CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who admitted his role in a powerful Mexico-based drug cartel and said “it’s very hard to get out” was sentenced Thursday in a federal court in New Hampshire to 10 years in prison.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada prison where a handcuffed inmate was killed by a guard with a shotgun has an unusually high number of incidents of corrections officers firing guns, despite the vast majority of lockups nationwide not allowing anyone to even carry guns.
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A dashboard camera video released by the authorities Thursday shows the initial encounter between Walter L. Scott and the police officer who killed him.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas prison officials on Thursday executed a man convicted in the slaying of a Dallas-area police officer during a 2002 shootout that followed the killing of a customer outside a convenience store.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A bird flu strain that's deadly to poultry has been confirmed in a second commercial turkey flock in eastern South Dakota and preliminary tests have confirmed the presence of some form of bird flu at a North Dakota farm, bringing to at least 15 the number of Midwest farms infected in the latest outbreak.
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WALKERTON, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana pizzeria that closed after its owner supported Indiana's religious objections law has reopened.
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The owner of a 17-pound Siamese cat named Liam says he has nearly used up his nine lives after getting shocked on a power pole in Grants Pass and falling 25 feet.
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By Steve Quinn JUNEAU (Reuters) – Alaska’s lone road to North Slope oilfield operations has been shut for days while emergency crews divert flood waters from an adjacent river and oil companies fly provisions to the Arctic region, state and company officials said on Thursday. The road closure, however, has not affected oil production on the North Slope. Alaska Governor Bill Walker declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, opening up state funds for some emergency response costs and repair work. There was no projection for when the highway would reopen, said Meadow Bailey, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities spokeswoman.
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Longtime Philadelphia Daily News sports columnist Stan Hochman has died from illness.
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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. healthcare worker who was being treated for Ebola at a National Institutes of Health hospital in Maryland has been declared free of the virus and was released from the hospital on Thursday, according to the U.S. aid agency Partners In Health. The health worker, whose name will not be released, was admitted to the NIH facility on March 13. He contracted Ebola while working for Partners In Health in Sierra Leone. The NIH confirmed the release, saying the patient was no longer contagious and was discharged in good condition.
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