TWISTED
Defense attorneys for the accused killer claimed that the teen girls were instead massacred by white nationalists as part of a sacrificial ritual.
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ACQUITTED
Ken Paxton was accused of using his job as the state’s top prosecutor to dish out favors to a big-donor friend.
TRY AGAIN
Investigators have already found “significant factual disputes,” the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office said Friday.
‘THEY DESERVE A CONTRACT’
The president said it was time for companies to pay up after years of making “record profits” off the backs of union workers.
GAINING STEAM
The New Hampshire Board of Education voted unanimously on Thursday to add PragerU’s financial literacy videos to the curriculum.
UNDER THE GUN
The president’s son appears headed for trial after a plea agreement fell apart over the summer.
CALLING IT QUITS
The Utah Republican was the only member of his party to twice vote in favor of convicting Donald Trump in his pair of impeachment trials.
‘HEARTBROKEN’
Eugene Peltola had flown a hunter to a “remote location” in Alaska on Wednesday and crashed when leaving to return, authorities said.
ARMED & DANGEROUS
The convicted murderer is no longer just “extremely dangerous,” but he’s also armed.
ON THE LAM
It’s been 11 days since Danelo Cavalcante scaled a wall to escape a Pennsylvania prison. Those from his native Brazil say it’s not his first time.