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Month: August 2023

2 charged in connection with trying to smuggle drugs into Oklahoma County Detention Center by mail

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Two people were charged in connection with a scheme to smuggle drugs into the Oklahoma County Detention Center through the mail. In October, Oklahoma County Detention Center mail room personnel told investigators about two suspicious packages addressed to a detainee. A

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How to reverse the damage your kid’s sedentary time has done to their heart

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide will help you ease into a healthy routine, backed by experts. Childhood inactivity may be increasing risk for heart disease later in life, according to new research. The time kids spend being sedentary may be correlated with an increase

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Former Indiana postal manager gets 40 months for stealing hundreds of checks worth at least $1.7M

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former customer service manager at a U.S. Postal Service office in Indianapolis has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of checks worth about $1.7 million that businesses had mailed. Forty-two-year-old James Lancaster fought back tears after a federal judge sentenced him Wednesday. WTHR-TV

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Russian geneticist gets probation for DNA smuggling. Discovery of vials prompted alarm at airport

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Russian geneticist living in Virginia has been sentenced to probation in federal court after pleading guilty to smuggling test tubes with DNA from endangered species into the U.S. Customs agents were alarmed when they discovered the test tubes last year at Dulles Airport on a

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What we know — and don’t know — about the crash of a Russian mercenary’s plane

By The Associated Press The head of a Russian mercenary group who launched a rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership in June is presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash. But much remains uncertain. A plane that authorities said was carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants from the Wagner Group went down northwest

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