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‘She’s pure evil’: Nurse gets life in prison after admitting she intentionally gave patients excess insulin, prosecutors say

By Brammhi Balarajan, Jillian Sykes and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A nurse accused of killing three patients at skilled nursing facilities across Pennsylvania and attempting to kill 19 other people in her care pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to life in prison, according to a news release from Attorney General Michelle Henry. Former

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Morgan County woman charged with domestic assault, claims self-defense in shooting

MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills woman who was charged with domestic assault and other felonies claimed self-defense in shooting her boyfriend, according to court documents. Christina Christian, 35, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. She was arrested and brought to the Morgan County Jail on Thursday,

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Bryan Kohberger is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in late 2022.

‘This case is turning into a hamster wheel’: Family of slain University of Idaho student frustrated at pace of murder trial

By Jim Sciutto, Eric Levenson and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The family of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves on Thursday expressed their frustration at the pace of the murder trial for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing their daughter and three other students. “This case is turning into a hamster wheel

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Campaign to legalize sports betting in Missouri gets help from mascots to haul voter signatures

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s professional sports teams are one step closer to putting a proposal to legalize sports betting before voters this year. Cardinals mascot Fredbird, the Royals’ Sluggerrr and St. Louis Blues mascot Louie on Thursday hauled boxes of voter signatures in support of the initiative to

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Man accused in Jefferson City overdose death pleads guilty to manslaughter, sentenced 10 years

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged in relation to an overdose death has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson. Darren Thames, 30, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and distribution of a controlled substance in the Oct. 7, 2020, overdose

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