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Former GOP Virginia lawmaker, Matt Fariss arrested again; faces felony gun and drug charges
RICHMOND, Va. — A former Virginia lawmaker was arrested over the weekend on felony gun and drug charges and a…
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Top Brazilian criminal leader isolated in prison after he negotiated his own arrest
RIO DE JANEIRO — One of Brazil’s top criminal leaders was locked up in a 6-square-meter (65-square-foot) isolation cell at…
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Brazil’s federal police arrest top criminal leader Zinho after negotiations
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s federal police said one of the country’s top criminal leaders surrendered Sunday after negotiations with…
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NY governor commutes sentence of rapper G. Dep who turned self in for killing
NEW YORK — Rapper Travell βG. Depβ Coleman, who walked into a New York police precinct in 2010 and admitted…
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Missouri governor granting pardons at pace not seen since WWII era
Distraught by a romantic breakup, 16-year-old Kenny Batson vented his hurt by stomping out the windshields of cars on a…
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Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador βs balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping…
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1 killed, 4 wounded in shooting in Copenhagen’s Christiania neighborhood, police in Denmark say
Danish police say a 30-year-old man has been killed and four other people inured in a shooting in a Copenhagen…
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Dealer gets 10 years in prison in death of actor Michael K. Williams
NEW YORK — A New York City drug dealer was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for providing βThe…
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3 Israeli soldiers, Egyptian officer killed in gunbattle at the border
JERUSALEM (AP) β A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers…
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Italian police dog with fine nose for cocaine sniffs out drugs hidden in banana shipment
ROME — With the help of a high-leaping dog with a fine nose for cocaine, Italian police seized more than…
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