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    Memphis man gets 80 years in prison for raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing

    Cleotha Abston, whose history of criminal charges dates back to the 1990s when he was a juvenile, received 40 years in prison for aggravated rape, 20 years for aggravated kidnapping and another 20 years for being a felon in possession of a weapon. The sentences will run consecutively, or one after the other, Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee ruled. Abston, 40, was convicted April 12 of raping a woman while holding her at gunpoint in September 2021.

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  • WorldThe Daily Beast

    British Dancer, 26, Was Killed by BF in ‘Reckless Sex Game Gone Wrong’

    ReutersA British coroner said this week that Georgia Brooke, a 26-year-old dance teacher said to have been fatally strangled by her boyfriend, had died from a “reckless sex game gone wrong.” British authorities said Brooke’s boyfriend, 31-year-old Luke Cannon, took his own life by hanging just after he learned his lover had died in a local hospital—unable to recover from cardiac arrest.The coroner, Martin Fleming, added Wednesday that drugs may have played a factor in the tragedy, with traces of

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  • WorldBusiness Insider

    A top NATO general says Russian troops don't have the numbers or the skills to mount a strategic breakthrough in Kharkiv

    "The Russians don't have the numbers necessary to do a strategic breakthrough," said Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

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    Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Abbott announced the pardon shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles announced a unanimous recommendation that Daniel Perry be pardoned and have his firearms rights restored.

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  • USFox News

    Boeing whistleblower John Barnett's cause of death revealed as coroner releases official findings

    The cause and manner of death for Boeing whistleblower John Barnett have been revealed, weeks after he was found dead amid a lawsuit against the company.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on

    The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military. Hezbollah has regularly fired missiles across the border with Israel over the past seven months, but the one on Thursday appears to have been the first successful missile airstrike it has launched from within Israeli airspace.

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