Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: Serena, the Job Market, Karmelo Anthony, & More

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A Verdict That Hurts Our Hearts

A Texas jury has found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of first-degree murder, handing down a 35-year prison sentence. The case goes back to April 2025, when 17-year-old Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed during a high school track meet in Frisco, just outside Dallas. The defense argued that Anthony acted in self-defense, but the jurors weren’t convinced. They rejected the lesser manslaughter charges. Two young lives changed forever. It’s the kind of story that makes us hold our children a little closer.

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