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Auschwitz Guard Groening Found Guilty
Auschwitz Guard Groening Found Guilty



1. Former SS sergeant Oskar Groening, 94, was convicted Wednesday on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder. Groening served at the Auschwitz death camp, and the trial primarily focused on crimes committed in May and July 1944. He was given a four-year sentence. Read more here.

2. The American League defeated the National League in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night. Angels outfielder Mike Trout was named MVP in the easy 6–3 victory. Read more here.



3. Aerial spotters noticed wreckage in the general vicinity where 16-year-old plane crash survivor Autumn Veatch emerged from the woods on Monday. The search for the two other passengers will resume on Wednesday. Read more here.



4. A solar-powered plane that was trying to circumnavigate the world was forced to suspend its flight on Wednesday. The Solar Impulse team said in press release that the plane will remain grounded until April 2016 to replace the overheated battery that was irreversibly damaged. Read more here.



5. A federal judge unsealed the dashboard footage of the fatal police shooting of Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino in a Los Angeles suburb two years ago. Judge Stephen V. Wilson ordered the photo to be released to the public so they could see why the city of Gardena paid Diaz-Zeferino's family $4.7 million. Read more here.



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