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British police search for escaped terrorism suspect
British police scoured a huge London park on Friday for an ex-soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on…
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Notorious French gangster stands trial for helicopter jailbreak
Infamous French criminal Rédoine Faïd, who escaped prison in 2018 aboard a hijacked helicopter in a jailbreak that astonished France,…
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Australian lawmakers head to US to lobby against efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Assange
A group of Australian lawmakers say they will travel to Washington this month to lobby the United States to abandon…
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Minnesota prison on emergency lockdown after about 100 inmates ‘refuse’ to return to cells
A Minnesota prison has been placed on emergency lockdown and members of a crisis negotiation team have been activated after…
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Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of…
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Alex Murdaugh loses prison phone privileges after lawyer records phone call for documentary
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has lost his phone privileges and his prison tablet computer after his lawyer…
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A Russian who worked at a US consulate is accused of collecting information for US diplomats
Russia’s top domestic security agency says a detained former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok is accused of collecting…
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Ex-Prime Minister Thaksin enters prison in Thailand, facing 8-year sentence
BANGKOK — Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra entered prison to begin serving an 8-year sentence Tuesday, hours after returning to…
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British nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to life in prison over killing of seven newborns
A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital…
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Dentist convicted of killing wife on African safari set to be sentenced to life in prison
DENVER — A wealthy dentist convicted of killing his wife at the end of an African safari in Zambia is…
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