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FILE - R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case, May 8, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

June 20, 2025

A judge has denied singer R. Kelly’s request for furlough from prison after the convicted sex offender accused federal prison officials of plotting to murder him. U.S. District Judge Martha M. Pacold canceled Friday’s scheduled arguments after determining her court lacks jurisdiction. Her five-page ruling said federal courts have only limited power in such cases, and one by one she examined and rejected various ways Kelly’s request could be considered. The 58-year-old Grammy-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, is serving time at a prison in Butner, North Carolina after being convicted of child sex crimes and racketeering.

Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction

May 21, 2025

Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln have been auctioned off, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display forever. The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for bid Wednesday. The items were sold to pay off the remainder of a two-decade-old loan that the Lincoln Presidential Foundation used to buy a one-of-a-kind cluster of artifacts. The auction raised $7.9 million, but that includes service fees of about 28% that cover administrative costs.

Shortage of overnight truck parking contributed to deadly Greyhound bus crash, regulators say

May 20, 2025

Federal regulators have ruled that a lack of overnight parking for long-haul truckers contributed to a deadly 2023 Greyhound bus crash in Illinois that killed three of the bus passengers. The National Traffic Safety Board said in a report Wednesday that other key contributors were bus-driver fatigue, Greyhound’s insufficient oversight and more. The bus was headed west on Interstate 70 east of St. Louis about 2 a.m. on July 12, 2023. It exited onto a rest-area ramp and sideswiped three semitrailers. None of the truck drivers was hurt. The bus driver and 11 passengers were injured.

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R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction

Shortage of overnight truck parking contributed to deadly Greyhound bus crash, regulators say

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