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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 husband’s legal case “could be moving in the right direction”…
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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 City’s Rikers Island were kept locked in their cells for nearly half an…
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Chicago man exonerated in 2011 murder case where legally blind eyewitness gave testimony
Darien Harris spent more than 12 years in an Illinois prison, convicted of murder in part on the testimony of…
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Man accused of texting threats to Ramaswamy faces charges involving 2 more candidates
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire man who was released from jail after he was accused of sending text messages…
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