Category: Crime & Public Safety

Prosecutors Want Rapper Back in Jail After He Crashed Car While Awaiting Trial

July 22, 2023
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Prosecutors want the rapper Quando Rondo sent back to jail after he crashed a car while free on bond pending trial on gang and drug charges. The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was indicted last month in his hometown of Savannah. He was released from jail June 26 on a $100,000…

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Mother and 3 Children Dead in Possible Oklahoma Murder-Suicide

July 22, 2023
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VERDIGRIS, Okla.—A woman and her three children were found dead in an Oklahoma home Thursday evening in what may be a murder-suicide following an hourslong standoff, authorities said. The names of the victims weren’t immediately released. The standoff began in the small town of Verdigris, a suburb east of Tulsa, when a police officer driving…

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Police Say DNA Technology Has Identified the Killer in the Unsolved Death of a Woman in 1981

July 22, 2023
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CONCORD, N.H.—More than four decades after a young New Hampshire woman was killed, law enforcement officials have solved the crime through DNA analysis and the use of forensic genealogy technology, the state attorney general said Thursday. But solving the case doesn’t bring with it the satisfaction of seeing justice: The man responsible for killing 23-year-old…

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He Came Face to Face With an Alleged Serial Killer; 12 Years Later, His Tip Helped Crack the Case

July 22, 2023
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NEW YORK—In the winter of 2010, shortly after police discovered the remains of his roommate and three other women buried on a remote stretch of Long Island shoreline, Dave Schaller provided detectives with a description of the person he believed to be the killer. More crucially, Mr. Schaller told them about his truck. The man…

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Body of Girl Found in River Believed to Be That of 2-Year-Old Lost in Pennsylvania Flash Flood

July 22, 2023
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WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.—The body of a young girl was recovered Friday in the Delaware River and was believed to be a 2-year-old who was one of two children swept away from their family’s vehicle by a flash flood last weekend, authorities said. The body was found in the early evening near a Philadelphia wastewater treatment…

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FTX Sues Bankman-Fried, Others to Recoup More Than $1 Billion

July 22, 2023
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FTX Trading on Thursday sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives of the cryptocurrency exchange, seeking to recoup more than $1 billion they allegedly misappropriated before FTX went bankrupt. The complaint filed in Delaware bankruptcy court also names as defendants Caroline Ellison, who led Mr. Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research hedge fund; former FTX technology chief…

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Toddler Dies From Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection

July 21, 2023
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A 2-year-old boy died on July 19 after becoming infected with a rare amoeba known to damage the brain, according to his family. The toddler reportedly contracted the condition while swimming in a natural hot spring in Nevada. Woodrow Bundy’s family said in a statement on social media that the child started experiencing “flu-like symptoms”…

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Former ABC Reporter Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography

July 21, 2023
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A reporter who was employed by ABC News has pleaded guilty to transporting and possessing child pornography. James Gordon Meek, 53, pleaded guilty to using an online messaging platform to send and receive child porn, according to a plea agreement made public on July 21. Mr. Meek acknowledged knowingly violating 18 U.S. Code § 2252,…

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Federal Judge Denies Suspect’s Request in Paul Pelosi Hammer Attack Case

July 21, 2023
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A federal judge this week denied a request from lawyers of Paul Pelosi attack suspect David DePape to move his trial out of California’s Bay Area, according to a new court filing. Mr. DePape is facing both state and federal charges in an October 2022 incident in which he allegedly attacked Mr. Pelosi, the husband…

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Leading AI Companies Commit to Safeguards at Meeting With Biden

July 21, 2023
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The Biden administration has announced new voluntary commitments from seven major artificial intelligence (AI) companies, another milestone in the White House’s attempt to get ahead of the fast-moving technology. “This is pushing the envelope on what companies are doing and raising the standards for safety and security and trust of AI,” a senior White House…

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