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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of “intolerable conduct” that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff. Keishla Villafane Rivera also used “coarse language” and violated the terms of her contract by agreeing to …

ROME – A coroner told a jury Saturday that a stab wound to the neck of a British student slain in Italy was caused by a shorter knife than the one believed to be the murder weapon, lawyers said. Francesco Introna, taking the stand at the murder trial of U.S. …

CHICAGO – A Chicago police officer caught on video beating a stabbing victim who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison. A federal judge imposed the 40-month sentence after viewing hospital security footage of William Cozzi, 52, handcuffing the …