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BALTIMORE (AP) — After spending 16 years in prison for the killing of his former high school girlfriend, a man at the center of popular podcast "Serial" has a chance at freedom.

BALTIMORE (AP) — After spending 16 years in prison for the killing of his former high school girlfriend, a man at the center of popular podcast "Serial" has a chance at freedom.

During a post-conviction hearing in early February, Syed's attorneys argued he deserved a retrial on the grounds that his original attorney, Cristina Gutierrez, did not contact Asia McClain Chapman, an alibi witness who said she saw Syed at the Woodlawn library about the same time prosecutors say Lee was murdered. Additionally, Syed's current attorneys argued cell tower data linking Syed's phone to the burial site on the day of Lee's murder was misleading because it was presented to jurors without... Читать дальше...

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U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco did not definitively reject the agreement, negotiated by a lawyer for plaintiffs in a class-action suit against the ride-hailing company, and said he might ultimately find it to be fair and reasonable based on further information or changes in some of its terms. [...] he said the parties to the settlement had failed to address arguments by objectors — groups of dissident drivers and their lawyers — who said they were being short-changed. Chen said one claim ... Читать дальше...

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Parks Canada urged to consider restrictions on visits that mix alcohol and steep cliffs

Lawrence O’Donnell has a thorough explanation of the woe’s plaguing Donald Trump’s campaign as Trump complains he’s running against two parties while a new scandal develops with the ‘Trump Institute’ Stuart Stevens and Eugene Robinson join the discuss...

An overwhelming majority of Americans — including those who live in households with guns — support a law that would prohibit suspected terrorists from buying guns, according to a poll released Thursday. The national poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., found that 86 percent of respondents think people on the government’s terrorist watch list should not be allowed by purchase guns, compared with 12 percent who thought they should. Felons may be stripped of their voting rights... Читать дальше...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A private funeral service for former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was held Thursday.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A private funeral service for former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was held Thursday.

Kate Middleton attends a military-led vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on Thursday (June 30) at the Thiepval memorial to the Missing in Thiepval, France. The 34-year-old Duchess of Cambridge was joined by her husband Prince William and his brother Prince Harry. The war memorial honors [...]

Washington also got some work done, re-signing Zach Sill and Tom Wilson.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump defied the laws of mathematics on Thursday, claiming that he could have turned around the Supreme Court's 5-3 abortion ruling by nominating a pro-life justice to replace Antonin Scalia.

The wife of one of the men killed during the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, rebuked Hillary Clinton on Thursday for encouraging the country to “move on” four years after the violence. Dorothy Woods, the widow of Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods, told CNN’s Erin Burnett in her first interview since the attacks that she found Clinton’s […]

Lincoln Board of Education member Barb Baier tried to convince her colleagues Thursday the district should offer full-day rather than half-day early childhood programs, even though it would mean fewer preschoolers could attend.

If plans to log 120 acres of land move forward, the city could see more residential properties on the outskirts of Longview, north of the Mint Valley Golf Course.

Prosecutors sought to discredit Phil Lovingfoss’ girlfriend, a key defense witness, on the third day of his trial for allegedly intimidating a judge.

Western Technical College’s Business Division will host an information session for the Online Business Analyst program.

The Norma J. Vinger Center for Breast Care at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse is accepting nominations for the annual Paula J. Tower Memorial Award.

The Turnbull government's $185 million nanny scheme paid out less than $9000 in subsidies in its first four months.

Hershey investors got a sweet surprise on Thursday, as their stock leapt to an all-time high on takeover news.

Quarter-century without recession credited to good governance and luck

A number of proposals would legalize recreational marijuana, impose tougher gun restrictions, raise the minimum wage and more

Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, logged more than $50 billion in investment losses last fiscal year, a source said.