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Andrew johnson was given an ultimatum as he stood ready to compete -- cut his dreadlocks or forfeit the match. >> from the matches ive seen, i have not seen his dreads be a problem with the referee or anything like that. >> reporter: the ref, alan maloney, said the hair violated athletic regulations. league rules state that if a players hair is too long, they can choose to wear a cap that is attached to the ear guards. its not known why a cap wasnt an option in this case. not wanting to hurt the...

Says schedules are slowly returning to normal. but for holiday travelers that return to business as usual didnt come soon aenough. ali arouzi, nbc news, london. back in the united states, there is controversy over what some see as an unfair and potentially racist choice forced on a high school athlete this week. it happened in new jersey where a wrestler was told to cut his dreadlocks or he could not compete. nbcs kathy park has more. >> reporter: the crowd at wednesdays wrestling match watche...

Earlobes and he d requirements. johnson chose to have his hair cut rather than forfeit the match. some think the ruling was racially motivated. he ended up winning. new jersey governor phil murphy has weighed in writing on twitter, "no student should have to needlessly choose between his or her identity and playing sports." the wholening thing is now under investigation. coming up next, an inside look at the art of holiday shipping and the many people work behind the scenes to get packages deliv...

Tonight. a referee at a high school new e yeswr told a wrestler he had to cut his dread locks or forfeit the match. with the clock ticking, t wrestler, a teenager, chose to let the team trainer cut his hair. that video is now sparking outrage and questions about that refs decision. heres linsey davis. >> reporter: disgust tonight over this video now circulating the internet of this moment of humiliation. new jersey high school wrestler andrew johnson is having his dreadlocks cut by a trainer bef...

Johnsons win propelling his team to victory, but with a spilt lip, of h walks off the mat looki ining a hed just been defeated. demands are growing for maloney to be fired or punished. neither maloney or johnson responded to our questions for comments. a lehigh university student is under arrest tonight. the poisoning is not the only charge the suspect is now facing. heres linsey davis. >> reporter: a lehigh university student is behind bars tonight after police say he had been trying to kill ...

Shes handled it. the terms she has secured to leave the european union. just moments ago, theresa may addressed the british people outside 10 downing street, saying, quote, we need to get on with the job and focus on building a country that truly works for everyone. but getting a brexit deal the rest of europe will sign off on, and that the british people will like, well, that remains her biggest challenge. she only has 107 days to finalize it, and the clock is ticking. david? >> all right, prim...

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"every survivor of sexual violence must be taken seriously, and every student accused of sexual misconduct must know that guilt is not predetermined." critics say the obama-era guidelines, however well- intentioned, had created a new ofass of victims, like corey mock, who was expelled from the university of tennessee- chattanooga after the school thund himself responsible for sexual misconduct. marks father, conrad, said his son was wrongly accused. >> this never leaves you. it follows you forev...

Machine that was scanning ballot didnt read the senate race or they may have bubbled in two different candidates or something like that. what were really looking for is whether or not a batch of under voted ballots, particularly in broward county -- here we go again with broward county -- whether or not these people were confused and didnt vote at all in the senate race or whether or not there was something else going on with the machines. were really not going to know that until they start actu...

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