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A convicted murderer who was scheduled to be executed in Georgia this week had his date with death suspended after the state announced Monday that it was considering a new clemency application. Stacey Humphreys, 52, was preparing to be put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, when the state Board of Pardons and Paroles said it was ordering the suspension of his execution following an 11th-hour petition. Filed by the nonprofit Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, the petition, which received more than 1,400 signatures, highlights “profound irregularities that occurred inside the jury room” during Humphreys’ trial. “The Board…

In Brussels, hyperbole is frequent, but to call this a make-or-break week for the bloc is no exaggeration. The European Union has reached a decision point on three crucial issues that could shape its global image and international standing. From Ukraine peace talks to issuing an unprecedented reparations loan that…

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Jack Link’s $4 billion family-owned business is the largest manufacturer of jerky in the world, selling 800 million packages of meat snacks and other products a year. But the company namesake and his son are still hungry for more.Back in 1985, the Link family’s Wisconsin meatpacking business had just gone…

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