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Gun supervisor for ‘Rust’ movie to be sentenced for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set
SANTA FE, N.M. — A movie weapons supervisor is facing up to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting…
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Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile halls get reprieve, can remain open after improvements
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Countyβs troubled juvenile detention facilities, on the verge of shutting down over safety issues and…
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Wife of Julian Assange says Biden’s comments mean case could be moving in the right direction
LONDON — The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday her husbandβs legal case βcould be moving in the right directionβ…
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University of Washington football player arrested, charged with raping 2 women
SEATTLE — A University of Washington football player has been arrested and charged with raping two women in Seattle and…
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Facing likely prison sentences, Michigan school shooter’s parents seek mercy from judge
PONTIAC, Mich. — The parents of a Michigan school shooter are asking a judge to keep them out of prison…
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18-year-old charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed a woman and 3 children in a van
SEATTLE — An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with four counts of vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a four-car…
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Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday
The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will…
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Idaho is set to execute a long-time death row inmate, a serial killer with a penchant for poetry
BOISE, Idaho — For nearly 50 years, Idaho’s prison staffers have been serving Thomas Eugene Creech three meals a day,…
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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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Inmates were locked in cells during April fire that injured 20 at NYC’s Rikers Island, report finds
NEW YORK — Inmates at New York Cityβs Rikers Island were kept locked in their cells for nearly half an…
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