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Inside a ‘Hell on Earth’ in Oklahoma

The Greer Center was supposed to be a refuge for people with developmental disabilities. But accounts from inside the secretive facility paint a starkly different picture, depicting a place where helpless patients faced beatings, waterboarding and constant fear.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

The Robert M. Greer Center in Enid, Okla., previously managed by Liberty Healthcare, faced scrutiny for failing to protect its patients.
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Michigan Judge Tosses Out Cases Against Fake Trump Electors

The judge, a Democrat, concluded that fake electors recruited to support Donald J. Trump’s candidacy in 2020 did not understand that they were being asked to do something illegal.

© Katy Kildee/Detroit News, via Associated Press

Judge Kristen D. Simmons, right, during a preliminary examination in the case at the Ingham County District Court in Lansing, Mich., in 2023.
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Challenge Emerges to Trump-Appointed Prosecutor in Los Angeles

The federal public defender's office challenged the legality of allowing the U.S. attorneys in Los Angeles and Las Vegas to continue in their jobs without congressional approval.

© Aude Guerrucci/Reuters

A federal public defender’s office in California filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn the appointment of Bill Essayli, the acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.
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