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Former CEO of Citigroup sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexual crimes 0
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- July 29, 2026
NEW YORK — A Harvard-educated former managing director of Citigroup Inc. who blamed autism for his actions was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for sex crimes that prosecutors say occurred over a 10-year period. Edward Gene Smith, 50, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer after he pleaded guilty
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Former Olympian accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool sees “irregularities” in the process 0
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- July 28, 2026
WASHINGTON– A former Olympian accused of deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is seeking access to all of the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment, pointing to “irregularities” in those grand jury proceedings. In a court filing filed Monday, David Hearn’s attorneys requested an order that the government turn over a full transcript
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Supreme Court litigator jailed in tax evasion case after betting on poker 0
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- July 25, 2026
WASHINGTON– A prominent Supreme Court litigator was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar tax debt to the IRS and engaging in mortgage fraud, a case that shed light on his secret lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player and featured trial testimony from a Hollywood movie star. Thomas Goldstein, who also
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Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Killing Minnesota’s Top Democratic Lawmaker and Her Husband Will Be Sentenced 0
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- July 23, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband will be sentenced in federal court on Thursday. Vance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June, nearly a year after the Minneapolis-area attacks, when he stalked and killed House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and
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Terrorism trial to begin over stabbing of author Salman Rushdie 0
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- July 22, 2026
BUFFALO, New York — The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie will stand trial again, this time in a federal terrorism case that is further investigating what allegedly motivated the stabbing on a conference stage in 2022. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday in Hadi Matar’s trial in federal court in
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From the Mexican border to Washington: a small Texas town fights against Trump’s wall plan 0
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- July 22, 2026
WASHINGTON– On one hand: a small community in rural Texas. On the other: the Trump administration. A small Texas town along the border with Mexico is fighting the government’s efforts to build a border wall across a levee system to protect the community. The city argued in court Tuesday that the wall could cause flooding
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