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3 Pennsylvania men have convictions overturned after decades behind bars in woman's 1997 killing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the convictions of three men imprisoned for decades in the 1997 slaying of a 70-year-old woman even though their DNA never matched that found at the scene, but they will remain in prison while a prosecutor decides whether to appeal. The Delaware County judge on Thursday ordered new trials for Derrick Chappell …

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MSNBC, NBC leaders were caught flat-footed, out of touch with staff on Ronna McDaniel fiasco: Insider

MSNBC President Rashida Jones and NBCUniversial News Group Chairman Cesar Conde came out looking like they didn’t understand their own staffers after this week’s Ronna McDaniel debacle, a network insider tells . Exactly one week after proudly announcing the hiring of McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, as a paid analyst, NBC is still reeling after an …

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Beijing sends investigators to Pakistan to probe bombing that killed 5 Chinese nationals

A team of Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join a probe into a suicide attack that killed five of its nationals earlier this week, officials said, as Pakistan continued its own investigations into the attack. The slain Chinese engineers and workers were heading on Tuesday to the Dasu Dam, the biggest hydropower project in northwest Pakistan, when …

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Seattle-area officials want 'no locks, no cells' for juvenile offenders amid rise in teen crime

Seattle-area leaders are eyeing a 2028 deadline for closing their youth detention center, despite a rise in youth crime. “We know detention is causing harm, we know detention is expensive,” said Celia Jackson, director of criminal legal system transformation at the King County Executive’s Office, KING 5 reported. “It is always the right time to do the right thing.” Protesters …

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Jesse Watters: For two decades Diddy thought he was untouchable, now his world's crumbling

Fox News host Jesse Watters discusses the latest developments into the investigation of Rapper Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs. JESSE WATTERS: We found Diddy, the disgraced billionaire hip hop mogul and Democratic Party community organizer, was spotted for the first time since having his homes raided in a major sex trafficking investigation similar to Jeffrey Epstein’s. They say he was seen swinging …

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In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday rituals

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through the limestone walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, commemorating one of the faith’s most sacred days with noticeably thinner crowds amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The day’s processions, which normally draw thousands of foreign visitors, were unusually local. Most observers were Palestinian Christians, joined by some foreigners …

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Anti-squatting 'professional' celebrates Florida ban, as other state laws frustrate homeowners

The practice of squatting — or living in a home against the wishes of homeowners, often being protected by Byzantine civil statutes — is becoming a trend in the U.S. However, upon the passage of a bipartisan state law in Florida that effectively bans the ability for unwanted house guests to stay as long as they want, a self-described anti-squatting …

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