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Russia and West join forces to tackle trade in 'blood diamonds' despite feud over Moscow's diamonds

Apr. 04, 2024 01:19 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its Western allies are feuding with Russia over its diamond production, but they joined forces Wednesday to keep supporting the Kimberley Process, which aims to eliminate the trade in “blood diamonds” that helped fuel devastating conflicts in...

13 inmates, guards and others sentenced for drug trafficking at Louisiana's maximum-security prison

Apr. 03, 2024 14:06 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Thirteen people convicted in a large-scale drug trafficking network based at Louisiana's maximum-security prison have been sentenced to a range of time spanning four to 16 years, federal prosecutors said. In a news release Monday, U.S. Attorney Ronald Gathe...

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

Jan. 29, 2024 21:06 PM EST

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State...