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‘Paid the price’: Matthew Perry’s mother condemns assistant who enabled his fatal addiction
In a heartrending victim impact statement, Matthew Perry’s mother, Suzanne Morrison, condemned the actor’s former assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, for enabling the addiction that led to his death in 2023.“His number one responsibility was to ensure that Matthew remained what he wanted to be: drug‑free,” Morrison wrote.“But instead of protecting Matthew, he aided and abetted illegal drug use, arranged for one source of supply and then another.”
Tennessee is preparing to execute Tony Carruthers, whose defenders question trial fairness
Tennessee is scheduled to execute Tony Carruthers on Thursday after his attorneys questioned whether the state’s lethal injection drugs had expired and courts denied requests to test DNA and fingerprint evidence or to deem him mentally incompetent.
Prosecutors seek 50-year sentence for nonprofit leader at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case
The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted for her role at the center of a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite a federal immigration crackdown should spend 50 years in prison, prosecutors argued in a court filing.
Detroit-bound flight diverted to Canada after Congolese passenger boarded ‘in error’ amid Ebola outbreak
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was redirected to Canada after a passenger from Congo boarded “in error” amid the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, officials said.