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Alex Murdaugh listens to a hearing on his bid for a retrial, on Jan. 16, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. The disgraced former attorney was convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021.
Gavin McIntyre
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Alex Murdaugh will get a new murder trial. Here's a timeline of his case
Bill Chappell
Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced former lawyer serving a life term for the murders of his wife and son — will get a new trial in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
Julieta Venegas tells NPR that her new album Norteña was a project that "started out of missing my family and Mexico."
Yvonne Venegas
On her new album 'Norteña,' Julieta Venegas journeys home to the Mexican border
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Philippine troopers exchange fire along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday May 13.
Aaron Favila
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Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate as police try to arrest senator
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In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is test launched at an unspecified location in Russia.
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Putin hails Russia's test launch of a new ballistic missile
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Texas public schools see first non-pandemic enrollment drop in decades
Latino children accounted for the vast majority of students who left public schools this year, according to a new analysis.
Companies moving their legal homes to Texas is good PR, but don’t expect many new jobs
Barack Obama appears with James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa at Austin restaurant
How Houston cultivated its grass for the FIFA World Cup — and how it’s being installed in NRG Stadium
Today on Texas Standard: Pulitzer-winning writer reflects on surviving the Central Texas floods
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