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Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Selena, is denied parole

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The woman sentenced to life in prison for killing Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles said[……] ....

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Federal judge to consider releasing immigration activist who took refuge in churches

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DENVER — A federal judge in Denver is set to hear arguments Friday over whether an immigration and labor activist who took refuge in Colorado chu[……] ....

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Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport

ustowner-012 2025-03-27 22:14

Kseniia Petrova was returning to the US from a trip to France when officials revoked her visa and detained her A Russian scientist from Harvard Med[……] ....

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Phoenix officers suspended for 24 hours after repeatedly punching deaf man with cerebral palsy during arrest

ustowner-012 2025-03-26 20:01

Tyron McAlpin was arrested last year and was initially charged with assaulting police and resisting arrest, but those charges were later dropped. T[……] ....

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Evidence in death of former U.S. attorney points to natural causes, police say

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Virginia police looking into the death of former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber say everything they have found points to natural causes. The[……] ....

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Texas prosecutor won’t seek death for gunman in 2019 Walmart mass shooting

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A Texas district attorney said Tuesday he will no longer pursue the death penalty against the gunman who killed 23 people in a racially motivated atta[……] ....

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Columbia protester suit raises questions about free speech rights: ‘Immigration enforcement as a bludgeon’

ustowner-012 2025-03-25 19:28

The lawsuit of Chung’s, whose green card was revoked, asks: what limits remain on the Trump administration’s power? In a matter of days, Yunseo Chu[……] ....

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Trump’s shuttering of global media agency endangers reporters, staff say

ustowner-011 2025-03-24 14:40

Employees who may have to return home risk death or imprisonment at hands of authoritarian governments Foreign workers at US government-backed medi[……] ....

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Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit

ustowner-012 2025-03-24 04:06

A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused h[……] ....

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