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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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    New Hampshire daycare workers sprinkled melatonin in children’s food unbeknownst to parents, police say

    The owner of an in-home daycare in New Hampshire and three of her employees are facing charges after they allegedly served melatonin to children without parents’ knowledge and consent

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    Trans middle school athlete whose presence stirred protests is accused of sexual harassment

    A West Virginia trans athlete at the center of controversy after middle school girls protested her competing with them is now accused of sexually explicit comments to a female teammate.

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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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    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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  • WorldINSIDER

    The US secretly sent communist-friendly Coca-Cola to a Soviet general in a bid to maintain good ties across the Iron Curtain

    Soviet Gen. Georgy Zhukov couldn't get Coca-Cola behind the Iron Curtain, so he asked the US to come up with an alternative solution: "white Coke."

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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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