Crime
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Turkish court convicts former editor on terror charges
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted the former editor-in-chief of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet on espionage and terror-related charges over a 2015 ...
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Gunman kills 3 French police in domestic abuse standoff
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - A heavily armed gunman in southern France killed three police officers responding to a domestic violence call at his house and then fled, and he was found d...
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Ex-'Survivor' contestant charged with larceny in Virginia
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - A former 'œSurvivor'ť contestant has been charged in Virginia with grand larceny, authorities said. Jonny Fairplay, who while competing on the show ...
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Parents convicted in 2009 'balloon boy' hoax pardoned
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - A couple convicted of criminal charges in the so-called balloon boy hoax that fascinated the country more than a decade ago were pardoned Wednesday by the ...
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Kushner pardon revives 'loathsome' tale of tax evasion, sex
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called it 'œone of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes'ť he ever prosecuted as U.S. attorney. After ...
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Trump pardons security contractors in deadly Iraq shooting
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi...
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Trump: Classified material can be used in Durham probe
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The special counsel investigating the origins of the FBI's probe into the 2016 election now has the authority to use classified information indefinitel...
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UN rights office criticizes Trump pardons of ex-contractors
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The United Nations' human rights office said on Wednesday that it's 'œdeeply concerned'ť by U.S. President Donald Trump's pardons of four former government...
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Man charged with voting-related threats against House member
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a man accused of threatening to kill a member of Congress from Maryland earlier this month if the lawm...
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Pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians stir angry response
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The courtroom monitors carried the image of a smiling 9-year-old boy as his father pleaded for the punishment of four U.S. government contractors convi...