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Sandy Smith holds a photo of her late son, 19-year-old Stephen Smith, on Thursday, June 24, 2021. "There will never be another one like him," she said. Smith felt vindicated. Finally. Last week, at her home on a dirt road in rural Barnwell, S.C., she watched a TV interview with Todd Proctor, the man who led the investigation into her 19-year-old son's death. The former S.C. Highway Patrol trooper had recently told several media outlets that Stephen Smith's 2015 death was likely a murder staged to look like a hit-and-run.

Stephen Smith's body will be exhumed for private autopsy, family says, almost 2 years after Murdaugh case prompted renewed scrutiny

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CGT unionists light flares on the ring road as they block the traffic to protest, a day after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49,3 of the constitution, in Paris on March 17, 2023. - French President faces intensified protests and accusations of anti-democratic behaviour after pushing through a contentious pension reform without a parliamentary vote. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Hundreds detained in fiery protests after French government forces through higher retirement age

Ladera Ranch, CA - July 28: Dr. Kate Williamson lets a child listen to his heart during a yearly routine exam as his mom watches at Southern Orange County Pediatric Associates in Ladera Ranch, CA on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Kids and teens 17 and under make up far less than their share of COVID-19 cases in relation to their proportion of Orange Countys overall population. Testing rates could also be a factor in the lower numbers as kids dont show symptoms like older people do.

Pediatric hospital beds are in high demand for ailing children. Here's why

US Air Force MQ-9 camera footage: Russian Su-27 Black Sea intercept

US military releases footage of Russian fighter jet forcing down American drone over Black Sea

A road connecting the two cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe is seen damaged following heavy rains caused by Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi Tuesday, March 14 2023. The unrelenting cyclone that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at more than 50 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)

Desperate Cyclone Freddy survivors dig with bare hands to search for survivors in rubble

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How comments on this young man's photos led to an uproar in Tennessee politics

Aerial view of broken levee and flooded river in Pajaro, California, U.S. March 12, 2023.

Treacherous flooding is about to get worse in California as another atmospheric river closes in on storm-battered residents

Migrants take part in a protest at the Paso del Norte international bridge to request asylum in the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Large group in Mexico attempted mass entry into US at El Paso, Texas, border crossing, officials say

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