Tag: tragedy
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When Tragedy Strikes, He Appraises the Real Estate Involved—From Nicole Brown Simpson’s Condo to the Site of the World Trade Center
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Randall Bell is not a fan of the macabre—even though he’s best known for valuing the real estate where some of America’s worst crimes and atrocities have occurred. The 65-year-old real estate appraiser, who has a doctorate in socioeconomics, saw his career catapult after he valued the condo where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman…
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‘Richard III’ review: In Chicago Shakes’ new take, dark comedy dominates the tragedy
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“England hath long been mad, and scarr’d herself.” This line, from late in “Richard III,” defines the world of this bold, visually striking, jarringly comic, icily Gothic production at Chicago Shakespeare. Director Edward Hall, the theater’s new leader, introduces us into the madhouse — take it literally — even before the start. As you take…
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Family went to Colorado to live ‘off the grid.’ Tragedy followed
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The world had become increasingly perilous and Rebecca Vance, her teenage son and her sister Christine Vance decided last summer to get away from it all, live in the wild, off the grid in the Colorado Rockies. Trevala Jara, a stepsister to the two women, tried persuading them not to go. But their minds were…
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Titan Submersible Tragedy Sheds Light on Lack of Safeguards for High-Risk Travel
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Mountaineers have long climbed atop Mount Everest, and scientists in submersibles have descended into the Antarctic Ocean. In recent decades, travelers with deep pockets and little expertise have joined these explorers or even ventured further, paying to visit the bottom of the ocean or the edge of space, touching the literal bounds of Earth. But…
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‘A tragedy in every respect:’ Mom sentenced to 30 months in Aaliyah Artis’ death
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May 26—XENIA — Aaliyah Artis’ mother has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in connection with the death of her 12-year-old daughter in 2021. Mary Artis, 44, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in Greene County Common Pleas Court on Friday on two counts of child endangering, after the death of her…
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Questions remain after tragedy near Texas shelter for people fleeing crises | Texas
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Neighbors held a small vigil Sunday night on a dirt path along a busy road in Brownsville, at the eastern end of the US-Mexico border, where eight people were killed and 10 were injured at a bus stop that morning. A small display of flowers and a row of candles grew as shaken people visited…
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10 years later, the photo that defined the tragedy and resilience
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At 2:49 p.m. on April 15, 2013, two pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the world-famous Boston Marathon on Boylston Street, both within seconds of one another and happening about 100 yards apart. The back-to-back bombings killed three, injured more than 260 people and sent one of America’s biggest cities into a state…