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The woman identified in court papers as Esther (far right) was among Haitian migrants who say they were threatened by Border Patrol agents on horseback last September as they tried to return to a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas.

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  • National

After Del Rio, some Haitian migrants found safety in the U.S. But many have not

It's been nearly a year since tens of thousands of Haitian migrants converged on Del Rio, Texas. Some of those migrants are still looking for safety — and accountability for how they were treated.

September 07, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
MJ Capital Funding's website said that its founder, Johanna Garcia, was "often referred to as 'Mother Teresa' in her community." But federal authorities say Garcia was actually running a Ponzi scheme. The site was shut down by court order; an archived version is seen here.

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  • Law

A Florida woman touted as a 'Mother Teresa' ran a $196 million Ponzi scheme, feds say

Federal prosecutors say Johanna Garcia's company wasn't a funding miracle for small businesses but a lucrative Ponzi scheme whose co-conspirators spent millions of dollars on luxury items.

September 07, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
This wanted poster provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," who was on home confinement, and allegedly cut off his GPS ankle monitor and left his home on the morning of Sept. 4, 2022.

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  • National Security

U.S. authorities seek a defense contractor named Fat Leonard who fled house arrest

A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

September 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission alleged that Credit Karma falsely told users they were preapproved for credit cards and other offers, harming their credit scores and wasting their time.

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  • Business

Credit Karma will pay $3 million to users targeted with false preapproved offers

The FTC order came after nearly a third of Credit Karma users who were told they qualified for preapproved credit card offers were actually turned down, wasting their time and hurting credit scores.

September 06, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in Otero County, New Mexico, speaks on June 17 outside federal court in Washington, D.C., where he was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

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  • Politics

A New Mexico judge cites insurrection in barring a county commissioner from office

Otero County's Couy Griffin, who was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, must be removed from office for his involvement in an insurrection, a judge ruled.

September 06, 2022
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  • Ashley Lopez
Brittany Martin, center,  confronts police as demonstrators march in protest of George Floyd's death May 2020 in downtown Sumter, S.C. Martin, a pregnant Black activist serving four years in prison for her behavior at racial justice protests, is scheduled to have her sentence reconsidered as she struggles to reach her due date behind bars.

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  • National

A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison

Brittany Martin, 34, was convicted of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner, and may have to give birth in prison. An advocate notes that some Jan. 6 rioters are serving far less time.

September 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Among the stars being questioned under oath for Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News are Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo. Banners bearing their images hang from Fox Corp. headquarters in New York City, first, second and fourth from left, respectively.

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  • Media

Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.

September 06, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
The residence of former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., is seen on Aug. 9, one day after FBI agents conducted a court-authorized search and recovered scores of classified documents.

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  • Politics

Federal judge grants Trump's special master request to review Mar-a-Lago materials

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has granted former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago last month.

September 06, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Carrie Johnson
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

The probe into Trump's seized documents raises executive privilege questions

NPR's A Martinez talks to Cardozo Law School professor of law Jessica Roth, who analyzes a federal judge's decision to grant former President Donald Trump's request for a special master.

September 06, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic (from left) Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain pose after receiving the award for best alternative video for "In Bloom" at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 2, 1993, in Universal City, Calif.

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  • Music News

A lawsuit over Nirvana's 'Nevermind' naked baby album cover is dismissed (again)

Spencer Elden accuses the band of profiting from "the lascivious nature of his image" in the photo taken when he was a baby. Now 31, he is appealing the judge's dismissal.

September 06, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Law enforcement officers stand outside of the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 18.

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  • Law

What a special master does, as told by a special master

A judge has granted Donald Trump's request for an independent review of materials seized from Mar-a-Lago. A special master says that the primary qualification is remaining neutral, which isn't easy.

September 05, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A view of the drumkit during The Monkees performance live on stage on June 1, 2016 in New York City. The last surviving member of the band, Micky Dolenz, sued the FBI in order to get any files on him or his late bandmates.

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  • Law

The Monkees' drummer wants the FBI to quit monkeying around and hand over files

The last surviving member of The Monkees, a rock band that formed in 1966, is suing the FBI. Micky Dolenz wants the government to hand over any files on him and his deceased bandmates.

September 03, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Law

Empty folders with classified banners are among the items seized from Mar-a-Lago

A federal judge has unsealed a list of items the FBI seized from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home during a court-authorized search last month.

September 02, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are accused of child sexual abuse in a lawsuit.

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  • Arts & Life

Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are accused of child abuse in a lawsuit

According a civil action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday, the entertainers allegedly sexually abused a brother and sister when they were age 7 and 14.

September 02, 2022
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  • Chloe Veltman
Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Law

Oath Keepers attorney has been charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice

Kellye SoRelle, who was arrested in Texas, is latest person with ties to the group to face charges stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.

September 01, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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