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Protestors hold up signs with faces of the Prairieland defendants outside of the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via ...

Tracie A. Harbison texted an acquaintance, asking, “U need a half of confetti?” When he replied yes, the two arranged to meet. But Harbison wasn’t delivering party supplies. According to a federal ...

TikTok and Sundance Institute want to see more creators writing and producing microdramas and other short-form scripted series. They’re launching a microseries writing program through Sundance Collab, ...

The woman prosecutors have called the “mastermind” of a massive fraud scheme to steal hundreds of millions of dollars in government aid was sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison Thursday. Feeding Our ...

The founder of a Minnesota food program that bilked taxpayers out of $250 million has been slapped with 41 years in prison for a fraud that prosecutors say took food out of the mouths of hungry kids.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - At 5:30 in the morning, the only light in the neighborhood is Tracy Nicholson’s. She’s getting ready for her first job in 10 years and doesn’t like being late. “Get my frozen ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- When 33-year-old Brazilian woman Emily de Souza heard about a program allowing her to shave off four days from her prison sentence by reading a book, she seized the opportunity to ...

The maniac charged with bludgeoning his elderly mom to death in Chinatown just before Christmas – possibly with a skateboard – had been placed in a drug program that allowed him to shave off almost 90 ...

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