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[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — A longtime Los Angeles politician was convicted Thursday on federal corruption charges in a scheme in which prosecutors said he promised to help steer a multimillion-dollar government contract to the University of Southern California if his son got a scholarship and a teaching job. Former Democratic City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas —…
[ad_1] The government of Trinidad and Tobago has won a multimillion-dollar verdict in a sprawling corruption lawsuit that began nearly 20 years ago and involves former high-ranking officials ByGISELA SALOMON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press MIAMI — The government of the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago has won a multimillion-dollar verdict in a…