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El Chapo Sons, Dubbed ‘Pioneers' Of Fentanyl Epidemic, Charged In Massive Sinaloa Cartel Case El Chapo Sons, Dubbed ‘Pioneers' Of Fentanyl Epidemic, Charged In Massive Sinaloa Cartel Case
El Chapo Sons, Dubbed ‘Pioneers' Of Fentanyl Epidemic, Charged In Massive Sinaloa Cartel Case Four sons of notorious druglord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman are among more than two dozen members of Mexico's reigning Sinaloa cartel charged in a massive fentanyl-trafficking offensive announced by federal officials on Friday. The infamous quartet known as the Chapitos – each of whom had $5 million U.S. bounties placed on their heads – were dubbed “the pioneers” of fentanyl’s introduction to American users by DEA Administrator Anne Milgram during an April 14 news conference in Washington, D.C. “Death and destruction are central to their whole operation,” said Milgram, a former New Jersey a…

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Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password
Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Sharing your Netflix password will soon come with a price. Starting in early 2023, Netflix will allow only one "home account" and charge for every "sub account" added to that account — up to five, the company announced. The new payment plan was rolled out as an experiment in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where customers paid $2.99 to add a sub account. Netflix did not immediately say how much sub accounts will cost Americans.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Maryland Sisters Ambushed On Las Vegas Strip Maryland Sisters Ambushed On Las Vegas Strip
Maryland Sisters Ambushed On Las Vegas Strip A pair of Baltimore sisters away on a girls trip were among eight victims of an unprovoked attack on the Las Vegas strip last week. Gabby and Cassy Hewes and the six other people were stabbed near the Wynn Las Vegas around 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, according to loved ones and local police. Two of those victims died. The suspect has been identified as Yoni Barrios, a 32-year-old Guatemalan native who carried out the attack to "let the anger out," abc7 reports. More than $16,000 had been raised for the Hewes sisters on a GoFundMe page as of Tuesday, Oct. 11.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Leesburg Police Seek Suspect Who Stabbed His Drinking Buddy During Argument Leesburg Police Seek Suspect Who Stabbed His Drinking Buddy During Argument
Leesburg Police Seek Suspect Who Stabbed His Drinking Buddy During Argument Leesburg police are looking for the suspect who stabbed a victim in The Manor parking lot, officials said.  At 9 p.m. on August 13, police arrived to parking lot where they discovered the victim, along with three other adult men, were drinking alcohol together, when an argument broke out and the victim was stabbed in his upper body, according to Leesburg police. The three individuals present during the incident were described as Hispanic men in their mid-thirties, between 5'5 and 5'8, officials reported. Police said the victim believed the suspects were possibly from Guatemala or Mexi…

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by AJ Goldbloom