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‘None of your business’: O.J. Simpson, released from prison, is mum on what he’ll do next and where he’ll live

By Cindy Boren and Des Bieler Moments after he became eligible for parole, O.J. Simpson was released from a Nevada prison early Sunday morning after serving nine years for a 2007 robbery and kidnapping incident in Las Vegas. The Hall of Fame football player left Lovelock...

Aurora man gets 60 years in prison for killing his girlfriend

By Staff Report An Aurora man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for killing his girlfriend. Kane County Judge John A. Barsanti Thursday issued the sentence on Christopher M. Whetstone, 49, of the 500 block of Charles Street in Aurora. A Kane County jury on March 27...

Supreme Court halts execution of Georgia inmate after attorneys question racial bias in jury

By Mark Berman The U.S. Supreme Court late Tuesday stayed the execution of a Georgia inmate who has been on death row for a quarter-century, halting the lethal injection after his attorneys raised questions of racial bias in the case. Keith Leroy Tharpe was sentenced to death...

Murder suspect surrenders at jail

By Staff Marlun Williams, 29, was being held at the Alachua County jail on charges of murder and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. The Gainesville Police Department says the suspect in a fatal shooting from Monday turned himself in at the Alachua...