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Florida Mayor Is Accused of Taking Covid Grant Funds She Helped Approve

Mayor Jackie Espinosa of Kissimmee, Fla., and her family received money from a grant program she helped create during the pandemic, the state attorney general said. She was arrested on Wednesday.

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Jackie Espinosa at a restaurant she owned in 2023, before she was elected mayor of Kissimmee, Fla.
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Gambling Hotline Ex-Director Stole $1.5M to Feed Betting Habit, Prosecutors Say

Philip L. Sullivan started running the Florida hotline in 2025, a year after he was accused of stealing from a previous employer. He was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

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The Bay County Courthouse in Panama City, Fla., where Philip L. Sullivan was sentenced on Friday to nine years and 10 months in prison.
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What We Saw at Fast-Track Trials of Riot Suspects in France

At the Tribunal de Paris, judges have supervised a carousel of expedited and often chaotic hearings for those detained during recent unrest.

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Police officers confronting protesters in Paris this month.
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