The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms
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Actor Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty to walking in Yellowstone park thermal area, must pay $1,500
[ad_1] MAMMOTH, Wyo. — Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times,
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Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act
[ad_1] Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school’s failure to disclose information
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Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will the change do?
[ad_1] Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the
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Family and advocates want solution to legal loophole after the death of Audrii Cunningham
[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas — As mourners prepare for the funeral of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, who was killed near Houston, the
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Louisiana moves closer to final passage of tough-on-crime bills that could overhaul justice system
[ad_1] BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime
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LA ethics panel rejects proposed fine for ex-CBS exec Les Moonves over police probe interference
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission unanimously rejected a proposed settlement between the city and Les
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Solemn monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists more than 125,000 names
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the Japanese American
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A $355 million penalty and business ban: Takeaways from Trump’s New York civil fraud verdict
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president
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New York woman sentenced to probation and fines in COVID aid fraud schemes
[ad_1] NEW YORK — A Brooklyn woman who pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with various pandemic-era relief schemes was
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