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Archdiocese of Los Angeles reaches $880 million child sex abuse settlement over hundreds of claims
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached an $880 million settlement with plaintiffs over hundreds child sex abuse claims, according to attorneys.
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Man gets a 45-year prison sentence in the fentanyl death of a toddler at a NYC daycare
A man who hid a stash of fentanyl beneath the floorboards of a Bronx daycare center was sentenced to 45 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a toddler’s fatal opioid overdose.
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Texas school janitor allegedly used AI to create child porn with student faces, prosecutors say
A janitor working for the Anson ISD was charged with possession of child pornography after using AI to replace faces in explicit content with the faces of students.
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Teacher and former police officer on Long Island charged in brothel bust
A Long Island police officer and a public school teacher were accused of managing sex workers and multiple brothels on Long Island.
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Child porn investigation reveals former Christian school employee paid students for content, court docs show
The number of victims continues to grow in a federal investigation involving child pornography and exploitation at San Jose’s Valley Christian High School.
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‘It was 100% intentional': Killer's confession to 1994 murder of Virginia mom
“I’d probably be a serial killer,” Stephan Smerk recently said after the brutal 1994 killing of Robin Lawrence in West Springfield.
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Long Island cop and teacher arrested for running multiple brothels: DA
A teacher and a police officer on Long Island were among four people arrested for running multiple brothels and managing sex workers at two business locations, according to the district attorney.
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Woman found with ‘samurai sword' in her carry-on bag at LaGuardia Airport, TSA says
A woman who was traveling out of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on Monday was found to be carrying a “samurai sword” in her carry-on bag, according to officials.
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Captain pleads guilty in Hudson River capsize that killed 7-year-old boy, aunt
Two men have been arrested for allegedly causing the deaths of a 7-year-old boy and his aunt when the boat their group had chartered for a Hudson River tour capsized in 2022, throwing more than a dozen people overboard, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Richard Cruz and Jaime Pinilla Gomez were taken into custody in Elizabeth earlier in the day and…
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Family of Lyle and Erik Menendez plead for brothers' release from prison
Family members of Lyle and Erik Menendez plead for the brothers’ release from prison at a news conference in downtown Los Angeles.
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NYC man sentenced for stabbing another whose girlfriend refused his advances
A Queens man was sentenced to years behind bars for stabbing another man whose girlfriend refused his advances, the local district attorney said. Rahlik Pinnock, 35 and of Jamaica, Queens, pleaded guilty on Sept. 25 to assault in the first degree before being sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervision post-release, Queens District Attorney…
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Bronx VA nurse sentenced for stealing paraplegic vet's credit card to buy herself things
A former nursing assistant at a Bronx Veterans Affairs hospital was sentenced after stealing the credit card of a paraplegic veteran and using it to buy herself hundreds of dollars’ worth of food deliveries, shoes and other items, according to the Bronx district attorney.
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Mass. pharmacist gets up to 15 years in prison for meningitis outbreak deaths
A Massachusetts pharmacist has been sentenced in Michigan to 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison for his role in a 2012 national meningitis outbreak that killed dozens of people.
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US soldier sentenced for plotting to attack 9/11 Memorial, kill troops in Middle East
A U.S. soldier was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after admitting to trying to help ISIS plan attacks on New York City landmarks — including the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan — as well as help the terrorist group carry out more deadly attacks on American troops in the Middle East, according to court documents.
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight
A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May. In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J. Nardini denied the hip-hop mogul’s immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel weighs his bail request....
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Long Island man had enough fentanyl in home to kill 3.5 million people, DA says
A 43-year-old Long Island man has been indicted on drug trafficking and other charges after law enforcement seized cocaine, 33 pounds of narcotics and enough fentanyl to kill 3.5 million people from his Bellport home, the Suffolk County district attorney’s office said Friday. The suspect, Remon Gibson, was arraigned Wednesday on the charges, which also include criminal possession of a…
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Ex-FTX exec who helped finance lover's congress run in NY updates LinkedIn job to ‘inmate'
A white-collar criminal appears to be having a laugh about his 7.5 years prison sentence, and he’s letting everyone know about it on LinkedIn. Ryan Salame, who helped expose FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing more than $8 billion in customer money that was supposed to be safely stored in the cryptocurrency exchange, on Thursday updated his LinkedIn profile to…
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Diddy back in court today in New York
Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to make his first appearance before a judge who is expected to preside over his trial on sex trafficking charges. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.
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Judge sets 2025 trial date for Sean ‘Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking case
Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to make his first appearance before the judge who is expected to preside over the hip-hop powerbroker’s trial on sex trafficking charges.
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Teen charged with murder in stabbing death of gay Detroit man
A Michigan teenager charged in the stabbing death of a gay Detroit man will be tried as an adult, in part because of the “heinous nature of the crime,” authorities said Tuesday.