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Singer David Daniels no longer in singers’ union following guilty plea to sexual assault
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Jury dismisses lawsuit claiming LSU officials retaliated against a former athletics administrator
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A white couple who burned a cross in their yard facing Black neighbors’ home are investigated by FBI
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Wisconsin man sentenced for causing creation and distribution of video showing monkey being tortured
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A Kansas City-area man has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges over aviation exports to Russia
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US senator’s son faces new charges in crash that killed North Dakota sheriff’s deputy
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