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Ralph Yarl shooter Andrew Lester dies days after entering guilty plea
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Ralph Yarl shooter Andrew Lester dies days after entering guilty plea
Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old white man who pleaded guilty Friday to shooting Black teenager Ralph Yarl in the head after Yarl mistakenly rang his doorbell, has died, prosecutors in Clay County, Missouri, said Wednesday.
The prosecutors did not say how or when he died. He was facing up to seven years in jail after reaching a plea deal and was awaiting sentencing March 7.
Trump administration terminates approval of New York City congestion pricing
President Donald Trump declared himself "king" on Wednesday while celebrating his administration's bid to nix federal approval of New York’s “congestion pricing” — an auto toll instituted last month to raise funds for the region’s aging mass transit system.
In a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the federal government has jurisdiction over highways leading to Manhattan and that these additional tolls posed an unfair burden in motorists outside the city.
