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BALTIMORE – Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been released from a halfway house in Baltimore, where he’d been…
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California-based water bottling company Niagara Bottling recalled 14 of its brands Monday after one of its spring sources detected E.…
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Read MoreEx-priest in Puerto Rico gets 11 years for taking boy on cruise with intent of sexual conduct
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A former Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking…
Read MorePeople-smuggling captain at center of Australian payment claims describes return voyage ordeal
ROTE NDAO, Indonesia – The captain of a people smuggling boat who says he was paid by Australian authorities to…
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Teen allegedly told to stop Googling symptoms dies of rare cancer
A hospital in the United Kingdom is apologizing after a teenager who was allegedly told to stop looking up her…
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