Runner who hit opponent in head with baton faces assault and battery charge

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  High school track athlete facing battery charge after viral video of competitor hit with baton

  A Virginia high school track athlete is facing a misdemeanor charge following a viral video of her at a meet where her competitor gets struck in the head with a baton.
  
  NBC News - Mar. 13
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  WATCH: High school runner hit in head with baton during race

  Junior Kaelen Tucker was running the second leg of the 4x200 relay in the Virginia State High School League Championships when another athlete struck her in the head with a baton.
  
  ABC News - Mar. 10
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  Virginia high school athlete charged with assault and battery following viral track meet baton incident

  The incident occurred during a state championship meet last week
  
  CBS Sports - Mar. 13

• Viral video shows track athlete strike opponent with baton. Erie coaches weighed in

  What should a track athlete do when an opponent impedes their path? Erie high school coaches weighed in after a recent viral video showing a Virginia athlete strike an opponent mid-race.
  
  Yahoo Sports - 4d

• Battery charge against fighter Diaz dismissed

  A misdemeanor battery charge against combat sports star Nate Diaz, which stem from an altercation with a nightclub bouncer in Las Vegas last year, has been dismissed.
  
  ESPN - 4d
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  Teens charged with murder in fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist captured on video

  Police say a 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in a fatal hit-and-run of a bicyclist heading to work in Albuquerque that was captured on video from inside the stolen car
  
  ABC News - 6d

• Attorney of man charged in alleged college hazing incident discusses case

  Three people are facing felony criminal hazing charges in the death of 20-year-old Caleb Wilson, who was a sophomore at Southern University in Baton Rouge. An attorney for one of the men charged ...
  
  CBS News - Mar. 13

• Xavier Worthy of Chiefs released from jail, won't face domestic assault charges

  Xavier Worthy was taken into custody Friday on a count of third-degree felony assault. However, prosecutors Saturday declined to pursue the case.
  
  CBS News - Mar. 8
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  Philippine ex-president Duterte heading to The Hague to face ICC charges

  Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is being flown to the Netherlands to face an International Criminal Court charge of crimes against humanity linked to the deadly crackdown on drugs he ...
  
  ABC News - Mar. 12

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