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Top Trump executive pleads guilty to tax crimes
Allen Weisselberg, a long-serving executive at Donald Trump's company, must pay back almost $2m.

Three charged in infamous US mob boss murder
Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was beaten to death in prison in 2018.

Pope rules out sex misconduct probe of top cardinal
A complaint was filed to the Vatican last year alleging misconduct by Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet.

Rushdie suspect 'read two pages' of Satanic Verses
After giving the interview, Hadi Matar appears in court to plead not guilty to stabbing Salman Rushdie.

'Four hours with the militant who murdered my son'
The mum of an American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State met her son's killer to forgive him.

Witness testifies she was sexually abused by R. Kelly
An accuser at R. Kelly's trial alleged he had sex with her 'hundreds' of times before she turned 18.

First Native American woman to travel to space
Nasa astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will travel to the International Space Station in September.
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Top Trump executive pleads guilty to tax crimes
Allen Weisselberg, a long-serving executive at Donald Trump's company, must pay back almost $2m.

Three charged in infamous US mob boss murder
Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was beaten to death in prison in 2018.

Pope rules out sex misconduct probe of top cardinal
A complaint was filed to the Vatican last year alleging misconduct by Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet.

Rushdie suspect 'read two pages' of Satanic Verses
After giving the interview, Hadi Matar appears in court to plead not guilty to stabbing Salman Rushdie.

'Four hours with the militant who murdered my son'
The mum of an American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State met her son's killer to forgive him.

Witness testifies she was sexually abused by R. Kelly
An accuser at R. Kelly's trial alleged he had sex with her 'hundreds' of times before she turned 18.

First Native American woman to travel to space
Nasa astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will travel to the International Space Station in September.

Three charged in infamous US mob boss murder
Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was beaten to death in prison in 2018.

Pope rules out sex misconduct probe of top cardinal
A complaint was filed to the Vatican last year alleging misconduct by Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet.

Rushdie suspect 'read two pages' of Satanic Verses
After giving the interview, Hadi Matar appears in court to plead not guilty to stabbing Salman Rushdie.
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