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Fifty-two years after Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, the founder of Amazon reached space’s shoreline. At about 9:12 a.m. this morning, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifted off with Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, 82-year-old Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemon on board.

A few minutes later, the capsule that carried the crew members separated from the booster, giving the newly-minted astronauts a few moments of microgravity. 

“You have a very happy crew up here, I want you to know,” one person said. 

The capsule skirted the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere and space, at a point known as the Karman line. 

About 10 minutes after take-off, the capsule began its descent. 

“It was so amazing, it was so amazing,” Daemen said as they landed. Jeff Bezos was pumping his fists and offering a thumbs-up sign through the window. 

Even billionaire rival Richard Branson, who just returned from his own spaceflight, offered a congratulatory message today. 

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Earlier this year, the ex-husband of the well-known animal rights attorney Jennifer Emmi said he was scared for his life. He was worried, too, about his children, and their au pair who eventually became his girlfriend. 

Apparently, Emmi had been scheming to kill his new romantic partner. She pleaded guilty to several charges against her a few weeks ago after a six-month investigation. 

Last year, Emmi had apparently spoken to both a farmhand and a military sniper about murdering the woman. 

Now Emmi is behind bars, with her bond set at $3 million in cash. 

“I was set up, and I have been repeatedly set up,” she said at one point. “All I can say is I want the truth to come out. The whole thing is crazy. I don’t want to hurt anyone.” 

When is sentencing scheduled? 

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Dolores Diaz and her three children were walking in Queens when a 24-year-old snatched her five-year-old son Jacob, authorities say. The man, James McGonagle, apparently hopped into his maroon sedan and started driving with the child.

Diaz and her other children chased the vehicle, trying to pull the passenger door open.

Finally, Diaz rescued her son by pulling him through the window. Onlookers apparently tried to stop the car, video shows. 

“It’s quick. I said, ‘Oh my God, my kids, please,'” Diaz said of the incident. “Because I’m screaming, the people [started] coming, and they [helped] me. One lady [came] and called the police.” 

McGonagle, who also later punched a police officer, was ultimately arrested, but his accomplice remains at large. 

“If they didn’t give my brother back I would have to punch them,” the boy’s brother said of the ordeal. 

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A 70-year-old Walmart patron was apparently assaulted by a 17-year-old store employee while other customers did nothing, reporters say. 

According to the victim, P.K. Shader, the trouble began when she asked Jazareia Velasquez if there was any way to quicken the checkout process. 

“The young woman I dealt with started yelling at me, asking if I wanted to work there, if I needed a job there,” Shader said. 

She apparently then attempted to take a photo of the teen’s ID and planned to report her to a manager. 

“She went crazy. She flew, and she punched me, fist right here [in the face] over and over again,” Shader said. 

Walmart has since issued a statement, but the victim doesn’t feel the company is going far enough to prevent such behavior in the future. 

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A Florida man was arrested for stealing a live gator from a miniature golf course and attempting to throw it onto the roof of a nearby Daytona-area bar, authorities said. 

According to local police officers, the man claimed he was “teaching it a lesson,” and was seen hitting the animal against the building’s awning. He apparently also threw the creature to the ground and stomped on it. He grabbed it by the tail, they said. The entire incident occurred just off of Highway A1A.

The 32-year-old now faces a series of charges which include burglary, criminal mischief, and injury of an alligator. The suspect’s name was not released when he was taken into custody earlier this week. As of Friday, he was still behind bars. It is unclear what happened to the alligator following the incident, or if the animal sustained any major injuries.  

What else do we know about this right now?

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