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South Dakota kicks 273 'noncitizens' off its voter rolls even with general election voting underway

South Dakota kicks 273 'noncitizens' off its voter rolls even with general election voting underway

South Dakota's top elections official has removed hundreds of people from the state's voter rolls as general election voting is underway — a move she defends as necessary to ensure election integrity but that opponents say is illegal and could disenf
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A retired Houston officer gets 60 years in a couple's drug raid deaths that revealed corruption

A retired Houston officer gets 60 years in a couple's drug raid deaths that revealed corruption

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit and prompted criticism of the law
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Quebec court grants injunction to stop illegal dumping in Kanesatake

Quebec court grants injunction to stop illegal dumping in Kanesatake

MONTREAL — A Quebec court has granted a temporary injunction against several residents of the Mohawk community of Kanesatake to stop the illegal dumping of contaminated soil on waterfront properties.
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Retired Houston officer gets 60 years for deaths of couple during drug raid

Retired Houston officer gets 60 years for deaths of couple during drug raid

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit.
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Jurors weigh how to punish a former Houston officer whose lies led to murder during a drug raid

Jurors weigh how to punish a former Houston officer whose lies led to murder during a drug raid

HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors asked a jury on Monday to sentence a former Houston police officer to life in prison for the murders of a couple during a drug raid that exposed systemic corruption .
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Jurors weigh how to punish a former Houston officer whose lies led to murder during a drug raid

Jurors weigh how to punish a former Houston officer whose lies led to murder during a drug raid

HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors asked a jury on Monday to sentence a former Houston police officer to life in prison for the murders of a couple during a drug raid that exposed systemic corruption .
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Two London police officers reinstated over stop and search of Black athletes

Two London police officers reinstated over stop and search of Black athletes

LONDON (AP) — Two former London police officers have been handed their jobs back and will receive back pay after winning an appeal Friday against a ruling that said they had lied about smelling cannabis during a stop and search of two Black athletes
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Two London police officers reinstated over stop and search of Black athletes

Two London police officers reinstated over stop and search of Black athletes

LONDON (AP) — Two former Metropolitan Police officers in London have been handed their jobs back and will receive back pay after winning an appeal against a ruling that they lied about smelling cannabis during a stop and search of two Black athletes
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3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating but 2 are acquitted of civil rights charges

3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating but 2 are acquitted of civil rights charges

MEMPHIS, Tenn.
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Ex-Houston officer rushed away in an ambulance during sentencing at double-murder trial

Ex-Houston officer rushed away in an ambulance during sentencing at double-murder trial

HOUSTON (AP) — The sentencing of a former Houston police officer convicted of murder in the deaths of a couple during a 2019 drug raid was put on hold Thursday after he suffered a medical emergency in the courtroom.
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