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Emilie Plesset

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RETALIATION?

Jailer Refused Prayer Rugs for Muslims, Sues Ex-Employer

He said the order to be hospitable to the Islamic faith was unconstitutional and claims he is being discriminated against for his faith.

Emilie Plesset

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VEGAS-STYLE

FBI: Florida Man Planned to Shoot Muslims From Mosque Tower

The FBI says Bernandino Bolatete bought an illegal silencer for his AR-15 that he planned before committing ‘suicide by cops.’

Kelly Weill

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HORRIBLE

Five Men Say Cops Targeted Them in ‘Gay Sting Operation’

The men are suing the San Jose Police Department for allegedly targeting them for being gay, soliciting sex, and then arresting them.

Emilie Plesset

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VACATION FROM HELL

Terminix Ordered to Pay $10 Million After Poisoning Family

The Esmonds were staying at a Virgin Islands resort when two exterminators fumigated their resort with a gas that was banned for indoor use in 1984.

Emilie Plesset

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Computer Trapped People in Jail for Weeks, Lawsuit Claims

Tennessee inmates say a county ignored ‘dire warnings’ that its computer system to store arrest files and other court documents would not work.

Emilie Plesset

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TOTAL RECALL

The Mysterious Recall Effort That Could Flip Nevada Politics

No one is quite sure who is funding it. But it could change the composition of the State Senate.

Emilie Plesset

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TO SERVE...HIMSELF

Florida Cop Stole Drugs From Dying Man After Hurricane Irma

A sheriff’s deputy swooped into a senior citizen’s house after paramedics were called — and was caught on security cameras rifling through drawers for medication.

Emilie Plesset

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BEFORE AND AFTER

15 Women Are Suing ‘Best Plastic Surgeon’ for Botched Jobs

Women flocked to him for breast jobs and butt lifts—but former patients are now claiming this plastic surgeon was never certified and that he left them terribly disfigured.

Emilie Plesset

White Supremacists Busted in Meth-and-Guns Ring
SCUM

White Supremacists Busted in Meth-and-Guns Ring

Law officials seized 69 firearms from the group, which involved members of Aryan organizations.

Emilie Plesset

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TRAGEDY

Remembering the Victims of the Las Vegas Massacre

Among the lives lost in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history are a newlywed who saved his wife’s life and a single mother from Canada.

Katie Zavadski

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