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BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray when an officer was acquitted Monday in the racially charged case that triggered riots a year ago. A judge cleared Officer Edward Nero of assault, reckless
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BOSTON (AP) — The man suspected of killing a Massachusetts police officer during a weekend traffic stop had a lengthy criminal record and had been released from a maximum-security prison in 2013, officials said Monday. The suspect, 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano, was fatally shot by police late Sunday after he fired at
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AUBURN, Mass. (AP) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts police officer died after an exchange of gunfire Sunday as authorities closed in on him inside an apartment in nearby Oxford, police said. The man, identified as 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano, burst out of a closet and opened fire
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A graduate of the St. Paul's School convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old freshman girl as part of a game of sexual conquest will again be free pending his appeal. Owen Labrie's bail was revoked in March after he admitted violating his
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who federal authorities say was a player in the notorious French Connection heroin ring of the 1960s and 1970s faces sentencing that may include at least five years in prison stemming from a new drug case. Alfred Catino, 75, of Danbury, was among 16
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah took an illegal $1 million loan to prop up an ailing mayoral bid and obtained federal funds and charity grants to pay most of it back, federal prosecutors said Monday as they outlined their racketeering case on the opening day of his trial.
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BOSTON (AP) — A hospital that treated a man before he fatally stabbed two people and wounded several others at a home and mall said Thursday that it was barring a state contractor that provides mental health evaluations. In a letter to state officials, Morton Hospital said the contractor, Norton Emergency
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NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Troopers in two states were suspended Thursday amid an ongoing criminal investigation into police use of force against a suspect who was filmed being beaten by officers after apparently surrendering following a long high-speed chase. One Massachusetts state trooper and one New Hampshire state trooper were
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