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The Latest: US health officials to release new COVID-19 data

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NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are expected to release new data about the spread of COVID-19 on Friday that led to their decision to recommend that vaccinated people wear masks in some situations, a reversal of previous guidance. The report, to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comes from a recent investigation of a coronavirus…

Feds outline prosecution of MS-13 gang killings in Ohio

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press
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Federal and state authorities have outlined details of the long-running prosecution of an Ohio branch of the violent El Salvador-based MS-13 gang. Vipal Patel is acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Patel and officials from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Columbus police department and the FBI on Thursday discussed charges against 22 defendants and the solving of eight homicides linked to MS-13 in central Ohio. Racketeering conspiracy charges against gang members have included murder, attempted murder, assault, drug trafficking and money laundering. Gang leader Martin Neftali Aguilar-Rivera was sentenced to life in person in 2019.