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The past year of Kevin Shattenkirk’s career has been building to this: the offseason, and with it, unrestricted free agency. His last season with the St. Louis Blues was rife with trade speculation that culminated in him being dealt to the Capitals on Feb. 27. Shattenkirk’s preference was to then prolong any decisions about his next destination with a deep Stanley Cup run in Washington. But now that the Capitals have bowed out after a second-round loss there’s a countdown until July 1, when Shattenkirk is expected to be the most coveted defenseman in this free agency cycle. In his exit interview with reporters on Friday, Shattenkirk said he intended to talk with General Manager Brian MacLellan

The alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in India has sparked days of protests which have beengrowing in momentum.On Thursday, demonstrators gathered outside the crematorium in New Delhi where the incident is said to have taken place last Sunday.Police allege that the girl was killed after she went to fetch water from there.Her family said they went looking for the girl when she failed to return home.They claim they saw some of the alleged perpetrators who worked at the crematorium incinerating her body against the family’s wishes.This is the victim’s father:”The priest said to me that my daughter died with electric shock and he had performed her last rites. He asked me to keep this to myself and do not spread the news. I said, this is not fair, how can you cremate my daughter without showing me her face? he showed my daughter’s face to my wife, but, not me.”Police said four men have been arrested on charges of rape, murder and criminal intimidation.They were not available for comment and Officialsportsbetting.com could not determine if they had lawyers.The incident has drawn into focus the rampant sexual violence in India, with some calling for the perpetrators to be hanged.According to the latest government data, there were more than 32,000 rapes recorded in the country in 2019 – almost four an hour.There were more than 100,000 kidnappings of women over the same period – a third of them with the aim of forcing them into marriage.The chief minister of India’s capital has ordered a judge-led inquiry into the 9-year-old’s case.

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