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This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department's statement of facts, supporting the arrest warrant for Edward Richmond Jr., at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Richmond, a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed cowherd in Iraq, was ordered jailed Jan. 30, 2024, on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.(Department of Justice via AP)

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Military veteran who killed Iraqi civilian is ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-12:49PM , 248 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago was ordered jailed Tuesday on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Milton, French lead Arkansas-Pine Bluff past Grambling 86-70
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Mon,01/29/24-11:03PM , 189 Reads
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Kylen Milton had 26 points and Joe French scored 23 to lead Arkansas-Pine Bluff past Grambling 86-70 on Monday night.
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Prisoners harvest turnips at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, April 15, 2014, in Angola, La. Within days of arrival, they head to the fields, sometimes using hoes and shovels or picking crops by hand. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brands
By MARGIE MASON AND ROBIN MCDOWELL - Associated Press
Mon,01/29/24-7:25AM , 218 Reads
In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to U.S.
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In this Aug. 18, 2011 photo, a prison guard rides a horse alongside prisoners as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment's exception clause, that allows for prison labor, provided legal cover to round up thousands of mostly young Black men. They then were leased out by states to plantations like Angola and some of the country's biggest privately owned companies, including coal mines and railroads. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
By ROBIN MCDOWELL AND MARGIE MASON - Associated Press
Mon,01/29/24-6:54AM , 208 Reads
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.
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