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Miami
Miami Herald
1 day ago
Miami

What did agents find when they raided Diddy's mansion? Where is the mogul? What to know

Federal agents raided Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Star Island mansion in Miami Beach amid a sex-trafficking investigation.
Diddy's entourage members were detained during the raids, with questions raised about his involvement in criminal activities.
Miami Herald
2 days ago
Miami

Federal agents raid rap mogul Diddy's homes in Miami Beach. Take a look at the photos

Federal agents raided Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Miami Beach mansions and his home in Los Angeles.
The raids followed a lawsuit accusing Diddy of being the leader of a criminal sex trafficking organization.
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US politics
english.elpais.com
2 months ago
US politics

Texas raises tone in border dispute with Biden and refuses to remove barbed wire

Texas Lieutenant Governor challenges President's immigration policies
Texas refuses to remove barbed wire along the border
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US politics

Guantanamo Case Nearing a Decision on the Lasting Effects of Torture

By the time the prisoner accused of plotting the U.S.S.Cole bombing boasted about his role in the attack during interrogations at Guantanamo Bay, his memories and account were unreliable because of years of isolation and torture by the C.I.A., a former military interrogator testified Friday.Prosecutors say the statements that Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi prisoner, gave during interrogations in 2007 are crucial evidence against him.
time.com
1 year ago
US politics

The Violent History of Waco, the Infamous Site of Trump's Next Rally

On Saturday, despite a possible indictment looming, former President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Waco, Texas.The Trump 2024 presidential campaign told TIME they chose the city because of its central location and Texas' role in the primary, but Waco has an infamous, violent history: it was the site of a deadly standoff between an anti-government cult and federal law enforcement thirty years ago.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US politics

Trump Lawyer Expressed Worry Over False Claims of Election Fraud

WASHINGTON  A conservative lawyer who was an architect of a plan to keep former President Donald J. Trump in office warned in late December 2020 that if Mr. Trump falsely swore to the courts that he had specific evidence of voter fraud in Georgia, both the president and his lawyers could face prosecution.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US politics

In 2021 Video, Trump Asks, Is This a Good Jewish Character Right Here?'

Former President Donald J. Trump inquired whether a documentary filmmaker recording an interview with him last year was a good Jewish character, described Persians as very good salesmen and complained that Israeli Jews favored him more than Jews in the United States, a new clip released by the filmmaker shows.
Independent
1 year ago
US politics

FBI seized 'top secret' documents from Trump's home

The FBI recovered documents that were labelled "top secret" from former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released on Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorised the unprecedented search this week.
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SFGATE
4 months ago
San Francisco

FBI raids San Francisco home at dawn

Federal agents conducted a raid on a house in San Francisco's Excelsior District.
The raid is unrelated to the case of missing child Kento Hernesto Juarez.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Europe news

An associate of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is sentenced to prison for extremism

Lilia Chanysheva gestures as she stands in a cage during a hearing in a courtroom of the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, June 14."I am a politician, a woman who is being persecuted by men who are her opponents," she said in her final statement to the court earlier this month.AP Photo MOSCOW A Russian court sentenced a leading associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 7 1/2 years in prison on extremism-related charges on Wednesday the latest in a series of lengthy prison terms issued to political opponents of the Kremlin amid the war in Ukraine.
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
9 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: Too much is at stake in Trump case for Judge Cannon to preside. She should recuse.

The last time U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled on a case involving Donald Trump and his alleged hoarding of classified documents, the dressing-down from appellate judges above her was stern and blunt.Last year, Cannon, a Trump appointee, approved Trump's demand for an outside arbiter to examine documents that federal agents had seized from the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

At least 3 dead, more wounded in New Mexico shooting, police say

FARMINGTON, N.M. - At least three people were dead and multiple others wounded Monday after a shooting in Farmington, police said, and schools citywide were put on lockdown."There are multiple civilian victims," Farmington police reported via Facebook, adding that one suspect "was confronted and killed on scene."
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Federal jury finds reputed Wicked Town gang leader, top associate guilty of racketeering and murder

A federal jury on Tuesday found the reputed leader of the Wicked Town gang faction and one of his top lieutenants guilty of racketeering conspiracy involving a string of murders, shootings robberies, and narcotics trafficking stretching back two decades.After a seven-week trial, the jury of six men and six women deliberated for about 18 hours over three days before finding Donald Lee, 41, and Torance Benson, 31, guilty on the most serious charge against them, which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

State Sen. Emil Jones III charged with bribery in red-light camera case

Illinois State Sen. Emil Jones III has been hit with federal bribery charges alleging he took money from a red-light camera company to kill legislation requiring traffic studies for automated camera systems, then lied to federal agents about it.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Two Illinois brothers arrested for attacking officers at Capitol on Jan. 6

Two brothers from Illinois were arrested for allegedly assaulting officers during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Heather Mack's daughter will temporarily live with foster mom from Indonesia in Forest Park

A Cook County judge on Friday ruled that the 7-year-old daughter of Heather Mack will temporarily live in suburban Cook County with her foster mother from Indonesia, who cared for her while Mack was serving a prison sentence for helping kill her mother and then stuffing the body in a suitcase on the island of Bali.
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www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Mother of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Pleads Guilty to Firearms Violations

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in a Virginia classroom pleaded guilty on Monday to federal criminal charges for using marijuana while owning a firearm, and making false statements about drug use when she bought the gun.The mother, Deja Taylor, was previously indicted by a grand jury in Virginia on state criminal charges of neglect and endangerment, in connection with her son's access to the handgun that he used in the shooting.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Former Stoneham police officer and brother charged for bribery scheme

Two brothers, one a former Stoneham Police officer and the other an owner of an electrical contracting company, are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a bribery and kickback scheme that brought them millions of dollars in contracts.Joseph Ponzo, 49, of Stoneham, and Christopher Ponzo, 48, of North Reading were first charged in April 2022.
Dodger Blue
1 year ago
LA Dodgers

Former Dodgers Outfielder Yasiel Puig To Plead Guilty To Federal Charge For Lying About Illegal Gambling Operation

Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig has agreed to plead guilty to one count of making false statements to federal law enforcement officials regarding bets he placed on sporting events with an illegal gambling operation, according to court documents.The crime carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Former Trump Adviser Was Not Agent for Emirates, Lawyer Tells Jury

A lawyer for Thomas J. Barrack Jr., an informal adviser to former president Donald J. Trump, told jurors Wednesday that accusations that his client was an illegal foreign agent were "nothing short of ridiculous" - and that prosecutors had inflated "inconsequential acts" into a supposed plot in which Mr. Barrack agreed to betray his country.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Man charged in Bulger slaying to stay locked up until trial

Local OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A man charged in the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

Sister raising L.A. swindlers' abandoned kids must forfeit $100,000 in bail, judge rules

(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

When a couple of convicted L.A. swindlers abandoned their three children and fled with the family dog to Montenegro in 2021, the distraught teenagers' aunt, Gohar Abelian, took the kids into her home.It was the second time she'd come to the rescue since the children's parents, Richard Ayvazyzn and Abelian's sister Marietta Terabelian, were arrested in 2020 for running an $18-million pandemic relief scam: To keep the couple out of jail, Abelian had spent more than $100,000 on bail bonds.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Man facing federal charges in fake green card scam, accused of impersonating ICE agents

(Nick Ut / Associated Press)

A San Ysidro man accused of issuing multiple fraudulent green cards by impersonating various federal agents, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, is now facing multiple federal charges in the scheme, according to the Central District of California's U.S. Attorney's Office.
www.theguardian.com
9 months ago
UK politics

China has closed unofficial police stations' in Britain, UK minister says

The UK security minister, Tom Tugendhat, has said China has closed its reported police service stations at sites across Britain, and that an investigation did not reveal any illegal activity by the Chinese state at these sites.Britain has previously said reports of undeclared police stations in the country were extremely concerning and that any intimidation on British soil of foreign nationals by China or other states was unacceptable.
Los Angeles Times
11 months ago
Los Angeles

A top member of San Jose's police union imported and distributed opioids, prosecutors say

(Keith Srakocic / Associated Press)

The executive director of the San Jose police union imported opioids from overseas in a scheme to distribute the drugs in the U.S., federal prosecutors say.Joanne Marian Segovia was charged Tuesday with attempting to import a controlled substance in a scheme that took place from 2015 to 2023.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
California

A landlord who was arrested in a murder-for-hire plot is now accused of trying to set fire to his building

A real estate developer charged in a murder-for-hire plot is facing new criminal charges in federal court, where prosecutors allege the businessman also hired someone to set fire to one of his properties in an attempt to kick out his tenants.In a federal indictment, prosecutors paint a vicious picture of Arthur Aslanian, who prosecutors allege resorted to arson and hit men to settle business disputes and avoid paying millions of dollars in debt.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Federal and state investigators probe Santos' role in luxury yacht sale

Federal and state investigators are probing Republican Rep. George Santos' role in the sale of a $19 million yacht involving two of his wealthy donors, according to a law enforcement official.The law enforcement interest in the sale, first reported by The New York Times, underscores the far reaches of the investigations into the embattled congressman's finances.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

State Sen. Emil Jones III to be arraigned Friday on bribery charges

Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on federal charges alleging he took bribes from a red-light camera company executive in exchange for killing legislation that went against the company's interests.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

FBI, Homeland Security warn about threats to law enforcement after Trump search

A Federal Bureau of Investigation police officer walks with his working dog outside Federal Bureau of Investigation building headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Tech industry

U.S. Tech Espionage Team Unveils First Cases Involving China and Russia

The Biden administration announced arrests and criminal charges on Tuesday in five cases involving sanctions evasion and technology espionage efforts linked to Russia, China and Iran.Two Russian nationals were taken into custody last week under accusations of sending aircraft parts to Russia in violation of sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.
emptywheel
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

"Classified Evening Briefing:" Mishandled and Stolen Documents Update - emptywheel

There has been a bunch of news in the various investigations into various constitutional officers who took documents home.Here's my updated handy table.Biden
On February 1, the FBI did a consensual search of President Biden's Rehoboth home.No additional documents with classified marks were found, though the FBI did take some notes from Biden's time as Vice President.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

ComEd to give back $38 million in wake of Madigan scandal, but critic says it falls short

Commonwealth Edison customers are in line for a roughly $38 million refund - or about, on average, a little less than $5 per residential customer - to address what the utility giant acknowledged was its "unacceptable conduct" in the bribery-related scandal that has swept across Illinois and helped end Michael Madigan's historic run as the Illinois House speaker.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

COPA recommends firing of Sergeant Jones who worked with convicted ex-cop Watts in new report

Police oversight investigators recommended last year that a Chicago police officer who worked under former Sgt. Ronald Watts - who went to prison for corruption - should be fired for falsifying reports while working for the disgraced ex-sergeant, according to a report released Thursday by a civil rights law firm.
emptywheel
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

"All Texts Demanded!" Right Wingers No Longer Worried about "Wiped" Phones, John Eastman Edition... - emptywheel

As noted in the last thread, more than twelve hours later on the same day that federal agents conducted a search on Jeffrey Clark's home in Virginia, FBI agents seized John Eastman's phone as he was leaving a restaurant in Santa Fe.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

What is Title 8?

With end of Title 42, the Covid-era policy that allowed for the swift expulsion of migrants arriving in the United States, federal border agents were set to return on Friday to the prepandemic rules for enforcing immigration law, known as Title 8.This measure covers a broad range of immigration law, including on asylum, refugees and visas.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Elian Gonzalez set to become Cuban lawmaker

Havana (CNN)Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy whose custody battle stoked Cold War-era tensions, has been nominated to serve in the island's National Assembly, the communist-party daily Granma said Monday.The newspaper referred to Gonzalez, now 29, as "representing the most worthy of the Cuban youth."
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

All flights grounded at airport near Penn State University over suspicious device, 100 passengers bused to campus

All flights were grounded at University Park Airport in Pennsylvania Friday as authorities investigated a suspicious device in a checked bag, forcing about 100 passengers to be bused out of the area and the airport to close until Saturday, officials said.The airport in State College, located less than five miles from the Penn State University campus, was closed to air traffic and passengers while an explosives device team and local police examined the contents of the bag, which was checked on a flight en route to Chicago, Penn State University Police and Public Safety said in a statement.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Suspect in New Year's Eve machete attack in New York pleads not guilty

The man who allegedly attacked New York police officers with a machete on New Year's Eve pleaded not guilty to state charges in court Wednesday.Trevor Bickford, 19, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom wearing a tan uniform with his wrists and ankles shackled.He spoke only to enter his plea.Bickford was indicted January 6 on 18 counts, nine of which included charges of first-degree attempted murder, assault, aggravated assault on a police officer, attempted aggravated assault on a police officer and attempted assault in furtherance of an act or as a crime of terrorism, according to the indictment.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US news

Police Charge Man in Theft of Rare Monkeys From Dallas Zoo

DALLAS The Dallas police said on Friday that they had arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the theft of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo.The theft was one of a series of bizarre incursions that unnerved the zoo and attracted international attention.The police identified the man as Davion Irvin and said that he was spotted on Thursday near the animal exhibits at the Dallas aquarium, about three miles north of the zoo.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Person detained after jumping fence of Chicago FBI office and throwing rocks

A person accused of jumping the fence and throwing rocks at the FBI field office in Chicago has been taken to a hospital for evaluation, a spokesperson for the Homeland Security agency that protects federal buildings told CNN Thursday.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Former KNBC investigative news producer busted in child porn sting

A former investigative news producer at KNBC in Los Angeles was arrested on suspicion of allegedly distributing more than 100 child porn images and videos, according to the FBI.Phil Drechsler, 60, accessed and shared child pornography in a group chat with more than 20 other people on the secure messaging app Telegram, an FBI agent wrote in a criminal complaint against the ex-L.A. news producer.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Eastside Wilmas armed gang members with ghost guns in L.A. Harbor area, authorities say

Federal agents and Los Angeles police detectives uncovered a supply line of custom-made, untraceable ghost guns being built to arm gang members on the streets of Wilmington, authorities said Monday.LAPD Deputy Chief Gerald Woodyard said LAPD narcotics detectives working with the Long Beach-based Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents recovered 82 firearms, including 42 ghost guns used by the Eastside Wilmas gang, along with 19 pounds of methamphetamine, 5½ pounds of cocaine and 3 kilograms of fentanyl.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Caregiver accused in Manhattan Beach child sexual abuse case believed to be in Philippines

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released photos Wednesday of a man who fled the United States for the Philippines in 2015 after two children accused the caregiver of molesting them at their home in Manhattan Beach.Federal prosecutors are hoping the public will help them find Edgardo Feralin Dormido Jr., 48, who was charged with five counts related to the alleged child molestation in Los Angeles County Supreme Court in October 2015 - three months after two 9-year-old girls told their mother that Dormido had inappropriately touched them on numerous occasions over the course of more than a year, according to prosecutors.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Suspect had an 'extensive history and feud' with family gunned down in Goshen

One of the men accused of gunning down six members of a Central California family had been embroiled in an "extensive history and feud" with the family and once shot at one of them, according to police records obtained by The Times.Shortly before 10 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2014, Tulare County sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting at the Wooden Shoe RV Park in Goshen.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Escorts, kickbacks and a Tesla: New details in scandal and fraud at Tom Girardi's law firm

A filing in federal court in Maryland on Wednesday offered new details about how Tom Girardi's chief financial officer conducted what prosecutors have called a "side fraud" inside the massive corruption at the legal titan's Los Angeles-based firm.In an affidavit justifying the arrest of Christopher Kamon on a wire fraud charge, an FBI agent wrote that the former Girardi Keese CFO duped his boss out of millions of dollars by persuading Girardi's secretary that the firm's operating account was running low.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

California Rep. Eric Swalwell says caller threatened to kill him with assault rifle

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) said Tuesday that a man called his office and threatened to show up with an assault rifle to kill the congressman.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Late Night Recaps Donald Trump's Waco Rally

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.Donald Trump held a rally in Waco, Texas, on Saturday, near the site where dozens of members of a religious cult died by fire as federal agents besieged their compound 30 years ago.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Michigan man charged with illegal firearms possession after allegedly threatening governor and Biden

A Michigan man has been charged with unlawfully owning several firearms after federal agents uncovered online death threats he allegedly made against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden.Randall Robert Berka II faces one charge of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person.He has not yet entered a formal plea, and a lawyer is not yet listed on his court docket.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Justice Department seizes $3.4 billion in stolen bitcoin

The Justice Department's recovery of nearly $3.4 billion in stolen bitcoin is one of its largest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency.(Tom Brenner for The Washington Post)The Justice Department recovered nearly $3.4 billion worth of bitcoin that a Georgia real estate developer stole a decade ago from the dark web marketplace Silk Road, the department announced Monday.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Tech industry

Lawmakers Demand Social Media Firms Address Threats to Law Enforcement

The Democrats who lead two House panels also expressed concern about "reckless statements" from Republicans after a surge in online threats following the F.B.I. search of Mar-a-Lago.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Tech industry

On Truth Social, F.B.I. Search Prompts Talk of War, Then Conspiracy

Aug. 12, 2022, 4:25 p.m. ET
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

An armed man tried to breach security at an FBI office in Cincinnati

The entrance to the FBI headquarters in Cincinnati is shown on Thursday.
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The FBI on Wednesday also warned its agents to avoid protesters and ensure their security key cards are "not visible outside FBI space," citing an increase in social media threats to bureau personnel and facilities.
emptywheel
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Trump's "Receptionist of the US" Deletes Her Trip to Russia - emptywheel

When Chamberlain Harris's name first started getting bandied about as the woman in whose possession additional documents with classified markings were found last year at Mar-a-Lago, her LinkedIn bio described how, in addition to a trip to Spain in summer 2018, she also made a trip to St. Petersburg in Summer 2019, immediately before she took an internship at the White House.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Following DOJ Subpoena, Trump Told Mar-a-Lago Worker to Hide Docs Elsewhere

An employee at former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, estate has informed federal agents that Trump ordered people to relocate White House documents he was improperly storing in a storage locker at Mar-a-Lago after a subpoena order was issued for the retrieval of the documents earlier this year.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Federal agents spy possible tax charges against Hunter Biden: report

After a multiyear probe, federal agents believe they have assembled a sufficient case for tax crime charges to be filed against Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Brooklyn Eagle
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden: Classified documents at Mar-a-Lago raise concerns

President Joe Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it "irresponsible."
Nytimes
1 year ago
US politics

Lawyer Told Archives Last Year That Trump Had No Classified Material

A lawyer representing the former president told the National Archives that boxes taken from the White House contained material like newspaper clippings.
Nytimes
1 year ago
US politics

Trump Hires Former Florida Solicitor General as Lawyer in Documents Case

Former President Donald J. Trump has hired a high-profile lawyer to help him with the aftermath of the F.B.I. search of his club and home in Florida and the criminal investigation into his handling of sensitive government documents.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Arizona executions are on hold until a review ordered by the governor is completed

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks at her state of the state address in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023.Ross D. Franklin/AP PHOENIX Arizona's attorney general has put a hold on executions in the state until the completion of a review of death penalty protocols ordered by the new governor due to the state's history of mismanaging executions.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Supreme Court decision limits excessive force lawsuits against Border Patrol agents

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with SCOTUSblog contributing writer Howard Wasserman about a Supreme Court decision which weakens the ability to sue Border Patrol and federal agents over excessive force.
Dodgers Nation
1 year ago
LA Dodgers

Former Dodger Makes Appearance at Winter Meetings

We are one day into the MLB Winter Meetings, and a ton has happened already.Justin Verlander will be heading to New York to become a Met, and Trea Turner is heading to Philadephia to join his buddy, Bryce Harper.Many talks are happening, and we aren't even close to the madness that will be upon us.While your Dodgers and president of baseball operations, Andrew Freidman, are cooking something up down in San Diego, a former dodger decided to take the trip down south to the Winter Meetings.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Afternoon, News: "Phase 2" of Charter Reform, Mayor Wheeler's Missing Texts, and the Trouble with Codifying Abortion Rights

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND!Hey, lookit this weather!
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Afternoon, News: City Tries to Squirm Out of Lawsuit, People for Portland Loses (Again), and Republicans Begging for Pardons (SO SAD)

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

U.S. Releases Guantanamo's Oldest Prisoner

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba  The United States has released the U.S. military's oldest prisoner of the war on terror, a 75-year-old businessman who was held for nearly two decades as a suspected sympathizer of Al Qaeda but was never charged with a crime.The man, Saifullah Paracha, a former legal resident of New York, was one of Guantanamo's most unusual and better known forever prisoners.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Education

Official: 6 of 43 missing Mexican students given to army

A bicyclist pedals past a monument dedicated to the 2014 disappearances of 43 students from a Guerrero state radical teacher college, in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Education

Six of 43 missing Mexican students were kept alive in warehouse for days

Six of the 43 Mexican students forcibly disappeared in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days, and then turned over to the commander of the local army base who ordered their killings, the Mexican government official leading the Truth Commission said Friday.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant

In the court filing, the government argues making the affidavit public would "cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation."
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Monday rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's estate in Florida, saying the investigation "implicates highly classified material" and the document contains sensitive information about witnesses.
Independent
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

US Justice Department opposes unsealing document for Mar-a-Lago warrant

The US Justice Department has rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former president Donald Trump's estate in Florida.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

EFF and ACLU File Amicus Brief Objecting to Warrantless, Suspicionless Electronic Device Searches at the Border

In the past couple of decades, EFF has argued that when it comes to suspicionless and warrantless searches at the border, electronic devices like cell phones are not the same as a piece of luggage.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

First Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Eight Months of Warrantless 24/7 Video Surveillance

A federal appellate court in Massachusetts has issued a ruling that effectively allows federal agents in Puerto Rico and most of New England to secretly watch and videorecord all activity in front of anyone's home 24 hours a day, for as long as they want-and all without a warrant.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Pennsylvania Man Charged With Threatening F.B.I. After Mar-a-Lago Search

Federal prosecutors charged a Pennsylvania man on Monday with posting multiple violent threats against the F.B.I. online in the days that followed the bureau's search of former President Donald J. Trump's private club and residence in Florida.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Pennsylvania Man Charged With Threatening F.B.I. After Mar-a-Lago Search

Federal prosecutors charged a Pennsylvania man on Monday with posting multiple violent threats against the F.B.I. online in the days that followed the bureau's search of former President Donald J. Trump's private club and residence in Florida.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. artist who rapped about scamming COVID jobless benefits to plead guilty

Los Angeles rapper Nuke Bizzle had an unusual way of infusing his work with an underworld sensibility.
The rapper boasts in a YouTube music video about a scheme to steal unemployment benefits.
Nytimes
1 year ago
US politics

Federal Agents Seized Phone of John Eastman, Key Figure in Jan. 6 Plan

Federal agents armed with a search warrant have seized the phone of John Eastman, a lawyer who advised former President Donald J. Trump on a key element of the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a court filing by Mr. Eastman on Monday.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Former Adelanto councilman found guilty of taking $10,000 bribe in undercover FBI operation

A former councilman from the city of Adelanto has been convicted of taking a $10,000 bribe to help a cannabis business open and hiring someone to burn down his restaurant for an insurance payout.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Man avoids prison time in extortion case involving ex-mayor

Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia is serving a six-year prison sentence for fraud and extortion.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Mass. Jewish leaders, politicians, condemn new pro-Palestine site 'The Mapping Project'

A new website claiming to show the ties between various Massachusetts institutions and "support for the colonization of Palestine" has elicited strong condemnations from local politicians and Jewish leaders.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Proposal calls for ComEd to pay $38 million back to ratepayers for scandal tied to Michael Madigan indictment

Commonwealth Edison electricity customers would get more than $38 million in refunds tied to the federal bribery scandal that led to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's indictment, under a proposal being considered by state regulators.
The Real Deal Los Angeles
1 year ago
LA real estate

Former CEO of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce to Plead Guilty Amid Corruption Scandal

The former head of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce will plead guilty in connection with a continuing political corruption scandal that has embroiled the Angels pro baseball team and the Disneyland Resort.
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