For weeks at trial, attorneys for Payton and Dandrae Martin, the sole surviving suspects in the April 2022 shootings, have argued the Sacramento men were defending themselves from a sudden burst of gunfire at closing time.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
His attorneys said his blood sugar levels were only checked once a month in the jail, putting him at risk of organ failure or even death.
High-profile parents who used surrogates, such as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Chrissy Teigen, helped make the practice increasingly visible.
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Mark Ellwood,
Air Mail,
6 June 2026
Bloomberg Businessweek reported Lindberg has at least 12 children, including six or more through a network of egg donors and surrogates that encompassed at least 25 women.
Federal drug agents are trying to stop the FIFA World Cup from becoming a cash cow for drug dealers who hope to profit from the millions of domestic and international visitors headed to North Texas.
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Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Last year, amid a federal deportation surge, ICE agents there tackled protesters and made numerous arrests.
In 2025, the Pentagon explored privatizing commissaries, soliciting interest from commercial retailers and investment firms to take over operations at 178 domestic locations.
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Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
What started as a small orchard grew into Crown Orchard Company, a thriving wholesale business that now supplies fruit to grocery stores and military commissaries across the East Coast.
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