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Former Dublin federal prison guard Lawrence Gacad will not be trading places with the people he once supervised. Instead, the ex-correctional officer at the now-shuttered Federal Correctional ...

A 17-year-old in Texas crossed the center line while driving his truck and killed six. He got 65 years in a case that ruined many lives - including his own.

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A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General ...