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Miss America 1993 Leanza Cornett dies after sustaining head injury Cornett, who grew up and graduated in Jacksonville, was 49 years old Former Miss America Leanza Cornett attends the 7th Annual Walk To Africa Hosted By Dr. Bob Hamilton For Medical Missions To Africa on May 16, 2015 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images)  (Getty Images) JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  – Leanza Cornett, a woman who was raised in Jacksonville and crowned Miss America in 1993, has died after being hospitalized for a head injury. She was 49. The news first broke on Leanza Cornett’s Circle of Love,  which is a social media page  that was monitoring her condition after the injury. That post read: Dear Disney family I'm here to let you know Leanza passed this afternoon. She was so loved. I don't feel like writing a lot right now; my heart is broken. Sue Shortly thereafter, the Miss America Organization posted: According to Leanza Cornett’s Circle of Love, the former Miss Ameri...

Chicago store guard stabbed 27 times after asking women to wear masks Chicago Police Department via AP This booking photo released by the Chicago Police Department shows Jayla Hill, 18, (left) and Jessica Hill, 21, (right) two sisters accused of stabbing a West Side Chicago store security guard 27 times with a knife after he asked them to wear face masks and use hand sanitizer on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. They were ordered held without bond on Tuesday, Oct. 27. SOURCE: Chicago Police Department via AP Updated: 7:23 PM CDT Oct 27, 2020 Two sisters accused of stabbing a West Side Chicago store security guard 27 times with a knife after he asked them to wear face masks and use hand sanitizer were ordered held without bond Tuesday.The alleged attack late Sunday by Jessica Hill, 21, and Jayla Hill, 18, left the 32-year-old victim hospitalized in critical condition, police spokeswoman Karie James said. An argument that began after the women refused the guard's request to wear masks became p...

Keith Raniere, founder of cult-like group NXIVM, sentenced to 120 years in prison ALBANY, N.Y. –  NXIVM founder Keith Raniere  was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years in prison for his role in leading a criminal enterprise that included a cult-like sorority where women were sexually exploited and branded with his initials. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced the sentence in a  tweet. Prosecutors were seeking a life sentence for  Raniere, 60, who was convicted of seven felonies last year  after a wild six-week trial where jurors heard explicit testimony about his polygamous sexual preferences and the many ways he manipulated his devoted followers into performing sex acts or forced labor. For more than 15 years, Raniere led the Albany, New York, company he founded, NXIVM, which was a purported self-help organization whose participants paid thousands of dollars for various classes and coursework. But prosecutors ...