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A woman from Georgia was arrested for allegedly stealing lottery tickets while a convenience store clerk lay dying on the floor. Police said that Lakiesha Deshawn McGhee, 43, was inside of a J&J Dollar Store in Warner Robins when three men burst in demanding money. The men took cash from McGhee and another woman. Then, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot the clerk, identified as Sabrina Renee Dollar. After the men left, McGhee called 911. While she was waiting for officers to arrive, she allegedly cut the power to the building's security system and went into...

Reporting from New York — There's no doubt in Christian Vazquez's mind why he was beaten up as he headed home from work late one night, and it wasn't for the $10 the attackers stole from him. "They were after me because I was a Mexican," the 18-year-old said, his left eye still swollen shut from the assault July 31 while he was walking through Staten Island's Port Richmond neighborhood. As his attackers punched him, they yelled, "Go home!" and anti-Mexican slurs, according to the police report, which had a familiar ring. That's because Vazquez was the 10th Mexican victim...