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Judge to decide: Was it 'unreasonable' to ship 81 million opioid pills to one small West Virginia city?

Judge to decide: Was it 'unreasonable' to ship 81 million opioid pills to one small West Virginia city?

As a landmark federal opioid trial nears completion, West Virginia communities are demanding $2.5 billion in compensation. Drug firms say they acted responsibly in shipping millions of pills.
by Brian Mann

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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen

Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked after a Vatican investigation confirmed he had sexually molested adults as well as children, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974, court records show.
by The Associated Press

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Man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life

Man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life

A man accused of killing eight people, mostly women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in four of the killings and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison.
by The Associated Press

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Suit accuses mall of negligence in 2019 assault of young boy

Suit accuses mall of negligence in 2019 assault of young boy

The family of the then five-year-old boy says the Mall of America should have done more to keep track of the assailant that day.
by Peter Cox

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Court nixes new trial for 'Making a Murderer' subject Avery

Court nixes new trial for 'Making a Murderer' subject Avery

The Wisconsin Court of Appeal has rejected a request by "Making a Murderer" subject Steven Avery for a new trial. Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach.
by The Associated Press

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Violent crime surges across Minnesota with record murders

Violent crime surges across Minnesota with record murders

Violent crime surged nearly 17 percent across Minnesota last year, including a record number of murders, according to data released Tuesday by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
by The Associated Press

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