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Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty – for now – to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges
FILE - Defendant Alex Murdaugh gives testimony during his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on Feb. 23, 2023. Convicted murderer Murdaugh is facing federal charges for the first time after being indicted on 22 financial fraud charges related to schemes the former attorney used to steal settlement money from clients. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool, File)
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Peel Region police rescue 13 from alleged human trafficking, charge five suspects
A Peel Regional Police logo is shown on a vehicle in Brampton, Ont. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Police in Peel Region say 13 people have been rescued and five suspects have been charged after an investigation into alleged human trafficking in Mississauga, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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California appeals court deems Manson follower Van Houten entitled to parole
FILE - Leslie Van Houten attends her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women Sept. 6, 2017 in Corona, Calif. A California appeals court says Charles Manson follower Van Houten should be paroled. The appellate court's Tuesday, May 30, 2023, decision reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected her parole in 2020. His administration could appeal. (Stan Lim/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to begin serving her prison sentence for defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup, at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, U.S. May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
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Nine injured in shooting near beach in Hollywood, Florida; some taken to children’s hospital
Hollywood police investigate a shooting on a beach boardwalk, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Hollywood, Fla. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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Family of Quebec woman slain in 2017 suing police, says negligence led to killing
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Criminal lawyers raising concerns new bail laws won’t be Charter compliant
David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, makes an announcement regarding bail reform in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Criminal lawyers are raising concerns that proposed changes to Canada's bail laws won't be constitutional as they eagerly await a statement explaining why the federal Liberals think the reforms comply with the Charter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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U.S. motorist with sign claiming to have an explosive device drives to Canadian border
The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
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Man pleads guilty to murder, assault in North Vancouver library stabbings
Yannick Bandaogo appears in court before Justice Geoffrey Gaulin in New Westminster, B.C. on Monday, May 29, 2023 in this artist's sketch. A man who stabbed numerous people in and around the Lynn Valley Library in North Vancouver two years ago has pleaded guilty. Bandaogo pleaded guilty in a New Westminster, B.C., court to second-degree murder, several charges of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jane Wolsak
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B.C. police say remains of Madison Scott, last seen in 2011, have been found
Madison Scott went missing May 28, 2011 near Vanderhoof, B.C., a missing person poster of her is seen here along Highway 16 know as the Highway of Tears in Houston, British Columbia, Saturday, June 11, 2011. Till today her whereabouts are still unknown. Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and Mail
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Former Canadian soldier extradited to Thailand over gang killing
Thailand's National Police Chief Damrongsak Kittiprapas speaks during a press conference on receiving Canadian contract killer Matthew Dupre, extradited from Canada to Thailand on a charge of murdering Canadian gangster Jimi "Slice" Sandhu in Phuket on February 4, 2022, as his image appears on a screen, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Dispute between landlord and tenants in Hamilton ends in double homicide, police say
A police officer takes photographs at the scene of a homicide investigation in the area of Jones Road and Barton Street in Hamilton, Ont. Sunday, May 28, 2023. Police say three people are dead following landlord-tenant dispute that became a stand off at a residence late Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
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Double homicide in Hamilton involves landlord and tenants, police say
A police officer walks along Jones Road during an ongoing investigation of a double homicide and barricaded person in a residence in the area of Jones Road and Barton Street in Hamilton, Ont. Saturday, May 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
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Man barricaded after Hamilton double homicide fires shots; police ask residents to shelter
Police tape cordons off the scene of a fatal shooting in Philadelphia, Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Two charged in 2022 shooting death of Abbotsford, B.C., man
Police tape is shown in Toronto on May 2, 2017. Police say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in a deadly shooting at a city bar in northern Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Man killed by Halifax police; N.S. watchdog to investigate
Police officers attend a scene in Halifax on Thursday, July 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Man stabbed at Toronto’s Downsview Park subway station
Exteriors of the Keele subway station on the Bloor Danforth line, are photographed on Mar 27, 2023. Ontario, (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail) Sixteen year old Gabriel Bagalhaes was fatally stabbed at the station on Mar 26.
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Police say victims in double homicide near Ottawa were 16 years old
An Ontario Provincial Police vehicle sits idle in Toronto, Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a double homicide in Pembroke early Monday morning that left a third person with life-threatening injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tammy Hoy
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Oath Keeper gets eight-and-a-half years in prison over U.S. Capitol attack
FILE PHOTO: An image of Jessica Watkins, who is facing charges related to Jan. 6, is displayed along with her audio during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as ‘crime against humanity’
FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Two top international rights groups on Friday, May 26, slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying they amount to the “crime against humanity of gender persecution.” (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)