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          You can’t make this stuff up. The first person to ever receive a lifetime ban from all TriMet services, which provides public transportation in the Portland, Oregon metro area, was sentenced Tuesday to nearly a year in jail, after being accused of dozens of instances throughout the past decade of inappropriately touching women and cutting their hair on public transit. Jared Walter, 32, was sentenced in Multnomah County Circuit Court to 364 days in jail, five years of probation, and required mental health and sex offender treatment. Walter, who is already a registered sex offender,...

  Police said a man was shot and killed in a Southeast Washington D.C. barbershop Wednesday afternoon, police said. It happened at about 3:30 p.m., according to Metro PD. Officers on patrol heard gunshots in the area of the 2100 block of Martin Luther King Avenue SE. They ran into a nearby barbershop and found an adult man with gunshot wounds. The man, in his late teens or early 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Four people were seen running from the barbershop southbound on Martin Luther King Avenue. Friends at the scene said the young man...

A new law went into effect in Oklahoma today. It allows certain businesses, including barber shops and salons to serve complimentary wine and beer on site to those 21 years old or older. Senate Bill 813, by Sen. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma City, puts the limit at two alcoholic beverages, 12 ounces of wine and 24 ounces of beer per day per guest. Bice said the measure would allow nail salons and barber shops, among other businesses, to offer complimentary beverages. She said the response has been fantastic. “A lot of these service-based businesses have wanted this option for quite some...

    Dozens of people gathered in northwest Baltimore, Maryland Saturday to honor a local barber and photographer recently killed. Kenny “Bean” Whitley, 33, was shot and killed on Dolfield Avenue in northwest Baltimore earlier in the week. A motive remains unclear. Kennybean is well known for his sharp cuts and great eye for photography throughout the barbering industry. He definitely was a rising star and will be greatly missed in our community.  He grew up in Baltimore and graduated from Morgan State University, and attended Edmondson Westside High School. Saturday’s vigil was held outside his home. “I’m so overwhelmed, amazed and just...