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Jul 2024
27m 13s

Karen Read's fight is not over. Alec Bal...

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The murder trial in a Boston suburb may have ended in a hung jury, but news keeps breaking around the case. Jury selection in the actor's New Mexico trial is next week. Plus, how to stay safe on the road. 
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