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Ohio man punches lawyer in court after receiving 47-year sentence

"All I remember is waking up on the floor underneath the table," the lawyer said.

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Jussie Smollett blasted by Chicago police for exploiting city's racial divide for personal gain

"'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career," said Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson.

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DC cancels comic book about Jesus Christ's second coming amid backlash

The "Second Coming" was centered on Jesus teaming up with a superhero named Sun-Man.

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Authorities are warning parents about '48-Hour Challenge'

"We don't know that anyone is doing it yet and but we saw it out there and we wanted to present it to parents," police in Indiana said.

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Pope at abuse summit: 'Listen to the cry of the young who want justice'

Catholic officials in many parts of Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia still deny that clergy sex abuse exists or downplay the problem.

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Netanyahu cozies up to far-right parties; centrists respond with own alliance

The Israeli PM's strongest challengers joined forces Thursday. The centrist candidates are aiming to end Netanyahu's decade in power.

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Europeans watch Brexit chaos in 'disbelief and bewilderment'

"There is disbelief and bewilderment. It is impossible to comprehend how badly this has been handled."

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Fire in centuries-old shopping district kills 70 in Bangladesh

"Many of the recovered bodies are beyond recognition," one official said.

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Chicago police: Jussie Smollett considered suspect in his report of hate crime attack

Police said Smollett is now suspected of filing a false report.

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'El Chapo' juror says panelists regularly broke judge's order

"You know how we were told we can't look at the media during the trial? Well, we did," the juror said.

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7 Syrian refugee children die in Canadian house fire

The father was reported fighting for his life after apparently trying in vain to save his children, who ranged in age from about 3 months to the mid-teens.

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Nazi collaborators are still being paid pensions by Germany

In the aftermath of World War II, around 80,000 Belgians were convicted of collaborating with the SS and of committing war crimes, according to lawmakers.

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How one of America's harshest isolation units was exposed from the inside

A Georgia solitary confinement unit was filled with the "cacophony of prisoner screams and cries for help," a prisons expert said after visiting.

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Three U.K. lawmakers quit ruling Conservative party over 'disastrous Brexit'

With only 37 days until Britain leaves the European Union, divisions over Brexit are redrawing the political landscape.

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Three U.K. lawmakers quit ruling Conservative party over 'disastrous Brexit'

With only 37 days until Britain leaves the European Union, divisions over Brexit are redrawing the political landscape.

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Watch: Putin vows to target U.S. if missiles are deployed in Europe

He said Moscow would have no choice but to respond to such a move because it would drastically cut the time it took U.S. missiles to reach Russia.

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California rapper sleeping in car was shot by police about 25 times, lawyer says

Bullets struck the center of Willie McCoy's face and throat and blew off part of an ear, the family's attorney said, adding that "overkill is an understatement."

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A massacre, a toppled pro-Putin president, and a country 'saved'

The dozens who lost their lives during Ukraine's revolution became known as the "Heavenly Hundred," and include more than 50 killed 5 years ago Wednesday.

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Editor of Alabama newspaper calls for the Ku Klux Klan to 'night ride again'

The editorial appeared in the Democrat-Reporter, a newspaper in the small city of Linden.

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U.S. moves to pull funding for California bullet train

"This is California's money, and we are going to fight for it," said Gov. Gavin Newsom.