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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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