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Ken Thompson helped a Brooklyn man get sentenced to 20 years in prison for a shooting

Brooklyn man sentenced to 20 years in prison for Brownsville shooting

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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle has learned that a Brooklyn man...

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Malcolm Smith's bribery case was ruled a mistrial

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    Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Polly Jordan walk past Tara Hoot, Ricky Rosé, Vagenesis and Maria Con Carne outside the Kennedy Center, to attend Les Miserables, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington, on the night that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also attending.
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    A Chinese veteran wearing an old Soviet style military uniform sings during an event promoting tourism to Moscow at the Wangfujing Shopping Street in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 12, 2025.
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    The debris of an airplane sticks out of a building after it crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025.
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