence as mourners gathered at her home along the 2200 block of Jackson Street Monday morning. Hours earlier, Sean Archilles, 14, was shot and killed outside Club Blu in Fort Myers as revelers were leaving a teen night event around 12:30 a.m.
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Why I love the Publix Sub

Why I love the Publix Sub

The News-Press (Fort Myers) — Florida summers test your will to live. Life in a sauna infested with mosquitoes and turtle-paced tourists is not always a joy. But a chilled supermarket takes the edge off. As a third-generation Floridian and lifelong glutton, fried chicken tenders on a submarine roll are what makes Publix and America great.
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Man killed after hostage standoff at Cobb County bank

Man killed after hostage standoff at Cobb County bank

myajc.com — Police shot and killed a man they say held two Cobb County bank workers hostage on Friday while complaining about the military and claiming he had a bomb strong enough to destroy the building. During the three-hour standoff, the Marine veteran spoke with police and called the Channel 2 Action News newsroom to discuss his intentions at the Wells Fargo on Windy Hill Road.
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Lakeland Man Killed in Police Standoff, Wife Found Dead Inside House

Lakeland Man Killed in Police Standoff, Wife Found Dead Inside House

The Ledger — Susan Monroe never gave up on anybody, and it wound up costing the woman her life, her daughter Brittany Bartram said Tuesday.
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Black Law Officers in Polk Talk About Ongoing Tensions and How to Ease Them

Black Law Officers in Polk Talk About Ongoing Tensions and How to Ease Them

The Ledger — | Lt. Marvin Tarver knows tolerance and understanding help keep black kids alive better than any bulletproof vest. Tarver, 44, is the highest-ranking black officer in the Lakeland Police Department, and in his 19 years there, he has seen what a diverse and educated police force can do."It brings a different dynamic to situations," he said.
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Police, Sheriff's Chaplains Tend to Hurts, Celebrate Joys in Unique Ministry

Police, Sheriff's Chaplains Tend to Hurts, Celebrate Joys in Unique Ministry

The Ledger — Most of those who wear blue at the Lakeland Police Department take a badge and a loaded gun into dangerous situations. Lee Lallance takes stuffed animals and books.
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Another Set of Eyes: Law Officials Divided on Police Car, Body Cameras

Another Set of Eyes: Law Officials Divided on Police Car, Body Cameras

The Ledger — Press play. The video shows a Lakeland K-9 officer driving his Chevrolet Tahoe on U.S. 98 about 4 a.m. when a minivan plows through the Tucker Road stop sign and slams into the Tahoe.
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Mayor's arrest upends a bizarre political ecosystem

Mayor's arrest upends a bizarre political ecosystem

Miami Herald — The last city manager had left just as a public corruption investigation was starting. The one before that was fired after a private investigator uncovered visits to a dominatrix website on the manager's city computer. So in 2010, with Homestead's city manager's office empty yet again, City Council members opted for a national search to find a replacement.
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Pole dancing contestants in Miami Beach vie for big bucks

Pole dancing contestants in Miami Beach vie for big bucks

Miami Herald — When Greta Pontarelli walks across the stage, the lights make the red rhinestones adorning her bra glitter. The crowd erupts. They really came for her and she knows it. As a bass-heavy techno remix of Adele's "Skyfall" starts to boom over the speakers, Pontarelli mounts the pole with ease.
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Hoggetowne Medieval Faire readying for open

Hoggetowne Medieval Faire readying for open

The Independent Florida Alligator — The 26th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire will take place Saturday and Sunday and Feb. 3 to Feb. 5.
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Hundreds gather to Race for Ray

Hundreds gather to Race for Ray

Gainesville Sun — The University of Florida College of Medicine class of 2014 hosted Race for Ray, a 5K event to raise money to defray medical costs and support one of their own on Sunday, the day before his 32nd birthday.
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