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Dozens in Russia imprisoned for social media likes, reposts

TVER, Russia (AP) — Anastasia Bubeyeva shows a screenshot on her computer of a picture of a toothpaste tube with the words: "Squeeze Russia out of yourself!" For sharing this picture on a social media site with his 12 friends, her husband was sentenced this month to more than

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Hastert judge delivered verbal equivalent of public flogging

CHICAGO (AP) — When he sentenced Dennis Hastert to more than a year in prison, the judge in the former House speaker's hush-money case delivered the verbal equivalent of a public flogging. Before imposing the 15-month sentence, a far stiffer sentence than federal guidelines suggested, U.S. District Judge

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Key Paris attacks suspect seized in Belgium, officials say

BRUSSELS (AP) — A fugitive suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks was arrested in Belgium on Friday, French police officials said, after a raid Belgian authorities said was linked to the deadly March 22 Brussels bombings.

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Brussels Mayor says potential suspect ‘neutralized’ in raid

The mayor of a Brussels district says a large police raid now underway is linked to the investigation into this week's Brussels suicide bombings and a new arrest in the Paris area. State broadcaster RTBF quoted mayor Bernard Clerfayt as saying one person has been "neutralized"

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Paris terror attacks fugitive captured in Brussels raid

BRUSSELS (AP) — Police captured the top fugitive in the Paris terrorist attacks Friday, ending a four-month manhunt across Europe, which ended in the same Brussels neighborhood where he grew up.

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Union: Logan workers seeking $15 an hour will risk arrest

While pressing for further action on Beacon Hill, airport workers in Boston plan to risk arrest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of their push for a $15 hourly wage and union rights. According to Massachusetts-32BJ SEIU, a union with 18,000 members in the Bay State, workers

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Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ re-arrested says Mexican president

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Friday that fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was recaptured seven months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. An official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be quoted by name

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Belgians arrest 10th suspect in Paris attack probe

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 10th person in connection with last month's bloodbath in Paris and said six others had been detained and questioned over a suspected plot to stage new attacks in Brussels during the holidays. Law enforcement officials said there