80 minutes ago Nebraska supreme court lets people with past felonies vote again after attempt to block them

Decision could impact thousands of voters in state, as well as fate of state’s competive U.S. Senate and House races

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96 minutes ago Mexican official who led war on drugs jailed for 38 years for accepting bribes

Genaro Garcia Luna was accused of taking millions of dollars from the Sinaloa cartel for shielding membersGenaro Garcia Luna, the official who for several years led Mexico’s fight against the country’s violent drug trade, was sentenced to more than 38 years in US prison for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to fight.The US district judge Brian Cogan announced the sentence at a hearing in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Zeta drug lord continued to control cartel from inside a Mexican prison, says US indictment

A U.S. indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia claims that the leader of one of Mexico's most violent gangs continued to control an offshoot group, the Northeast Cartel, from inside a Mexican prison

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2 hours ago Duterte drug war back in ICC spotlight after parliamentary committee hears claims his office paid police $17,000 to kill suspects

Accusation against former Philippines president increases pressure on successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr to allow access to international criminal courtA Philippines former police colonel has testified that Rodrigo Duterte’s office offered police up to $17,000 to kill suspects as part of his “war on drugs”, sparking calls for the evidence to be referred to the international criminal court.Royina Garma, a former police colonel who had close ties to Duterte, gave the most damning evidence yet against the former president, when she told a parliamentary committee last week he had called her in May 2016, asking her to find a police officer capable of implementing a nationwide “war on drugs”. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

A Mississippi judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is guaranteed in the Mississippi Constitution

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2 hours ago New Hampshire Supreme Court justice indicted for allegedly interfering with probe of husband

A justice on New Hampshire’s highest court has been charged for allegedly trying to interfere with a criminal investigation into her husband

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3 hours ago One of Diddy’s alleged victims claims he attacked her for saying he had ‘something to do’ with Tupac’s murder

Sean Combs has previously denied any involvement in the fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996

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3 hours ago Fans gush as Megan McKenna shares heartwarming video of baby Landon embracing his cousin

New mum Megan McKenna has shared the heartwarming moment her baby boy, Landon, met his cousin in a sweet video as she gushed 'I’m so lucky to have a beautiful family'

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4 hours ago ‘I am not a cheater’: Paul Pogba plans comeback after doping ban reduced

Midfielder’s ban cut from four years to 18 monthsJuventus future uncertain despite contract to 2026Paul Pogba has insisted he is not a cheater after his doping ban was reduced this month and says he is targeting a return to the France national team when his suspension expires in March.The former Manchester United midfielder was banned for four years last February after being provisionally suspended since September last year after he tested positive for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). After a lengthy appeal process, the 31-year-old had his ban reduced to 18 months by the court of arbitration for sport (Cas) on 4 October. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Sara Sharif, 10, suffered at 'least 71 injuries including burn marks, broken ribs and a chunk cut out of her finger' before she died, murder trial hears

The 10-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly beaten to death by her father Urfan, 42, before he fled to Pakistan and confessed in a 999 call: 'I killed my daughter.'

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