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FBI raids Burnsville home of a second Feeding Our Future defendant

FBI raids Burnsville home of a second Feeding Our Future defendant

Mukhtar Shariff was one of five defendants convicted Friday of stealing 47 million dollars from taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs. Jurors found two others not guilty after a five-week trial.
by Matt Sepic

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This prison newspaper in Minnesota has been publishing for more than a century

This prison newspaper in Minnesota has been publishing for more than a century

A newspaper in a Minnesota prison began publishing more than a century ago. The paper covers prison life and gives its writers purpose. It’s one of around two dozen similar publications nationwide.
by Meg Anderson and Kerem Yücel

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What's next for Hunter Biden after his conviction on federal gun charges

What's next for Hunter Biden after his conviction on federal gun charges

Hunter Biden’s legal woes are not over after his conviction on three felony firearms charges in a trial that put a spotlight on his drug-fueled past. Now, President Joe Biden’s son faces sentencing, and another trial on tax charges in the middle of his father’s reelection campaign. 
by The Associated Press

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President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

Hunter Biden has been convicted of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.
by The Associated Press

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What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier’s first hearing in more than a decade

What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier’s first hearing in more than a decade

Peltier has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota. Supporters have long argued that Peltier was wrongly convicted and say this parole hearing may be his last chance at freedom.
by The Associated Press

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