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On Dec. 10, 39-year-old Bernardo Acosta of Mecca was located and booked into John Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of burglary, possession of stolen property and grand theft. Anyone with ...

The department’s ongoing investigation dates to early August, when deputies from went to an area in Mecca regarding a train ...

“I’m so excited about this becoming the pizza mecca of New York because you have some heavy hitters here,” added Cavallo. Matt Grogan, co-founder of Juliana’s, agreed, saying “the bottom line is” ...

Blue Ivy’s premiere appearance should have been a moment of joy and celebration. Instead, it became a microcosm of the double ...

Last month, a 2-year-old girl playing outside of a North Texas daycare facility became trapped in ... Will Lubbock Go From ...

One of many area junior players who train at the Anders Mattson Golf Academy in Saratoga Springs, he worked meticulously at ...

A Sunday afternoon in L.A. with Na-Kel Smith, Junior Gutierrez, Davonte Jolly, Lee Spielman and Atiba Jefferson.

Playing with Michael Jordan was a blessing. It was wild to think he was both a player and a GM. I’d see guys go out and party ...

This country has lost more than a third of its bookstores in the last decade, but in Charlottesville – a small town with a ...

Esenaliev embodies Adil, an intellectually disabled 35-year-old who still plays with children ... s suggestion that they should travel to Mecca to ensure their passage to heaven.