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Florida woman pleads guilty to defrauding fund for Jeffrey Epstein victims 0
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- September 17, 2026
NEW YORK — A Florida woman who was paid $750,000 by a fund for people sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded guilty to falsifying records she used in her application for the money. Jennifer Percival, a scholar who has written books on autism, entered the plea in federal court in New York on Monday,
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Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to suicide bombing at Kabul airport 0
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- September 16, 2026
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. A
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Texas plans to execute a man convicted in the killings of 3 people; Georgia execution put on hold 0
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- September 16, 2026
A man convicted in the shooting deaths of three people is set to be executed Wednesday in Texas. Meanwhile, another execution that was scheduled for the same time in Georgia has been halted by a judge. This would be the fifth execution in Texas, while Georgia has yet to put anyone to death this year.
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Federal corruption trial opens for DC Council member Trayon White 0
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- September 15, 2026
A bribery trial starts this week for a Washington, D.C., Council member accused of accepting cash from an associate in exchange for using his elected position to help extend city contracts for the associate’s businesses WASHINGTON — A bribery trial starts this week for a Washington, D.C., Council member accused of accepting cash from an
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Federal authorities allege more than $10M in childcare payment fraud in California 0
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- September 15, 2026
NEW YORK — Federal authorities charged a dozen people Tuesday for fraudulently collecting more than $10 million in government childcare payments, when the operators had few or even no actual children attending their facilities. The charges, jointly announced in San Diego by the Justice Department and the criminal investigations division of the IRS, are the
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US judge eyes January trial date for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 0
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- September 15, 2026
WASHINGTON — A trial in the U.S. for a former Libyan intelligence official charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland is on track to start in January after a delay caused by the discovery of new evidence in the decades-old case. A federal judge presiding over the case against Abu
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