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BRUSSELS (AP) — Some European Union countries on Thursday doubled down on their decision to rapidly

A woman who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her 84-year-old husband and hiding his body in the

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two inmates died from drug overdoses in two days at a South Carolina jail, whi

Smuggled drugs killed 2 inmates at troubled South Carolina jail, sheriff says