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Donnae Barlow arrives at the federal courthouse in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Wednesday. Barlow and two other women from a polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border are charged with kidnapping and impeding a foreseeable prosecution.

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Polygamous 'prophet' leader had child brides, documents say

1:00pm December 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, new court documents show.

Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Rahul Gupta, shown at an event in August 2022, says the new opioid overdose tracking system could save "tens of thousands of additional lives."

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The White House unveils a new system to track and better prevent opioid overdoses

10:58am December 08, 2022

by Brian Mann

The Biden administration will use data from EMS first responders to track overdoses. The focus will be on improving response to a public health crisis that kills more than 100,000 Americans annually.

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A convicted arms dealer returns to Russia in Griner prisoner swap

10:30am December 08, 2022

Former White House counterterrorism analyst Lee Wolosky talks about the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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Navy SEALS amend their grueling training regimen after a recruit's death

9:05am December 08, 2022

After a recruit died earlier this year, Navy SEALs have modified their notoriously grueling basic training. But some families worry the changes don't go far enough.

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5:02am December 08, 2022

Germany arrests dozens suspected of plotting a violent coup against the government. Xi Jinping visits Saudi Arabia. Democrats shake up the party's presidential primary calendar.

Concerns arise over the DNC's new primary calendar

5:02am December 08, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

After input from President Joe Biden, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws commitee greenlit a new primary calendar, led by South Carolina. But both states and individual party members are raising concerns.

A divided approach to primaries could be chaotic for voters

5:02am December 08, 2022

by Clay Masters

As the DNC publicly debates the future of its presidential primary cycle, Republicans settle into the status quo, leading with the Iowa Caucuses.

In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif.

These are the words, movies and people that Americans searched for on Google in 2022

1:47am December 08, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Google compiled data on the people, entertainment and current events that Americans searched for the most in 2022.

Former U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Juan David Ortiz reacts as recorder jail phone calls to his wife, Daniella, are played outside the presence of the jury during his capital murder trial in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022

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Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

11:39pm December 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif. on Dec. 7, 2022.

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Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani is sentenced to nearly 13 years for his role in Theranos fraud

7:41pm December 07, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

A jury found Elizabeth Holmes' former business and romantic partner guilty in July on all 12 felony counts of defrauding Theranos investors and the patients that used the company's faulty blood tests.