West Virginia couple convicted of abusing adopted children is set for sentencing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A West Virginia couple convicted in the mistreatment of their adopted children, including locking some in a ...
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Court-martial hearing set to begin for Pentagon leaker already facing years behind bars
BEDFORD, Mass. -- Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was sentenced last year to 15 years in prison ...
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Sixth inmate dies at troubled Wisconsin maximum security prison
MADISON, Wis. -- A sixth inmate has died at Wisconsin's oldest prison, less than a year after the then-warden and ...
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States threaten fines, jail for officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown
ATLANTA -- Republican state lawmakers seeking to aid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration are threatening local officials who ...
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Leonard Peltier to be released following sentence commutation in FBI killings
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to be released from a Florida prison Tuesday based on former President Joe Biden ...
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Former college adjunct professor gets 8 years in prison for sexually abusing women from El Salvador
NEW YORK -- A former City College chemistry adjunct professor was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for sexually ...
Read moreDetailsAn ex-deep-sea treasure hunter jailed for nearly 10 years scores a legal win but won’t be freed
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose ...
Read moreDetailsIdentity thief whose deception led to his victim’s incarceration gets a 12-year prison term
An information technology expert who for decades assumed the identity of another man so convincingly that his victim was forcibly ...
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Trial begins for neo-Nazi group leader accused of plotting power grid attack
BALTIMORE -- As the founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group goes on trial for conspiring to attack Maryland’s power grid, ...
Read moreDetailsMan accused of helping son hide 4 bodies in Wisconsin cornfield sentenced to 16 years in prison
MENOMONIE, Wis. -- A Minnesota man accused of helping his son hide four bodies in a Wisconsin cornfield has been ...
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