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Ex-Honduras Police Chief Detained After NY Court Appearance on Drug Charges
The former national police chief of Honduras made an initial appearance in a New York courtroom Wednesday after his extradition to the United States to face criminal drug trafficking charges, a day after the former president of the Central America country pleaded not guilty to related criminal charges. Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, 62, was detained without bail after a 10-minute...
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Ex-Honduran President Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Charges, Wants El Chapo to Testify
NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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FBI: Cash, Shredded Papers Seen at Couple's Home in Spy Case
An FBI agent has testified that authorities found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, latex gloves and a “go-bag” when they searched the home of a Maryland couple accused of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country
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R. Kelly Assistant Says He Made Her Write False Confession
R. Kelly’s longtime assistant testified Monday that the R&B superstar was so paranoid, he once asked her to change into a robe to demonstrate she was not wearing a wire
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Scenes From Week 3 of the R. Kelly Sex-Trafficking Trial
The third week of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City saw more accusers, including a man for the first time, making more disturbing allegations
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Witness Testifies R. Kelly Paid $200,000 to Settle STD Suit
A woman has testified that R&B singer R. Kelly paid $200,000 to settle a lawsuit she brought accusing him of giving her herpes two decades ago without disclosing he had it
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Scenes From Week 2 of the R. Kelly Sex-Trafficking Trial
The second week of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City proved to be an exercise by the government in trying to paint the “I Believe I Can Fly” R&B star as a man-child control freak
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R. Kelly Accuser Testifies That He Sexually Abused Her at 17
Another accuser has taken the witness stand on Monday at R. Kelly’s sex-trafficking trial
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Ex-Tour Manager Testifies Against R. Kelly About Aaliyah
A former tour manager for R. Kelly has testified that he paid a $500 bribe to get the singer, Aaliyah, a fake ID so Kelly could secretly marry her in 1994 when she was 15 years old
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R. Kelly Trial Day 2: Accuser Gives Explosive Testimony
Explosive testimony came from one of the main accusers, who claims she lost her virginity to the R&B star as a teen, and then he turned physically abusive. Some of the singer’s former employees were also expected to testify. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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R. Kelly Sex Abuse Trial Begins in Brooklyn
The sex trafficking case against R. Kelly has begun in Brooklyn. Erica Byfield reports.
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Con Artist Arrested in NY for Allegedly Attempting to Sell Fake Basquiat, Haring Art for Millions
U.S. attorneys in New York say they arrested a man on federal fraud charges for allegedly trying to sell forgeries of works by artists including Jean-Michael Basquiat and Keith Haring. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said the actual works are worth millions while the forgeries are “worthless,” in a complaint unsealed Friday in federal court in Manhattan. Prosecutors allege...
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NY Man Describes Alleged Threats Against Lawmakers as Stoned and Drunken ‘Blather'
A man charged with threatening to kill members of Congress testified on Tuesday that his disturbing social media rants were the work of a stoned and wasted provocateur — not someone actually out for blood. Brendan Hunt did not deny creating the posts. But he told jurors at his trial in federal court in Brooklyn he believed what he called “rhetoric”...
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NY Man Who Sent Anthrax Hoax Letters Sentenced To Time Served
A man who sent anthrax hoax letters to federal offices and courts in New York and Connecticut has been sentenced to time served, more than than two years in jail. Joseph Pantone, 36, was sentenced in Albany federal court on Monday for sending envelopes containing white powder and a note that read “anthrax” to more than a dozen government offices in...
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Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Guilty in Neiman Marcus-Tied Case
A hedge fund founder pleaded guilty Wednesday to a criminal charge alleging he defrauded Neiman Marcus creditors by pressuring an investment bank not to bid against his hedge fund to buy securities from them. Marble Ridge Capital founder Daniel Kamensky, 48, entered the plea to a single count of bankruptcy fraud in Manhattan federal court. A plea agreement suggested a…
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NY Court Worker Arrested for Violent Threats
The Queens man was arrested after threatening to murder, or calling for others to murder, some of the top Democratic members of Congress and urging violence on Inauguration Day. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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US Judge Orders Stop to Postal Service Cuts, Echoing Others
A federal judge in Philadelphia has joined others around the country in ordering the U.S. Postal Service to halt recent service cuts
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Federal Judge Postpones Trump Ban on Popular App TikTok
A federal judge on Sunday postponed a Trump administration order that would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from U.S. smartphone app stores around midnight.
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Court: Florida Can't Bar Felons From Vote Over Fines, Fees
A federal appeals court says Florida cannot bar felons who served their time from registering to vote simply because they have failed to pay all fines and fees stemming from their cases