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Police delivered a ‘beatdown' that killed Tyre Nichols, prosecutor says in trial closing
Closing arguments are underway in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a fatal beating.
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BC grad student arrested in Brookline child sex abuse imagery investigation
A man was arrested Wednesday in an investigation into the uploading of images showing child sex abuse, police in Brookline, Massachusetts, said.
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Parole board's work in spotlight after ruling on life sentences for young adults
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s controversial Mattis decision earlier this year opened up the possibility of parole for as many as 216 inmates currently serving life sentences in the commonwealth. And in the process, it dropped a heavy workload on the Parole Board that some elected officials believe requires legislative intervention. The high court ruled in January that it was…
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Parents turn in their kids for 7-Eleven flash mob robberies in LA
The LAPD said Tuesday that the parents of three teenagers who were allegedly shown in security video from recent flash mob-style robberies at convenience stores had brought their children to police stations so they could be arrested.
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs hit with a wave of 120 new sexual assault allegations
A Texas-based attorney said he’s representing more than a hundred accusers in a series of new civil lawsuits he’ll file against Diddy.
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Fake online pharmacies sold deadly counterfeit pills
Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.
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Inmate dies after fight at Mass. Treatment Center
The death of an inmate after a fight at the Massachusetts Treatment Center Sunday is being investigated, authorities say.
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Inmate dies after Mass. prison assault, officials say
A man was fatally wounded in a fight at a Massachusetts prison on Sunday morning, officials said. The 34-year-old was pronounced dead after he was found unresponsive at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater and rushed to a hospital, according to the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. He hasn’t been publicly identified. Investigators believe another inmate...
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Montana man to be sentenced for cloning giant sheep to breed large sheep for captive trophy hunts
An 81-year-old Montana man is expected to be sentenced for using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to illegally create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunts in Texas and Minnesota.
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Arkansas couple accused of trying to sell baby for beer and money, police say
In a letter signed by both parents, they agreed that there “will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again” the buyer.
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What is an indictment?
The indictment contains the basic information that informs the person of the charges against them.
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Brothers caught soon after robbing Boston bank where one worked, DA says
A month after returning to the Boston bank where he’d been previously been fired, a teller was caught with a large amount of cash he’d allegedly just stolen from the bank with the help of his brother, prosecutors said. Jenel Flounoury and his older brother Justin Flounoury, both from Brockton, are accused of stealing nearly $200,000 from Energy Credit...
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Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of judge in courthouse chamber
The sheriff shot the judge multiple times on Sept. 19 following an argument in the Kentucky courthouse, according to Kentucky State Police.
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Healey nominates first female chief justice of appeals court
Gov. Maura Healey continued to put her imprint on the judiciary Wednesday, tapping Justice Amy Blake to be elevated to the first female chief justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Blake has been a justice of the Appeals Court since 2014 and, if her elevation is confirmed by the Governor’s Council, would succeed Chief Justice Mark Green, who resigned earlier...
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Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family's calls to spare his life
Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of evidence in the case.
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Ryan Routh is charged with attempted assassination
Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Wesley Routh with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate on Tuesday.
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Mother of Elijah Lewis to plead guilty in his death
Danielle Dauphinais has agreed to plead guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the death of her son, Elijah Lewis, whose body was found in Abington, Massachusetts, in 2021.
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Are crime rates up in America? Here's what the FBI says
The FBI released its annual crime statistics report for 2023, with insights into everything from murder to robbery. Here’s what you need to know.
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Colorado men tied up and tortured their housemate for 14 hours, police say
Colorado law enforcement say three men are accused of tying up their housemate and torturing him for 14 hours.
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Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison
A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.