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Suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting is now in custody, police announce
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Suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting is now in custody, police announce

Police apprehended Frank R. James, who will face federal prosecution for allegedly opening fire on a Brooklyn subway, wounding 10 and injuring 13 others, officials said Wednesday. James was taken into custody after police received a Crime Stoppers tip directing them to the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, authorities said. “My fellow New Yorkers, we got him,” New […]

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‘Person of interest’ named in NYC subway shooting that wounded 10 people, injured 13 others
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‘Person of interest’ named in NYC subway shooting that wounded 10 people, injured 13 others

New York City police named a person of interest in the shooting Tuesday morning aboard a subway train in Brooklyn. Ten people were shot and 13 others injured after a man wearing a gas mask opened fire and threw a smoke canister aboard the moving train during the morning rush hour, authorities said. New York […]

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Judge grants bail to two men accused of impersonating Homeland Secrity agents
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Judge grants bail to two men accused of impersonating Homeland Secrity agents

Arian Taherzadeh, sketch from detention hearing for the two men charged with impersonating DHS agents. Source: Bill Hennessy A judge granted bail Tuesday to two Washington, D.C., men criminally charged with impersonating federal law enforcement agents. The ruling by Judge G. Michael Harvey in federal court for the District of Columbia came a week after […]

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NY Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin arrested in campaign finance fraud case: sources
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NY Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin arrested in campaign finance fraud case: sources

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin speaks during the 2022 New York State Democratic Convention at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel on February 17, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has surrendered to authorities to face campaign finance fraud-related charges in connection […]

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Accused fake DHS agent may have duped other defendant along with Secret Service, lawyer says
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Accused fake DHS agent may have duped other defendant along with Secret Service, lawyer says

Filing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia Courtesy: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia One of two men criminally charged with impersonating Department of Homeland Security agents may himself have been duped, along with several Secret Service agents, into believing his co-defendant […]

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Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns as soon as Monday
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Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns as soon as Monday

A Real Avid kit for building and customizing AR-15 rifles is displayed at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. Bing Guan | Reuters The Biden administration will come out with its long-awaited ghost gun rule — aimed at reining in privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly […]

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Ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng convicted in U.S. court in 1MDB case
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Ex-Goldman banker Roger Ng convicted in U.S. court in 1MDB case

Roger Ng, a former banker for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., left, exits from federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, May 6, 2019. Wes Bruer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng was convicted by a U.S. jury on Friday of corruption charges related to his […]

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Tishman Speyer, landlord of men accused of impersonating DHS agents won 2K judgment for unpaid rent
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Tishman Speyer, landlord of men accused of impersonating DHS agents won $222K judgment for unpaid rent

Arian Taherzadeh seen in photos submitted in a D.O.J. affidavit. Courtesy: D.O.J The landlord of two Washington, D.C., men charged with impersonating Department of Homeland Security agents won a judgment for more than $222,000 in unpaid rent for the five apartments they lived in and loaned out to U.S. Secret Service agents, a court filing […]

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White House Secret Service personnel ‘compromised’ by men impersonating DHS agents, prosecutors say
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White House Secret Service personnel ‘compromised’ by men impersonating DHS agents, prosecutors say

Evidence photos regarding  Taherzadeh and Ali impersonating Federal Agents submitted by the D.O.J. Two men charged with impersonating Homeland Security agents “compromised” Secret Service personnel assigned to protect first lady Jill Biden and the White House by “lavishing” them with gifts that included rent-free apartments, prosecutors said Friday as they asked a federal judge to […]

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Manhattan DA says Trump criminal investigation continues despite two prosecutors quitting
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Manhattan DA says Trump criminal investigation continues despite two prosecutors quitting

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Florence Regional Airport in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., March 12, 2022.  Randall Hill | Reuters The Manhattan district attorney, in an unusual statement Thursday, sought to assure the public that his criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization is continuing despite […]

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