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Murdaugh juror says cellphone video sealed disgraced attorney’s fate: ABC News exclusive

Murdaugh juror says cellphone video sealed disgraced attorney’s fate: ABC News exclusive

Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WALTERBORO, S.C.) — A juror who convicted Alex Murdaugh on Thursday told ABC News in an exclusive interview that the piece of evidence that convinced of the disgraced lawyer’s guilt was the cellphone video placing him at the scene minutes before the […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 3/2/23

Scoreboard roundup — 3/2/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING INTERLEAGUE Boston 15, Philadelphia 3 NY Yankees 9, Pittsburgh 1 Houston 6, St. Louis o Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 2 (Tie) Chi Cubs 6, Oakland 1 Seattle 5, San Diego 4 Cleveland 4, San […]

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Court overturns California man’s murder conviction, citing state’s new ‘rap lyrics’ law

Court overturns California man’s murder conviction, citing state’s new ‘rap lyrics’ law

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — An appellate court in Riverside, California, overturned the murder conviction of a man who was sentenced to 129 years to life in prison, ruling in part that the use of a rap video as evidence in this case violates the state’s new “Decriminalizing Artistic […]

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Gabby Petito’s family contends in lawsuit Utah cops treated Laundrie like victim

Gabby Petito’s family contends in lawsuit Utah cops treated Laundrie like victim

Georgeta Olaru / 500px / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gabby Petito’s family revealed more details in the police encounter over a domestic violence incident, two weeks before he strangled her to death. Laundrie “seemed like a mental and emotional bully” to a Utah police officer who responded to a […]

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Loved ones pay tribute to former championship swimmer found dead in US Virgin Islands

Loved ones pay tribute to former championship swimmer found dead in US Virgin Islands

Al Bello/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As investigators in the U.S. Virgin Islands await results of an autopsy on former American championship swimmer Jamie Cail, who died after being found unresponsive at her home last month, friends and loved ones are paying tribute to her online, describing her as a […]

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Alex Murdaugh found guilty in murder of wife, son

Alex Murdaugh found guilty in murder of wife, son

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WALTERBORO, S.C.) — A jury has found disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of brutally murdering his wife and younger son at the family’s property in 2021. The jury reached the verdict after deliberating for nearly three hours Thursday after hearing five weeks of testimony from more […]

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Inmate convicted of assault retaken into custody after accidental release from jail

Inmate convicted of assault retaken into custody after accidental release from jail

HSCOTexas/Twitter (HOUSTON) — A Texas inmate sentenced to 25 years for assault was retaken into custody on Wednesday after being let go a day earlier due to a clerical error from the Harris County Jail, authorities said. The Harris County Sheriff’s office asked for the public’s help on Wednesday through […]

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Drought monitor spells good news for California, but ‘not out of the woods’ on megadrought

Drought monitor spells good news for California, but ‘not out of the woods’ on megadrought

Alex Reitter / EyeEm /Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wet winter of 2023 has worked wonders on digging portions of the western U.S. out of exceptional and extreme drought, according to the latest drought monitor. But one good season of precipitation isn’t enough to eradicate the megadrought, which scientists […]

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Officials plan to name Sacramento skatepark after Tyre Nichols

Officials plan to name Sacramento skatepark after Tyre Nichols

Lucy Garrett/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Less than two months after the death of Tyre Nichols, a California skatepark could be named after the Sacramento native. Nichols, 29, died ten days into the year, three days after he was allegedly beaten by five Memphis police officers after a traffic stop. […]

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MIT professor talks about how she exposed sexism in academia

MIT professor talks about how she exposed sexism in academia

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nearly 24 years ago Nancy Hopkins, a molecular biologist and MIT professor, alerted her colleagues and supervisors about sexism she says she experienced on campus. Her letter and the ensuing movement were highlighted in a Boston Globe article by Kate Zernike and later revealed similar […]

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