Crime
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Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's request to toss conviction, says her claims are meritless
Maxwell, 64, who represented herself, challenged her 2021 conviction and sentence in a Manhattan federal court, and she sought a writ of habeas corpus declaring her punishment unlawful.
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Ohio man charged over explicit threats to kill Trump, behead Jewish Republican lawmaker
Alex Justin Miller, 26, is accused of sending threatening messages to Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., and his family, according to the Department of Justice.
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U.S. judge delays trial for Libyan man accused in 1988 Lockerbie Pan Am bombing, citing new evidence
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi is charged with making the bomb that destroyed the aircraft and killed 270 people, most of whom were Americans.
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SF 49ers owner arrested in Ohio on suspicion of soliciting prostitution
East Palestine, Ohio, was the site of a 2023 train derailment and chemical spill that attracted national attention, including a campaign visit from President Donald Trump.
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Judge denies Karmelo Anthony a new trial, leaving him to fight conviction on appeal
The decision leaves the murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence in place. Anthony's effort to challenge the outcome of his trial last June will continue on appeal.
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Sean Grayson, former deputy who shot Sonya Massey, died in prison
Grayson was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in 2023, his attorney said in January, after Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder. By the time of the sentencing, the cancer had progressed to Stage 4 and spread throughout his body.
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Illinois sheriff deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey dies in first year of sentence
The former deputy was diagnosed with colon cancer prior to the shooting.
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Alleged ISIS-inspired plot to bomb New York State Capitol a reminder of terror group’s persistence
A woman living in the state capital allegedly self-radicalized online, pledged herself to ISIS, cased the building where state lawmakers meet, and got close enough to acquiring a bomb that only an FBI sting stood between her plan and the legislature.
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Man arrested for alleged home invasion, attempted sexual attack in Obama's wealthy DC neighborhood
Police were called to another house in the wealthy neighborhood, which is the former home of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusher. The property manager said an unwelcome person was on the property.
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12-year-old boy charged with fatal shooting of 13-year-old boy in D.C.
Officers responded to a report of a man down, but when they arrived on scene, they found a 13-year-old boy with a gunshot wound.
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Three states, three deaths: ICE arrests illegal aliens charged in fatal crash, capsizing, stabbing
Three separate times an ICE detainer went unhonored and the same man walked out of local custody before being arrested for vehicular manslaughter.
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Two Milligan University cycling team members killed, others injured after driver struck them
The driver of the vehicle, John Benfield, 69, of Newland, N.C., has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide by recklessness and five counts of aggravated assault by vehicle by recklessness.
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Man found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity flees country after hospital grants 2-day pass
Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda was granted a two-day weekend pass and expected to return to the North Virginia Mental Health Institute, where he was committed. Instead, he fled the country to Dushanbe, Tajikistan.