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Prosecutors seeking life sentences for real estate brokers, brother convicted of sex trafficking
Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander were convicted in April of running a sex trafficking ring, with prosecutors accusing them of using drugs and their influence to sexually abuse women.
Jamaica begins receiving third-country deportees under controversial U.S. agreement
The first flight transporting third-country nationals from the United States arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday, marking the commencement of a highly scrutinized bilateral agreement that utilizes the Caribbean nation as a temporary transit hub for migrants.
Decorated San Francisco police officer and her daughter killed by her husband in suspected murder-suicide
The San Francisco Police Department was in mourning Tuesday after a trailblazing police officer and her husband, who also had worked for the department, were found dead along with their daughter in what investigators are calling a “suspected double-murder suicide.”
Clavicular’s accuser drops sexual assault claims from civil lawsuit amid MA criminal rape case
A woman who accused “looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular of raping her at his family’s Cape Cod home last May has refiled her civil lawsuit and dropped the sexual assault allegations against him, a move her lawyer said was intended to avoid interfering with a pending Massachusetts criminal case in connection with the encounter.
Flock ‘false flags’ lead to frightening motorist encounters with police
NBC News spoke with five people who were pulled over or detained after police received false Flock alerts, including one who was jailed for nearly two weeks.
Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital, attorney says
Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her attorneys.
Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi
Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S.
Ithaca city council calls on Cornell to report sexual assault investigations to local police
The city of Ithaca called on the Cornell University Police Department to turn over sex and violent crime investigations to the Ithaca Police Department, after the city council voted nearly unanimously in favor of the measure.
Bronx man who allegedly threw mom, baby off 15th-floor balcony is arrested
A 31-year-old man has been arrested following a manhunt for the person responsible for pushing a mother to her death from a 15th-floor balcony in the Bronx as she was holding her 8-month-old daughter.
Ex-Army major who killed 13 at Fort Hood set to be executed by firing squad
Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad would mark the first time the U.S. military has put someone to death using the method since World War II.