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An Irish citizen is sentenced to 14 years for killing Portland tourist in Hungary

Headline from The Columbian

BUDAPEST, Hungary — A court in Hungary on Thursday sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for strangling an American tourist to death in the country’s capital in 2024.

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    An Irish citizen sentenced to 14 years for killing a US tourist in Hungary (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A Hungarian court has sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for murdering an American tourist in Budapest in 2024

  2. Seattle Times

    An Irish citizen is sentenced to 14 years for killing a US tourist in Hungary (opens Seattle Times)

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    Seattle Times's feed description

    A Hungarian court has sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for murdering an American tourist in Budapest in 2024.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Irish citizen sentenced to 14 years for killing a U.S. tourist in Hungary (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The victim, 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was in Hungary on vacation and reported missing on Nov. 5, 2024, after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.

  4. KOIN

    Oregon tourist strangled to death in Hungary, killer sentenced to 14 years (opens KOIN)

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    KOIN's feed description

    An Irish citizen was sentenced to 14 years in prison for strangling an American tourist to death in Budapest in 2024.

  5. WIVB Buffalo

    Irish man sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing WNY woman in Budapest (opens WIVB Buffalo)

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    WIVB Buffalo's feed description

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Irish citizen was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday for killing a Western New York native in Budapest, Hungary in 2024. Mackenzie Michalski, 31 at the time of her death, was beaten and strangled by a 37-year-old man from Ireland.

  6. KGW Portland

    Man sentenced to 14 years in Hungary killing of Portland tourist Mackenzie Michalski (opens KGW Portland)

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    KGW Portland's feed description

    An Irish citizen was sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing Portland tourist Mackenzie Michalski during a 2024 vacation in Budapest, Hungary.

  7. The Columbian

    An Irish citizen is sentenced to 14 years for killing Portland tourist in Hungary (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    BUDAPEST, Hungary — A court in Hungary on Thursday sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for strangling an American tourist to death in the country’s capital in 2024.

  8. New York Post

    Irish man who killed NY native nurse Mackenzie Michalski on Budapest vacation sentenced to 14 years in prison (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The Irish man who strangled an American nurse while she was on a Hungarian vacation in 2024 will serve just over a dozen years in jail for the senseless murder.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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