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Trump Org Lawyers Make Last Pitch Against Prosecution
Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in a last bid to forestall a potential indictment.
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FBI: Proud Boys Fan Stockpiled Ammo, Knives in Queens Home
A Proud Boys supporter who threatened to deploy “three cars full of armed patriots” to Washington last week was charged Wednesday with stockpiling military-style combat knives and more than 1,000 rifle rounds in his New York home, federal authorities said. Eduard Florea, 40, was charged with possessing ammunition as a convicted felon and denied bail after the FBI searched his…
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Lawsuit Challenging Arrest of NYC Transgender Woman Settled
The New York Police Department will have to give its force more training on protecting the rights of transgender people as part of a deal announced Tuesday that settles a civil rights lawsuit accusing officers of mocking a transgender woman by putting her in pink handcuffs. The settlement also requires the city to pay Linda Dominguez $30,000 over allegations that…
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Yorkie's Death at JFK Airport Facility Fuels Legal Fight
It may not rate as an international scandal, but the death of a Yorkshire terrier in U.S. custody is fueling a messy legal battle over the importation of a group of purebred canines imported from Russia. The dog died in September at a private facility at JFK Airport used to hold animals from overseas that are denied entry to...
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Seagram's Heiress Sentenced to Nearly 7 Years in Prison in NXIVM Branded Sex Cult Case
A wealthy benefactor of Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of a self-improvement group in upstate New York convicted of turning women into sex slaves who were branded with his initials, was sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison Wednesday in the federal conspiracy case. Seagram’s liquor fortune heir Clare Bronfman will spend 81 months behind bars after her sentencing in…
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‘I'm Being Crucified:' NYC Mortician Fights for License, Livelihood After Virus Scandal
During the deadliest days of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, the bodies piled up at a Brooklyn funeral home — and the stench that came with it — at an alarming rate. Passersby reported that the smell was wafting from rental trucks used to store decomposing remains outside Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home, in a working class section…
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Prosecutors: Notorious NY ‘Self-Help' Guru Calls Sex Slave Scheme ‘Noble'
Communications from jail show the leader of a cult-like self-improvement group in upstate New York has no remorse over his conviction last year on charges he turned some of his followers into sex slaves, even calling his conspiracy “noble,” prosecutors said Friday in court papers. The papers filed in federal court in Brooklyn ask a judge to give Keith Raniere…
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Sheldon Silver Begins Prison Sentence in Corruption Case
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of the most powerful politicians in the state, started his prison sentence Wednesday after years of fending off going behind bars. Silver, 76, reported to a federal prison in Otisville, New York, according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was sentenced earlier this year to 6 1/2…
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Radical Jamaican Cleric Extradited to New York on Terrorism Charges
A radical Islamic cleric has been extradited to New York City on charges he recruited followers and fighters for the Islamic State through fiery online lectures and militant propaganda, prosecutors said Friday. Abdullah al-Faisal, who had been behind bars in Jamaica, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan state court to charges including conspiracy and supporting terrorism. The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus…
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Bail Denied for Epstein Confidante Accused of Recruiting Girls for His Sexual Abuse
Jeffrey Epstein’s former confidante pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges she recruited girls for the financier to sexually abuse a quarter century before he killed himself in a Manhattan jail. The hearing in Manhattan federal court also included bail arguments by attorneys for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell who asked for her to be released on a $5 million bond. In…
