Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Criminal And Civil Charges Against CEO Of Apparel Company For Engaging In Customs Fraud

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland…

Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Admits to Misleading Global Financial Institution

Earlier today, Wanzhou Meng, Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei), appeared before U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly in federal district court in Brooklyn, New York, for an arraignment…

AG investigating after police in Auburn shoot and kill woman who fired at them from inside home

NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Brandi Baida, who died on September 21, 2021, following an encounter…

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Without a presence on the ground, more botched drone strikes possible in Afghanistan

Mistakes like the ones that led to the deaths of 10 civilians by a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan will continue without a ground presence, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.…

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Defense Bill Sails Through The House With $24 Billion Increase

The House late Thursday passed the National Defense Authorization Act after a marathon day of voting on hundreds of amendments as Congress continues work toward a government funding bill with a potential…

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Cecil County Cocaine Supplier Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Mark Williams, a/k/a Swanny, age 52, of Elkton, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release,…

United States Returns to Iraq Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Today, the United States has returned to the Republic of Iraq a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian poem considered one of the world’s oldest…

Biden’s Reported Pick For Banking Regulator Once Praised Former Soviet Union For Having ‘No Gender Pay Gap’

President Joe Biden’s reported pick to run a top Wall Street regulatory agency division once praised the former Soviet Union for its gender equality. Cornell Law School Professor Saule Omarova, who is…

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Dem Donors Had Second Thoughts About Paying Hunter Biden Millions Due To Chasing ‘Low Class Hookers,’ Drugs

Two Democratic donors purportedly considered paying Hunter Biden $2 million to help unfreeze Libyan government assets in 2015 that had been targeted by the Obama administration, but had second thoughts due to…

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Catholic Vote President: Government Has ‘No Authority’ To Tell Americans ‘What They Can Or Cannot Believe’

The federal government has “no authority” to tell religious Americans “what they can or cannot believe” when it comes to religious exemptions to vaccinations, the president of non-profit political advocacy group CatholicVote.org…

Queens Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Kidnapping That Resulted In The Murder Of 24-Year-Old Woman

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAVIER ENRIQUE DA SILVA ROJAS (the “defendant” or “DA SILVA”) was sentenced today to 360 months…

Former Analyst Charged With $8 Million Insider Trading Scheme For Front-Running Employer’s Pending Trades

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

Airbnb Doubles Number Of Free Temporary Housing Available To Afghan Refugees

Vacation rental site Airbnb doubled the amount of temporary housing available to Afghan refugees across the world, the company announced Thursday. Airbnb.org, the company’s nonprofit, initially offered 20,000 locations to temporarily house…

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Facebook sheds light on its suppression of ‘problematic content

Facebook released its updated Content Distribution Guidelines on Thursday, shedding more light on how the tech giant decides what content it suppresses. While Facebook has previously provided some details on the types…

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Two Men Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on September 21, 2021, Walter Pruitt, age 34, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Michael Cox, age 38, of Brooklyn,…

Horseback Border Patrol Agents Accused Of Whipping Migrants With Reins Reassigned To Desk Duties

Horseback Border Patrol units who were accused of whipping Haitian migrants with horse reins were reassigned to desk duties while officials investigate the incident, Fox News reported on Wednesday. Department of Homeland…

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Multiple Defendants Indicted in Alleged Intellectual Property Theft Scheme

An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charging a New Jersey man, a California man, and a New York man with federal crimes arising out of a wide-ranging…

White House once again kicks out media before Q&A session with Biden, Australian Prime Minister

NEW YORK, NY – It’s not clear who is calling the shots in the Biden administration, but one thing is clear. It’s not Joe Biden. For the second time this week, the…

New York News

Monroe Prior Sex Felon Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EDUARDO TALENTINO was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Judge Vincent Briccetti…

TAKE 5 $12,264 Top-Prize Sold in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, NY – The New York Lottery today announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the September 20 TAKE 5 MIDDAY drawing. The ticket, worth $12,264, was purchased at XIAO XIAO LIQUOR located…

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