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Attorney Benjamin Crump (left) holds up the hand of Kenneth Walker during a rally on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on June 25, 2020. Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor who fired a shot at police as they burst through Taylor's door the night she was killed, has settled two lawsuits against the city of Louisville, his attorneys said.

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Breonna Taylor's boyfriend settles Louisville lawsuits over shooting

6:00pm December 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The boyfriend of Breonna Taylor who fired a shot at police as they burst through Taylor's door the night she was killed has settled two lawsuits against the city of Louisville, his attorneys said.

A detailed view of the FTX sign prior to a game between the Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat at FTX Arena on November 14, 2022.

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The charges against crypto's Bankman-Fried are piling up. Here's how they break down

1:02pm December 13, 2022

A one-time unofficial spokesman for crypto who was reportedly worth billions, FTX's former CEO has been arrested on charges he committed fraud and conspiracy.

Disgraced former CEO of FTX crypto exchange is arrested in the Bahamas

7:36am December 13, 2022

Prosecutors will unseal a criminal indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, on Tuesday. He was taken into custody in the Bahamas on Monday.

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5:04am December 13, 2022

Founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is arrested in the Bahamas. A laser facility in California says it's created net energy from nuclear fusion. And, new inflation data is released Tuesday.

A missing persons flyer, bearing the name of Annie Le, shown here in New Haven, Conn., in September 2009. This year, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) launched a new tool that allows users to openly share their "press value" with the world if they were to go missing.

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Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how

4:37pm December 12, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.

U.S. takes custody of the alleged bomb maker in the 1988 Lockerbie attack

7:25am December 12, 2022

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimihe, the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, was handed over to U.S. authorities.

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5:00am December 12, 2022

A key Lockerbie bombing suspect is in U.S. custody. Karen Bass is sworn in as Los Angeles mayor. Rupert Murdoch to be deposed today in Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

A police officer walks by the nose of Pan Am Flight 103 in a field near the town of Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

The U.S. has taken custody of the alleged bomb maker in the 1988 Lockerbie attack

5:32pm December 11, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people, including 190 Americans, and launched a decades-long international manhunt for the attackers.

Anya Breus, Oleksandr's sister, launched a search for her brother when the family hadn't heard from him.

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There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. We worked to solve one

9:18am December 10, 2022

by Tim Mak

Investigators in Ukraine have opened more than 50,000 inquiries into alleged Russian war crimes since the war began. NPR looked into the death of one man to show the challenges investigators face.

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In this image taken from El Paso County District Court video, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22 (center) sits during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday. According to newly unsealed court documents, Aldrich was also charged with felony crimes in June 2021, but the case was dismissed.

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The Club Q suspect's bomb threat case was dismissed because victims wouldn't testify

5:34pm December 09, 2022

by Emily Olson

A court has unsealed documents in a 2021 bomb threat case involving felony charges for the Club Q shooting suspect. The district attorney said a conviction would've required family testimony.