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Florida Executes Man Claiming Intellectual Disability After Supreme Court Denies Reprieve
The state said tests showed Frank Athen Walls was of normal intelligence.
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US Indicts Over 70 Tren de Aragua Members in Nationwide Crackdown
Charges against the cartel members included murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking.
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DOJ Indicts 2, Including Haitian National, in $7 Million Food Stamp Fraud Scheme
The two received ‘extraordinarily high’ amounts of food stamp payments despite the relatively small size of their storefronts, prosecutors alleged.
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Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Court to Overturn Her Convictions
Maxwell was convicted on five sex trafficking counts and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Official Cause of Death for Rob Reiner and Wife Revealed
Nick Reiner made his first court appearance on murder charges in the deaths of his parents.
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Officials Release Enhanced Video Footage of Brown University Mass Shooting Suspect
Two people were shot and killed and nine wounded at the Ivy League school over the weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. No suspect has been apprehended yet.
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Supreme Court to Hear Death Row Inmate’s Claim of Racial Bias in Jury Selection
A lower court found Terry Pitchford waived his right to claim discrimination.
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FBI Releases Video Timeline of Suspect in Brown University Shooting
Authorities are offering a $50,000 reward as the search for the gunman who killed two students and wounded nine others enters its fourth day.
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Oversight Committee Alleges Outgoing DC Police Chief Manipulated Crime Statistics
President Donald Trump cited crime as the reason for an ongoing deployment of the National Guard in Washington.
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FTA Threatens to Cut Funds to Chicago Transit Authority After Woman Set on Fire
The special directive orders the Chicago Transit Authority act on public safety concerns by Dec. 19.
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New York Archdiocese Agrees to Mediation for Settling 1,300 Claims of Sexual Abuse
The church, which serves 2.5 million New York Catholics, said it is working to make available $300 million to ‘provide compensation to survivors.’
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Former DEA Official and Associate Face Charges of Conspiring to Assist Mexican Drug Cartel
Prosecutors alleged that the pair agreed to launder cartel funds and support its operations after meeting with an undercover source.
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What We Know About the 2 National Guard Members Shot in DC Ambush
The suspect has been identified as a 29-year-old Afghan national who once worked with the CIA.
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National Murder Rate Is ‘Lowest in Modern History’: FBI Director
Bureau director Kash Patel said a new report in December will show that homicide rates dropped by double digits.
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Florida Executes Man Claiming Intellectual Disability After Supreme Court Denies Reprieve
The state said tests showed Frank Athen Walls was of normal intelligence.
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US Indicts Over 70 Tren de Aragua Members in Nationwide Crackdown
Charges against the cartel members included murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking.
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DOJ Indicts 2, Including Haitian National, in $7 Million Food Stamp Fraud Scheme
The two received ‘extraordinarily high’ amounts of food stamp payments despite the relatively small size of their storefronts, prosecutors alleged.
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Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Court to Overturn Her Convictions
Maxwell was convicted on five sex trafficking counts and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Official Cause of Death for Rob Reiner and Wife Revealed
Nick Reiner made his first court appearance on murder charges in the deaths of his parents.
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Officials Release Enhanced Video Footage of Brown University Mass Shooting Suspect
Two people were shot and killed and nine wounded at the Ivy League school over the weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. No suspect has been apprehended yet.
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Supreme Court to Hear Death Row Inmate’s Claim of Racial Bias in Jury Selection
A lower court found Terry Pitchford waived his right to claim discrimination.
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FBI Releases Video Timeline of Suspect in Brown University Shooting
Authorities are offering a $50,000 reward as the search for the gunman who killed two students and wounded nine others enters its fourth day.
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Oversight Committee Alleges Outgoing DC Police Chief Manipulated Crime Statistics
President Donald Trump cited crime as the reason for an ongoing deployment of the National Guard in Washington.
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FTA Threatens to Cut Funds to Chicago Transit Authority After Woman Set on Fire
The special directive orders the Chicago Transit Authority act on public safety concerns by Dec. 19.
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New York Archdiocese Agrees to Mediation for Settling 1,300 Claims of Sexual Abuse
The church, which serves 2.5 million New York Catholics, said it is working to make available $300 million to ‘provide compensation to survivors.’
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Former DEA Official and Associate Face Charges of Conspiring to Assist Mexican Drug Cartel
Prosecutors alleged that the pair agreed to launder cartel funds and support its operations after meeting with an undercover source.
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What We Know About the 2 National Guard Members Shot in DC Ambush
The suspect has been identified as a 29-year-old Afghan national who once worked with the CIA.
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National Murder Rate Is ‘Lowest in Modern History’: FBI Director
Bureau director Kash Patel said a new report in December will show that homicide rates dropped by double digits.
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