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But Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026 -
This specifically benefits murderers and rapists, the officials said, and implies that parole is automatic, not something earned.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Riquelme Vega, a Chilean Dutch cocaine importer also in the Super Cartel, wanted to murder a rival in Dubai by sending a team of Colombian assassins to the Emirates, Kinahan voiced his disapproval.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Confronting her ends in violence, drawing Reacher into a web of secrets involving the Pentagon, political assassins and a powerful woman with ties to the military.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Additional rooms focus on killers such as John Wayne Gacy, known as the clown serial killer who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys, and the Green River Killer, named Gary Ridgway, who was convicted of murdering 49 women between 1982 and 1998, among others.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Do not use weed killers—weed manually.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Murderesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderesses. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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