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Handcuffed Ex-Head of State Extradited to NYC in Sweeping Federal Trafficking Case
Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was president of Honduras for eight years, arrived at an airport north of New York City in handcuffs Thursday as he was extradited to face charges in a sweeping narcotics and federal drug trafficking investigation. Hernandez, who has strongly denied any wrongdoing, was escorted under heavy guard by Drug Enforcement Administration agents to an SUV waiting…
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Ex-Honduran President Extradited to NYC in Fed Drug, Weapons Trafficking Case
Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was president of Honduras for eight years, was to be brought to New York Thursday to face charges of engineering a massive effort to flood the United States with cocaine.
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SCOTUS Won't Block Vaccine Mandate for NYC Teachers Not Given Religious Exemptions
The Supreme Court of the United States has denied a request from a group of New York City public school teachers seeking to block a vaccine mandate for employees who were not given a religious exemption. Their appeal was directed to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who handles cases from that region. Sotomayor rejected an earlier challenge, filed in October, to...
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Teen Gamer in Virginia Involved in Recent Tri-State College Bomb Threats: Sources
A teenage gamer in Virginia is said to be involved in the recent spate of bomb threats at colleges and universities in the tri-state area, sources familiar with the investigation told NBC New York.
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FBI Confirms Human Remains, Notebook Found in Brian Laundrie Search at Florida Park
The FBI field office in Tampa is holding a news conference after a senior law enforcement official said partial human remains appear to have been found near a backpack in connection with the ongoing search for Brian Laundrie.
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Human Remains Apparently Found Near Backpack at Brian Laundrie Search Site: Source
Human remains appear to have been found near a backpack at the Brian Laundrie search site, a senior law enforcement official confirms.
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Fighter Jet Escorts West Point Training Flight Away After It Entered Restricted NYC Airspace
Officials said the West Point plane only briefly entered the restricted airspace around NYC, but two officials said initial radio calls to leave the area were not immediately answered, causing the fighter jet to respond to the skies of Upper Manhattan
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Plot to Kidnap NYC Human Rights Activist Is ‘Imaginary Story:' Iranian Foreign Ministry
A day after four Iranian intelligence agents and a co-conspirator living in the U.S. were federally charged with plotting to kidnap a Brooklyn-based journalist and human rights activist, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman described such accusations by U.S. authorities as “baseless and ridiculous.” The spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, was quoted by Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency Wednesday following the announcement...
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Iran Intelligence Agents Plotted to Kidnap Brooklyn Human Rights Activist: Prosecutors
Four Iranian intelligence agents and a co-conspirator living in the U.S. allegedly plotted to kidnap a journalist and human rights activist from Brooklyn after criticizing their country’s regime, according to federal charges announced Tuesday.
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Prosecutors Drop Case Against NY Man Charged in Capitol Riot
Federal prosecutors told a federal judge Tuesday that they intend to drop a case against a New York man accused of being inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 siege – marking the first of the nearly 500 Capitol riot cases to collapse for lack of evidence.
