BY RAUL HERNANDEZ I started writing my novel The Rivera Girls in 2018, a few months after Pixar’s Coco hit theaters in November 2017. Coco went on to win Academy Awards for…
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South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty in Brutal Massachusetts Sex Trafficking Scheme
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Former Finance Director Gets Prison for $10.7M Embezzlement, Lavish Spending
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty in Human Smuggling Crash That Killed 2, Facing Life in Prison
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Colombian Businessman Laundered Drug Cash Through Electronics in 7-Year Scheme
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Spurned Ex-Boyfriend Pleads Guilty to Lancaster Quadruple Murder
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Man Pleads Guilty After Leaving a Bag of Fentanyl at Topeka Childcare Center
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Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to two federal stalking charges stemming from the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel. Mangione, 28, of Maryland,…
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Utah Man Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charge in Anti-Muslim Mall Stabbing
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Georgia Flooring Operators Accused of Allegedly Enslaving Chinese Workers
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Colombian Drug Boss Gets 25 Years in Cocaine Smuggling Case
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