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Saints' Alvin Kamara pleads no contest to a misdemeanor in the beating of a man at a Las Vegas club
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Judge dismisses Kari Lake's final claim in election loss for Arizona governor
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Brazil to militarize key airports, ports and borders in a crackdown on organized crime
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