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  IMAGE SOURCE, URTULA FAMILY VIA SUFFOLK DA'S OFFICE/CBS BOSTON Image caption, Alexander Urtula (left) and Inyoung You dated for 18 months before his death A former Boston College student has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection to the suicide of her boyfriend two years ago. Inyoung You, 23, was given a two and a half years suspended jail term, and told she would not be allowed to profit from the case that shocked America. Her boyfriend Alexander Urtula, 22, jumped to his death from a garage hours before his graduation on 20 May 2019. Prosecutors say You was abusive towards Mr Urtula, urging him to kill himself. You was sentenced on Thursday in Boston's Suffolk County Superior Court, Massachusetts. Her prison term is suspended for 10 years, meaning that she can avoid being jailed if she complies with her probation terms. They include mandatory mental-health treatment and 300 hours of community service. Judge Robert Ullmann also stressed that she "will ...

  30.20% of voters cast their vote, down from 58.28% in 2016   Pro-Beijing candidates have swept Hong Kong's “patriots only” polls, the first elections held after electoral reforms that essentially ruled out the participation of most of the pro-democracy opposition candidates in the Special Administrative Region. The central government in Beijing hailed Sunday’s polls and released a detailed white paper on Monday defending its political governance of Hong Kong. Its critics in Hong Kong, however, pointed to the record low turnout — the lowest in any election since the 1997 handover — as underlining public disenchantment with the new electoral process. In March, Beijing passed legislation that significantly reduced the share of directly elected representatives in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, from 50% to 22%, with the rest nominated, and also introduced a candidate eligibility review committee to screen those running for office. Despite a range of measures aimed at boosting t...