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Bomber forfeits stimulus: A U.S. District Court judge agreed to let federal prosecutors use convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus payment, as well as other money held in his inmate trust account, to help pay the millions of dollars he was ordered to pay his victims. The U.S. attorney’s office in Boston asked a judge to order the money turned over.

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Ex-speaker accused of assault: Michigan police were investigating after a woman accused former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield of sexually assaulting her multiple times, beginning when she was 14 or 15 years old. She is now 26. Chatfield was Republican leader for two years.

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Fishermen’s survivors get damages: A judge has awarded nearly $1 million in damages to the families of four fishermen who died when their boat sank off Massachusetts in 2020. The Emmy Rose went down Nov. 23, 2020, as it was heading to port. A total of $960,000 in insurance proceeds from the boat owner was distributed.

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Abortion rightsdrive launched: A ballot drive launched in Michigan on Friday would enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the state constitution. The petition would affirm the right to make pregnancy-related decisions without interference, including about abortion and other reproductive services such as birth control, supporters said. Michigan still has a 90-year-old abortion ban on its books.

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Killer gets life: A Berlin teacher was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the killing of another man that the judge said was carried out as part of “cannibalism fantasies.” Presiding Judge Matthias Schertz said the defendant killed a mechanic in September 2020“to live out his cannibalism fantasies.”