Crime
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Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prison
Feb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McD...
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In trial closing, prosecutor says lies caught up to Avenatti
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday in a trial's closing arguments that California lawyer Michael Avenatti told repeated lies to porn actor Stormy Daniels...
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Ex-student is arraigned in shooting of two campus officers
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A former student at a private college in Virginia was arraigned Wednesday on murder charges, a day after authorities say he returned to his alma mat...
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US Ex-missionary guilty of sexually assaulting Ugandan girl
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - MACON, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a girl under the care of his church while doing missionary work in Uganda. Court recor...
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Biden grappling with 'perfect storm' of rising gun violence
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Illegal guns are flooding the streets. Teenagers are being murdered. And alarming numbers of police officers have been shot dead. Gun violence already...
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4 charged after overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Four men face charges that they were members of the drug distribution crew that supplied a deadly mix of narcotics to Michael K. Williams, the renowned a...
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Florida GOP rejects rape exception in 15-week abortion ban
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Republicans on Wednesday rejected a move to create exemptions for rape, incest and human trafficking in their proposal to ban abortions ...
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Brooklyn judge's son pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A New York City judge's son who referred to himself as a 'œcaveman'ť eager to protest Donald Trump's presidential election loss pleaded guilty Wednesda...
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Trial of 3 cops in Floyd death delayed by COVID-19 diagnosis
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's rights was abruptly recessed on Wednesday after one of...
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As Russia tensions boil, US farmer remains jailed in Ukraine
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When Kurt Groszhans set out from North Dakota for Ukraine in 2017, he was eager to connect with his family's ancestral homeland and to farm the rich, b...