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Pedro Pascal and World Bank's Ajay Banga among those named to Carnegie's 2023 Great Immigrants list
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Vegan landlady roasted for banning tenants from cooking meat and fish in their own home
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Who is Jessica Ross? Georgia mom files lawsuit accusing doctor of decapitating her baby during birth
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Undocumented immigrants in Minnesota can apply for driver's licenses in October
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New Mexico abuse case ends with prison sentences for 2 women accused of chaining children
Prosecutors say two women in eastern New Mexico have been sentenced to prison in a case in which they were accused of beating children in their care and chaining them to their beds
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Star witness at US crypto trial says Bankman-Fried ordered fraud
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