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Ex-cop ordered to pay $100 million for killing man in his apartment
Amber Guyger, who is serving a 10-year sentence for the murder of Botham Jean, is required to pay $98.6 million to Jean’s estate and parents.
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Kayaker accused of faking his own death is alive, authorities say
“I am safe and secure,” Ryan Borgwardt said in a proof-of-life video that a Wisconsin sheriff played for the public.
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Illinois Supreme Court reverses actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction
The court overturned the case based on the procedural issue of a due process violation during the years of high-profile legal wrangling.
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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder
The case against Colin Gray marks the first time the parent of an alleged school shooter has been charged with murder.
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Police records reveal new details about sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth
The incident has roiled Trump’s transition team since the former president announced Hegseth as his nominee for defense secretary.
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‘Potato cartel’ mashed competition to raise french fry prices, lawsuits say
Several antitrust lawsuits accused top producers of conspiring to raise prices of frozen potato products, like french fries.
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Venezuelan national found guilty of murder in Laken Riley trial
Jose Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant, was accused of killing a University of Georgia nursing student in a trial that Republicans made a flash point on immigration.
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Calling bird watchers: New ‘EagleCam’ shows ‘intimate lives’ of bald eagles
A camera in Minnesota will follow a pair of bald eagles as they make their nest and raise chicks. A previous eagle pair’s nest collapsed in a storm in 2023.
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Susan Smith, who drowned her sons in 1994, is up for parole. Here’s what to know.
Smith spent 30 years in prison for murdering her two sons by driving them into a lake in a case that drew worldwide attention.
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Man walked rainy highway for hours to help stranger find lost funeral notes
“I couldn’t believe it — why would he do that?” Jeannie Wolf said. “It was like a miracle to me.”
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