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Ex-ballerina convicted of manslaughter in high-profile 'Black Swan murder' case

A former ballerina at the center of the highly publicized “Black Swan murder” case has been convicted of manslaughter. Ashley Benefield, 33, was found guilty by a jury in Manatee County, Florida on Tuesday night. The manslaughter conviction is a step-down from the second-degree murder charge originally issued against Benefield after the death of her...

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Former leader of San Francisco nonprofit arrested for alleged misuse of taxpayer funds on parties, trips

After a monthslong investigation, the former executive director of a now-defunct San Francisco nonprofit was arrested Tuesday on dozens of felony charges related to the alleged misuse of over $700,000 in public funds, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said. Kyra Worthy, a resident of Richmond, California, has been charged with misappropriation of public money,...

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Trump assassination attempt: Butler DA says local snipers were not responsible for rooftop shooter fired from

The Butler County, Pennsylvania, district attorney told Fox News on Wednesday that local snipers were not responsible for monitoring the rooftop where a gunman tried to assassinate former President Trump. Richard Goldinger is the latest official to dispute acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe’s testimony at a Senate hearing on the shooting in Butler,...

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Maduro bows to pressure for judicial audit of election results as Argentina's Milei encourages protests

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has bowed to pressure from protesters and neighboring countries alike and called for an audit of the recent presidential election while continuing to verbally spar with rival leaders such as Argentina’s Javier Milei. “The fraud carried out and perpetrated by the dictator Nicolás Maduro is nothing less than a Pyrrhic victory,”...

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14 arrested in human trafficking undercover sting at San Diego Comic-Con event: 'Insidious crime'

Authorities in San Diego arrested 14 people and rescued 10 victims, including a 16-year-old, after an undercover human trafficking sting at the massive and popular Comic-Con International event in the Southern California city over the weekend. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the arrests on Wednesday were part of a joint investigation by the...

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SEE IT: Chick-fil-A delivery driver fights off alleged armed robber, pulls off mask in surveillance video

51-year-old Tommie Lee Williams was arrested in Gwinnett County, Georgia after attempting an armed robbery at a Chick-fil-A restaurant around 4:30 am.Williams, allegedly armed and masked, broke into the Chick-fil-A at Stone Mountain Highway, according to the Gwinnett County Police Department. Williams then threatened a delivery driver present in the kitchen area using a handgun.SUSPECT...

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Missouri man free after judge overturns 1991 conviction, despite state pushback

A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there. “I never gave up because my family never gave up,” Christopher Dunn said from the steps of the downtown St. Louis courthouse. “It’s easy to give...

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Former lead BBC news anchor pleads guilty to making indecent images of children

Huw Edwards, the BBC’s former top news presenter, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of making indecent images of children. The offenses he pleaded guilty to at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London during a 26-minute hearing involved images shared on WhatsApp between December 2020 and August 2021. Edwards has been remanded on bail until...