Crime
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New Mexico gang member convicted of murder, racketeering
Mar 17, 2021 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A federal court jury has convicted a self-admitted member of a New Mexico prison gang of ordering and participating in the 2008 killing of a man...
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Stiff adoption scheme term sought for Arizona ex-politician
Mar 17, 2021 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona prosecutors are seeking the stiffest possible prison sentence for a former metro Phoenix politician convicted in an illegal adoption scheme - one ...
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'Operation Varsity Blues' reenacts and reorients a scandal
Mar 17, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Smith didn't initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing 'œFyre,'ť the hit Netflix documen...
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Turkey expels pro-Kurdish legislator, seeks to disband party
Mar 17, 2021 7:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - In the latest crackdown on Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party, Turkish authorities on Wednesday stripped a prominent legislator and human rights...
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2 jurors dropped from Chauvin trial after $27 million settlement
Mar 17, 2021 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - A judge on Wednesday dismissed two jurors who had been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd's death over con...
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Police investigate suspect's motive in Atlanta-area killings
Mar 17, 2021 1:00 am - ATLANTA - A white man was charged Wednesday with killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent ...
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Federal judge dismisses suit against Palatine, Mount Prospect officersMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - A federal judge has dismissed a Chicago man's lawsuit against several Palatine and Mount Prospect police officers over his shooting during a June 2016 drug bust. Michael...
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Advocates seek Biden push on gun bills, but prospects iffy
Mar 16, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After President Joe Biden's giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden cere...
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UK funds street lights, CCTV amid anger over woman's killing
Mar 16, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's government plans to increase funding for street lighting and closed-circuit TV as part of a package of measures to help protect women and girls. ...
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Once tortured in Iranian jail, ex-Marine fights spy claims
Mar 16, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million fr...