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Fugees rapper sentenced to prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign
WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs transferred to prison to serve prostitution-related sentence
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been transferred to a prison in New Jersey to…
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Former security guard at US Embassy in Norway convicted of spying for Russia and Iran
OSLO, Norway — OSLO, Norway (AP) — A former security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Norway was convicted of…
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Matriarch sentenced to life in prison for hired killing of her ex-son-in-law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family who was convicted…
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Japanese court convicts US Marine in sexual assault, sentencing him to 7 years
TOKYO — A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced…
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Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil…
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American imprisoned in Russia sentenced to new 15-year jail term for espionage
MOSCOW — A Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year…
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Memphis man guilty of murdering his wife during their honeymoon, a Fiji court decides
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A man from Memphis, Tennessee has been found guilty by a judge in Fiji of murdering…
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Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980
GREAT BEND, Kan. — More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central…
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A Minnesota man gets 33 years for fatally stabbing his wife during Bible study
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota man was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison for stabbing his wife…
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