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450 freed Oklahoma inmates largest 1-day commutation in US

The release of inmates, all with convictions for low-level drug and property crimes, resulted from a bill signed by new Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. The bill retroactively applied misdemeanor sentences for simple drug possession and low-level property crimes that state voters approved in 2016.

In last days on run, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain

Associates paint a picture of a man obsessed with his security and well-being and trying to find safety in towns and deserts in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border as the extremists’ domains crumbled.

 
9 US women, children killed in ambush by Mexican drug cartel

Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering six children and three women, all U.S. citizens living in northern Mexico, authorities said Tuesday.

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Probe: Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office ignored fed judge’s order

A court-appointed investigator concluded that high-ranking managers for former metro Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio disregarded a federal judge’s order for Arpaio to halt immigration sweeps targeting Latinos.

Biden keeps Democratic caucus lead in Nevada poll, Warren rising

Former Vice President Joe Biden remains in the lead among likely Democratic caucusgoers in Nevada, but Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has surged into second place, according to a new Emerson College poll.

FBI: Man arrested in plot to bomb historic Colorado synagogue

DENVER — A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday.

Official: Turkey captures slain IS leader’s sister in Syria

BEIRUT — Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an intelligence “gold mine.”