What becomes of Times Square when you take away hundreds of thousands of cheering, shivering New Year’s Eve revelers? It may no longer be the…
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‘Or I Will Stab You Right Now’: A Family’s Prison Extortion Nightmare
DAPHNE, Ala. — The terrifying calls and texts to the Rust family began soon after Ryan Rust became an inmate in the Alabama correctional system.…
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Coronavirus Limits California’s Efforts to Fight Fires With Prison Labor
At Delta Camp, an inmate firefighter facility outside Vacaville, an hour’s drive northeast of San Francisco, the number of incarcerated firefighters is down to 55,…
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Algerian Journalist Khaled Drareni Sentenced to Prison
A prominent Algerian journalist was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for reporting on anti-government demonstrations, a lawyer and a human rights official said.…
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