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He fled Venezuela 20 years ago after defying Chávez. Now ICE wants to deport him

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 · Miami, Florida Local News

Germán Rodolfo Varela López with his baby niece in his arms. Varela family. Germán Rodolfo Varela López was forced to flee Venezuela more than two decades ago after…

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Suspects kidnapped, tortured woman in cross-country scheme to commit fraud, authorities say

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 · Los Angeles, California Local News

A 28-year-old New York man was arrested outside an outdoor mall in Chino Hills on allegations that he, along with a female partner, kidnapped a 51-year-old woman and…

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Opinion | Free Gaza’s Palestinians from Hamas

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 · World News

Trump’s peace plan is a path to freedom and stability for the strip’s oppressed residents. Moumen Al-Natour Source link

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Opinion | How’s Life in That New Palestinian State?

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025 · World News

I have a few questions for the foreign governments that approved “ A Palestinian State for Hamas” (Review & Outlook, Sept. 23). What is its capital city? Can…

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Appeals court hears from US military contractor ordered to pay $42M to former Abu Ghraib detainees

September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 · Breaking News

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court was scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday about an appeal from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for…

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L.A. mom charged with murder in death of her 3-month-old baby

L.A. mom charged with murder in death of her 3-month-old baby

October 11, 2024October 12, 2024 · US News

A mother from Porter Ranch has been charged with murder in the death of her 3-month-old baby, authorities said Friday. Jalyn Simone SmithJermott, 21, faces one count of…

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Court rules that the government can hide its own report on CIA torture

Court rules that the government can hide its own report on CIA torture

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 · Politics

The government investigated itself—and you’re not allowed to see the results. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that the Freedom of Information…

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Man was tortured with blowtorch and shot to death over stolen RV in Missouri, feds say

Man was tortured with blowtorch and shot to death over stolen RV in Missouri, feds say

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 · Miami, Florida Local News

A Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to charges after officials say she played a part in the kidnapping and torture of a man before he was killed.  Getty…

Read more Man was tortured with blowtorch and shot to death over stolen RV in Missouri, feds say
Sentencing concludes for 6 former Mississippi officers who tortured 2 Black men

Sentencing concludes for 6 former Mississippi officers who tortured 2 Black men

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 · Orlando, Florida Local News

Sentencing has concluded for the six white former officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men.High-ranking Former…

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3rd of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 17.5 years for racist torture of 2 Black men

3rd of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 17.5 years for racist torture of 2 Black men

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 · US News

JACKSON, Miss. — A third former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white…

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Sentencing concludes for 6 former Mississippi officers who tortured 2 Black men

3rd ex-deputy in Mississippi is sentenced to 17.5 years for racist torture of 2 Black men

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 · Sacramento, California Local News

A third former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has each been sentenced for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers who…

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Italy to try Egyptian officials again for 2016 torture and death of Italian student Giulio Regeni

Italy to try Egyptian officials again for 2016 torture and death of Italian student Giulio Regeni

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 · World News

ROME — Four high-level Egyptian security officials are going on trial in a Rome court, accused in the 2016 abduction, torture and slaying of an Italian doctoral student…

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Mass. marijuana shops pay towns hefty fees. Why that might change. – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Mass. marijuana shops pay towns hefty fees. Why that might change. – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

January 28, 2024January 28, 2024 · Cannabis

… Monday. Under current state law, marijuana establishments must pay a community … the costs imposed by the marijuana establishment.  “Reasonably related” means there … offset the operation of…

Read more Mass. marijuana shops pay towns hefty fees. Why that might change. – Medical Marijuana Program Connection
Cheney Offers to Waterboard Trump – Ralph Lombard, Humor Times

Cheney Offers to Waterboard Trump – Ralph Lombard, Humor Times

December 15, 2023December 16, 2023 · Humor

Ex-Congresswoman wants to waterboard Trump to ‘get at the truth’ about January 6th. In a less-publicized section of Liz Cheney’s tell-all expose “Oath and Honor,” the former US…

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Dianne Feinstein’s Fight Against The CIA Made A Difference

Dianne Feinstein’s Fight Against The CIA Made A Difference

September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 · US News

In 2009, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the first woman to lead the storied Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — just as Barack Obama became the second president to…

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Dianne Feinstein, longest-serving female US senator in history, dies at 90 | CNN Politics

Dianne Feinstein, longest-serving female US senator in history, dies at 90 | CNN Politics

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 · Breaking News

Washington CNN  —  Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the Senate made her the longest-serving female US senator in history, has died following months of declining health. She…

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Celebrity zoologist Adam Britton sexually abused dogs, viewed child abuse content

Celebrity zoologist Adam Britton sexually abused dogs, viewed child abuse content

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 · Breaking News

Celebrity zoologist Adam Britton tortured dogs until they died and accessed child abuse material in a case so “grotesque” an Australian judge warned security workers and court officials…

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9/11 defendant ruled unfit for trial after panel finds torture left him psychotic

9/11 defendant ruled unfit for trial after panel finds torture left him psychotic

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 · Breaking News

WASHINGTON — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s sustained…

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Child victims are the forgotten voices of Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990

Child victims are the forgotten voices of Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 · World News

SANTIAGO, Chile — Yelena Monroy was 3 years old when she was imprisoned for more than a year along with her younger sister and her mother, a socialist…

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Judge rejects military contractor’s effort to toss out Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit

Judge rejects military contractor’s effort to toss out Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 · US News

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge has again refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former Abu Ghraib inmates against a military contractor they accuse of being…

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