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Racist text messages targeting Black Americans nationwide
A disturbing text message chain is striking fear in Black Americans nationwide. The messages make threatening references to slavery and the recipients appear to range from grade school to college and others. NBC News has learned some of these messages can be traced back to a VPN in Poland, but it doesn’t stop there. NBC New York’s Kay Angrum...
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FBI and NY AG investigate racist text messages following Election Day
Racist text messages following the election are getting the attention of the New York Attorney General’s office. The unknown culprits have been targeting Black people nationwide. News 4’s Kay Angrum spoke with a Harlem resident who received one of those texts.
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Racist texts referencing slavery raise alarms in NY, other states post-election
Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennesee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording....
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Racist texts raise alarms in NY, other states
The FBI and New York attorney general’s office are investigating. Tracie Strahan reports.
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FBI to pay $22 million to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy
The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors.
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FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by company whose other cargo ship collapsed Baltimore bridge
The FBI has confirmed that federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse.
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Iran hackers stole Trump campaign files and sent them to Democrats. What to know
When the FBI said this week that Iran had tried to provide Democrats with material stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign, it was only the latest allegation of foreign interference with the U.S. election.
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FBI searches homes of at least two senior aides to Mayor Eric Adams
It now appears there are three separate federal criminal investigations touching upon City Hall as well as members of the NYPD. Some of the city’s highest ranking officials were told by the feds to turn over their phones or electronic devices. No one has been charged with any wrongdoing, but the latest investigative steps appear to be an apparent major...
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FBI agents search Long Island home of former Hochul deputy chief
The FBI searched a Nassau County home Tuesday morning that property records show belongs to a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, law enforcement sources close to the case confirmed. Federal officers were seen around the Manhasset property linked to Linda Sun, who left the governor’s office nearly two years go. Sun and her...
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FBI agents search Long Island home belonging to former Hochul staffer
The FBI searched a Manhasset home Tuesday morning which property records show belongs to a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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FBI arrests NYC man in connection with ex-NBA player Jontay Porter betting scheme
Federal prosecutors and the FBI have arrested and charged a man with allegedly placing bets and coordinating his betting with former NBA player Jontay Porter, according to NBA league records and a copy of the criminal complaint filed by prosecutors in Brooklyn.
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Former NSA worker gets nearly 22 years in prison for selling secrets to undercover FBI agent
A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison, the penalty requested by government prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore said Monday that he could have put 32-year-old Jareh Sebastian Dalke behind bars for even longer.
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Jontay Porter banned from NBA for life
A league investigation found that the former Toronto Raptors forward violated league rules by disclosing information to sports bettors and betting on NBA games.
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Ex-military member charged with crashing into FBI office had online links to QAnon, report says
Ervin Bolling was a supporter of Donald Trump, according to postings uncovered by the group Advance Democracy.
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FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta field office
The FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office, but his motives were not immediately known.
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FBI raids Bronx home of Mayor Adams' aide
The FBI carried out a raid of a home belonging to another top aide of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. On Thursday, federal agents could be seen taking boxes of material from the Bronx home of Winnie Greco, who serves as the mayor’s Asian affairs liaison. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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FBI searches homes of FDNY chiefs in corruption probe
FBI agents searched the homes of two FDNY chiefs involved with the safety inspection process of buildings in New York City in connection with a corruption investigation, according to three people briefed on the matter. Jonathan Dienst reports.
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FBI searches FDNY chiefs' homes in corruption probe
FBI agents searched the homes of two FDNY chiefs in connection with a corruption investigation related to possible bribes in exchange for speedier building approvals, according to sources familiar with the matter. The city’s Department of Investigation sealed the chiefs’ third-floor offices at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn as part of a search Thursday morning, three people briefed on the...
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Judge orders release of ‘Newburgh Four' defendant and blasts FBI's role in terror sting
A man convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an “unsavory” confidential informant for an agency-invented conspiracy to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down National Guard planes. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon on Friday granted James Cromitie, 58, compassionate release from prison six months…
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FBI seeks info on New Jersey man missing in Italy
The FBI’s office in Newark is asking for the public’s help finding a 36-year-old New Jersey man who was last seen hiking in a remote area of Italy more than four years ago. Liam Biran left his Marlboro home on April 8, 2019, to visit his grandparents in Israel, and from there, he traveled to wine country in Italy. Biran…