In 1974, the word appeared in a New York Times story about an outbreak of violence among people incarcerated at San Quentin Prison.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2026
Officials alleged that some billed Medicaid for services that were never provided, including care purportedly delivered while aides or recipients were incarcerated, hospitalized, traveling overseas, or working other jobs.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Aug. 2026
Anyone possessing marijuana for personal use can be jailed for a month, while distribution and sales are punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment depending on the amount seized.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Aug. 2026
Porter County Sheriff's Office records show Dolnics remained jailed without bond on July 29.
Spokane County sheriff’s deputies soon detained a man matching the description.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2026
As families across South Florida's Haitian community face uncertainty over the expiration of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), one local teenager says her biggest fear is returning from school to find that her mother has been detained or deported.
Two people were arrested — an electrical engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the power project, and a contractor involved in constructing the electricity transmission network.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Aug. 2026
Martin was then immediately handcuffed and arrested as the little girl’s cries were heard from inside the car.
Yet many still fail to reach their full potential because the directors are insufficiently engaged, inadequately challenged or possibly confined to narrow definitions of their role.
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James Langabeer,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2026
The hot and windy trend will not be confined to eastern Washington.
The installations at the 500 delis were completed in April, but the city has not committed any additional funds towards equipping the thousands of bodegas that remain unprotected, Mateo said.
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Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2026
What happens after that is committed to the good common sense of the client who usually leaves that office with only vague notions about what has been done so far and what needs to be done in the future.
Rising antisemitic hate-crime stats suggest the proliferation of deranged bigots terrorizing the Jewish community, some who may go on to commit deadly crimes if they are not apprehended.
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Rachel Sales,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2026
But on Sunday morning, as the couple walked out of their rideshare outside Midway Airport, they were apprehended by federal immigration agents.
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Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2026
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