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Brendan Dassey of ‘Making a Murderer’ case to be released

A federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday ordered the release of Brendan Dassey, who was imprisoned for life for helping his uncle kill a freelance photographer in 2005 in a case spotlighted in the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer.”

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Trial date set for June in Bill Cosby’s Pa. sex assault case

Prosecutors said Tuesday that they want 13 other women who said they were intoxicated when Bill Cosby assaulted them to testify at his upcoming felony sex assault trial.

 
Third tragedy unfolds in Florida; body of 2-year-old recovered

You’d have to mine the brain of a horror novelist to deliver a scenario as tragic as what unfolded Tuesday and Wednesday at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Orange County officials late Wednesday afternoon confirmed that they had recovered the body of 2-year-old who was attacked by an alligator.

 
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Morley Safer dies at 84

Morley Safer, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who was equally at home reporting on social injustices, the Orient Express and abstract art, died Thursday, according to Kevin Tedesco, a CBS News publicist.

 
Judges rules against Bill Cosby getting notes from New York magazine reporter

Bill Cosby lost his bid on Tuesday to force the publisher of New York magazine to comply with a subpoena seeking reporters’ notes and other material for a cover story last year chronicling 35 women’s sexual assault claims against him.