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Woman Claims Marine Laced Her Drink With Abortion Pills

A Texas woman said in a lawsuit that a U.S. Marine got her pregnant and then, after she chose to keep the pregnancy, dissolved abortion pills in her hot chocolate.

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Medical abortion pills. A wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Liana Davis claims that Christopher Cooprider dosed her with 10 abortion pills after she rebuffed his requests to end her pregnancy.
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Man Sentenced to Life for Killing Maryland Woman on Hiking Trail

Republicans have seized on the case of Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an immigrant from El Salvador, to justify harsher immigration policies.

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Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez in custody last year.
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Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband, Dies at 48

Mr. Blackstock’s death followed a three-year battle with cancer. An established talent manager in the country music world, he was the son of Reba McEntire’s ex-husband.

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Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, has died from cancer at 48.
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4 Dead After Medical Transport Plane Crashes in Arizona

The plane was landing at Chinle Municipal Airport in the Navajo Nation in Arizona to pick up a patient for a medical transfer. It was not immediately clear what had caused the crash.
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Man Who Killed 4 in Arkansas Grocery Store Shooting Gets Life Without Parole

The man, Travis Eugene Posey, also injured 11 people in the shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, Ark., in June 2024. He received four consecutive life terms.

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The shooting on June 21, 2024, temporarily shuttered the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a small town of 3,400 people about 70 miles south of Little Rock.
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