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Midwest Correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP

In a statement released by her attorneys, Brown thanked her supporters and the governor and promised to ‘do everything I can to justify your faith in me.’ (CNN)

Cyntoia Brown, sentenced to life at the age of 16, gets clemency

Without Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s intervention, Brown would have remained in prison at least until 2055

And in the Midwest a onetime Somali refugee, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib, who is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, shared the historic distinction of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. (Eric Miller/Reuters)

Democrats seize US House but Trump averts ‘blue wave’

Tuesday’s contest saw several historic firsts in the Democratic camp

Drug manufacturers and providers have been increasingly hostile to selling to states in order to prevent their medications from being used for executions. (Eric Gregory/ Lincoln Journal Star)

US state poised for first execution with fentanyl

Fentanyl killed more than 20 000 people in the US in 2016. It is 50 times more powerful than heroin and up to 100 times stronger than morphine

Travis Reinking

US authorities capture Tennessee shooting suspect

After a more than 24-hour manhunt, Travis Reinking who is suspected of gunning down four people at a Nashville restaurant was captured

Austin mayor Steve Adler told CNN the people of Austin still had to be vigilant because the probe continues and questions remain

Suspect in Austin bombings blows himself up as police move in

Police zeroed in on the suspect over the past 36 hours as evidence came in from video footage and witness accounts

Schertz Police block off Doerr Lane near the scene of a blast at a FedEx facility in Schertz

Trump slams ‘sick people’ for Texas bombings after fifth blast

There have been six bomb blasts in Texas, but only five appear to be connected

Family dispute may have sparked Texas church shooting

Ten people remained in critical condition a day after Devin Patrick Kelley burst into the rural Baptist church sprayed bullets at the congregation.

The Acoma Pueblo Nation sees artifacts

‘Do not sell our sacred artefacts’

Two tribes this week renewed a years-long ­campaign to prevent the sale of sacred objects.