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BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's bid for a new trial and ordered him to pay victims of the deadly attack more than $101 million in restitution. The restitution order, issued by Judge George O'Toole Jr., is seen as
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STATE HOUSE — The past 10 years in Massachusetts have seen decreases in total crime, criminal case filings and convictions, researchers told a working group seeking avenues to reform the state's criminal justice system. The bipartisan group, comprised of members from all branches of state government, reviewed an initial
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Florida's system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences. The 8-1 ruling said that the state's sentencing procedure is flawed because
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LITTLETON – Vandals hit Donald Trump's Massachusetts campaign headquarters over the weekend, spray painting vulgar symbols, expletives and "nazi" on the storefront in Littleton center. The Republican presidential contender's Bay State headquarters opened in the historic Conant Building in December. Trump was in the area
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CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Chicago court. Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 17-year-old's death.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities arrested two men on suspicion of planning Islamic State-inspired terror attacks in Brussels during the holidays, the federal prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The investigation revealed "the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the
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BOSTON – A probe of a city official's calls to a Boston hotel and restaurant to warn of impending Teamsters picketing in June 2014 found no evidence of collusion with the union to influence either establishment, and concluded the official acted on his own. The Omni Parker House hotel
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The allegations read like a movie plot: a lottery industry insider installs an undetectable software program in the computers that pick winning numbers so he can know them in advance. He enlists accomplices to play those numbers and collect the jackpots. They enrich themselves for years
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