Brothers resentenced to 60 years to life in 1995 slayings of parents, younger brother
FILE – David Freeman, left, and Bryan Freeman, right, sit with Nelson Birdwell III, not pictured, as they appear in
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Rapper Kodak Black freed from jail after drug possession charge was dismissed
MIAMI — South Florida rapper Kodak Black was freed from jail Wednesday after a federal judge sentenced him to time
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After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan’s gun storage law
FLINT, Mich. — A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week became
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Seattle police officer who struck and killed graduate student from India won’t face felony charges
SEATTLE — Prosecutors in Washington state said Wednesday they will not file felony charges against a Seattle police officer who
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Toyota recalls 280,000 pickups and SUVs because transmissions can deliver power even when in neutral
DETROIT — Toyota is recalling about 280,000 pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. to fix a transmission problem that
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Kentucky Senate supports constitutional change to restrict end-of-term gubernatorial pardon powers
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor’s end-of-term pardon powers,
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Decaying bodies and fake ashes spur Colorado lawmakers to address lax oversight of funeral homes
DENVER — On the heels of two egregious cases of funeral home owners mishandling bodies and cremated remains, Colorado lawmakers
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A US company is accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants
DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to
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A sand hole collapse in Florida killed a child. Such deaths occur several times a year in the US
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 5-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with
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Man charged in mass shooting at Fourth of July parade near Chicago to stand trial next February
CHICAGO — The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more, including children, at a Fourth of July
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