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Matthew Farwell convicted of killing Sandra Birchmore and unborn child in Massachusetts murder trial

A jury has found former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police officer Matthew Farwell guilty of killing Sandra Birchmore and her unborn child. The verdict was read in federal court in South Boston Tuesday afternoon. Farwell was charged with killing a witness or victim and causing the death of an unborn child. He pleaded not guilty. The jury had previously…

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Pope Leo XIV champions universal healthcare during speech in Uruguay weeks after lung cancer surgery

Montevideo – Pope Leo XIV drew on his own recent experience of illness and hospitalization after surgery for lung cancer on Friday to make an impassioned appeal for universal access to healthcare, greater social equality and a society that does not measure people’s worth by their productivity or wealth. “Recently I experienced firsthand the limitations…

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Nashville chef’s final call to friend raises suspicions about former football scout in her death

On the night of Feb. 25, 2023, outside Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, Blaise Taylor was answering police questions about how a date turned into a medical emergency. BLAISE TAYLOR (police bodycam): We were together having a date night. Authorities wanted to know what happened to 24-year-old Jade Benning, who had been rushed to…

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Friend of woman allegedly killed by Massachusetts police officer: “It was complete, 100% exploitation”

Lauren Andrews says she was almost like a secondary parent to Sandra Birchmore, who was allegedly killed by then-police officer Matthew Farwell, and that Birchmore had a difficult upbringing. Andrews told CBS News she spoke with Birchmore just two weeks before her death in February 2021 and never believed the medical examiner’s initial conclusion that Birchmore…

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