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Feds arrest 27 in L.A. County, 500 nationwide tied to powerful cartel

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Federal agents arrested more than two dozen members of one of Mexico’s largest drug-trafficking cartels in Los Angeles County this week – part of a nationwide crackdown on the gang responsible for smuggling vast quantities of methamphetamines, heroin and fentanyl into this country, authorities said on Wednesday. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said the U.S.-based members…

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Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for rape, sexual assaults

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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of…