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Homeowner pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who rang the wrong doorbell
An 86-year-old Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake.
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AUSA, who worked on Adams case, resigns in sharply worded letter to DOJ
One of two assistant U.S. attorneys who was working on the Eric Adams corruption case has resigned from his position in a tersely worded letter to the Department of Justice, according to an email, which was shared with NBC New York. Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney with the Southern District of New York, resigned Friday morning in a...
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Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their Fiji honeymoon
A man from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022.
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9 indicted in child sex trafficking case involving teen found on docked Long Island yacht
Nine people have been indicted in a child sex trafficking case involving a teen girl found on a boat docked at a Long Island marina following a nearly monthlong disappearance.
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Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop Adams case is confident he ‘committed the crimes'
The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned after refusing a DOJ order to drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Before quitting, Danielle Sassoon told President Trump’s new attorney general that she was “confident” Adams had committed the crimes.
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U.S. Attorney in Manhattan resigns amid DOJ order to drop corruption case against Adams
The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan stepped down amid orders to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit Thursday afternoon, after the Trump Justice Department ordered prosecutors in the SDNY to drop the case. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Texas principal, educators arrested in child abuse investigation at charter school
Three staffers at an Arlington charter school are facing felony charges in an ongoing investigation into allegations of child grooming and an improper relationship with a student.
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Thousands of counterfeit stamps from China seized by customs agents in Chicago
More than 160,000 counterfeit stamps were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last weekend at the Chicago International Mail Branch.
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Former NYC Board of Corrections member charged in alleged bribe scheme
A former NYC Board of Corrections member Julio Medina, who was also CEO of a firm called Exodus, has been indicted for allegedly taking large bribes to help two others rip off millions from a city’s emergency housing program amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Medina, 64, is accused of “steering approximately $51 million in public funds” to a couple of businesspeople…
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Michael Madigan found guilty on 10 counts in split verdict
A jury has delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding him guilty on 11 of 23 criminal counts in his case.
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FIFA employee arrested in Miami in alleged underage sex case
A staffer at FIFA reportedly has been arrested in Miami on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy while on a work trip from Zurich last year.
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NJ man allegedly threatened plane crew and child, pounded cockpit door on flight to Newark
A New Jersey man was arrested after threatening a plane’s crew and a child with a disability, then banging on the cockpit door, while aboard a flight to Newark, according to law enforcement.
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Owners plead for dog's safe return after he disappears during Brooklyn park attack
UPDATE 2/12: The owner of Presley said the dog was returned to him, healthy and safe. He did not provide any additional details. A man was brutally attacked while walking his dog in a Brooklyn park on Sunday night. To make matters worse, his dog disappeared during the melee — leaving the owners completely devastated. Everything from accompanying them on…
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Dog disappears during attack in Brooklyn park
A man was brutally attacked while walking his dog in a Brooklyn park on Sunday night. To make matters worse, his dog disappeared during the melee — leaving the owners completely devastated.
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Intoxicated NY day care worker passes out while caring for infants: Police
A day care worker was arrested and is facing charges after she allegedly passed out while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs while caring for infants, police said. Thirty-eight-year-old Maria Rubino allegedly fainted at a day care on Deer Park Avenue in Babylon, Long Island, on Monday at around 12:40 p.m. After being transported to Good Samaritan University...
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Man says he was drugged, robbed and left for dead by woman accused in reporter's death in New Orleans
More than three years before a Louisiana woman was arrested last week in the death of a TV reporter in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl, a man visiting the city from out of state accused the woman, Danette Colbert, of drugging him, robbing his savings and leaving him for dead.
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Steve Bannon pleads guilty in New York ‘We Build the Wall' case
Under the terms of the plea agreement, the former Trump White House adviser will not be sentenced to any jail time.
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Charges against Karen Read should not be dismissed, Massachusetts court rules
Massachusetts’ highest court has denied an effort by the defense to have two of the charges dropped in the controversial Karen Read murder case. Read the full decision.
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Rep. Nancy Mace details accusations of rape and sexual abuse in a speech from the House floor
Mace, R-S.C., alleged “some of the most heinous crimes against women imaginable” were committed by her ex-fiancé and three other men, all of whom denied the accusations.
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Justice Dept. orders all corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams dismissed
The stunning order in a memo from the acting head of the Trump administration’s Department of Justice will likely bring to an end a three-year-old federal corruption investigation. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst and Melissa Russo report.