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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison without parole for a fatal shooting in a Raleigh motel room was awarded a new trial on Tuesday by the state Court of Appeals because of a jury shakeup after deliberations began. A panel of the intermediate-level appeals court unanimously agreed that Eric Ramond Chambers’ right to a “properly …

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a former Illinois state senator of tax-related charges that include filing false individual tax returns for two years. Jurors in Chicago deliberated for about eight hours over two days before convicting former state Sen. Annazette Collins on Monday of four of six tax-related charges. She was convicted of filing false individual tax …