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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan late Thursday announced stunning charges against an Army officer who allegedly traded on classified info involving the US military operation to capture former Venezuelan strong man Nicolás Maduro – netting $400,000.
An eastern suburbs primary school principal has vowed to fight allegations of assaulting and intimidating a fellow senior staff member, but will wait eight months for her next court appearance.
The imprisoned Mexican Mafia kingpin accused of calling the shots for Southern California’s sprawling “gang of gangs” oversaw everything from drug dealing and kidnappings to murder from his cell nearly 200 miles away, federal prosecutors say.
Washington: A US soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $US400,000 ($560,000) in an online betting market, federal officials announced.
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Broken Hill City Council has been awarded millions of dollars in its case against Redenbach Legal. (ABC News: Adriane Reardon)
Two people charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs are set to face court. (ABC Goulburn Murray: Philippe Perez)
A 21-year-old pizzeria worker who was stabbed in Petah Tikva on Independence Day died from his wounds in Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, on Thursday.
Israel Police arrested a rioter for assaulting a police officer in Jerusalem's Yehezkel Street on Thursday evening, the police confirmed.
Federal authorities arrested a US Army special forces soldier Gannon Van Dyke on Thursday for allegedly using classified insider information from the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Polymarket - the first known instance of the Department …
Wild video shows a maniac flying into a rage when a French bulldog urinated on grass outside his home in Queens — stabbing two of his neighbors and even his own father on Thursday morning, cops and sources said.
A Santa Monica executive sent a disturbing letter to his friend before he shot his wife in a shocking murder-suicide, cops have revealed.
A man appeared in court Thursday accused of murder and attempted murder during a burglary following a knife attack at the $1.4 million Burbank home of a cherished mother and her mental health activist daughter.
US singer D4vd has been accused of having "a significant amount" of images depicting child sex abuse on his phone and iCloud account when he was arrested over the death of a 14-year-old girl found in his car, prosecutors say.
A US Army Special Forces soldier was arrested Thursday for using classified information about the military operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to place winning bets on Polymarket and pocket more than $400,000.
In the new French comedy Flunked, a small-time con artist is sent by a police detective to go undercover as a high school math teacher, in order to flush out the son of a drug and arms kingpin. But as soon as the con artist arrives at the school, things get complicated.
Gannon Ken Van Dyk is accused of using his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket
Gannon Ken Van Dyk is accused of using his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket
At the height of the 2020 riots, a book was published entitled “In Defense of Looting.” At the time I asked a bookshop in New York, which was prominently displaying the work, whether I could walk out with the book without paying. I was told not.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, far right, listens as his defense attorney, Barry Pollack, center, addresses Judge Alvin Hellerstien (not pictured), as Maduro’s wife Cilia Flores, far left, looks on. Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Manhattan federal court inNew York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
Eight months after the collapse of an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a third of the victims will obtain a $6.7 million settlement.
A U.S. Army soldier was arrested on a federal indictment accusing him of using classified information to make bets that won him $400,000 on the Polymarket prediction market related to the American military mission that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
A coalition of civic groups filed a constitutional complaint Thursday over a sexual violence case in which courts acquitted the defendant despite the alleged victim having repeatedly refused, arguing that the ruling violated constitutional rights including sexual self-determination.
National Police patrol as factory workers march demanding a salary increase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
The first season of BritBox‘s After The Flood was all over the place, trying to cram a climate-change disaster story into a murder mystery that included corrupt cops. It was a lot and not all of it worked. The second season takes place a year after the events of the first.
MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal was back on a tennis court — one inside Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium — on Thursday.
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There hasn’t been an official update on the timeline for Luka Doncic’s return to the court — but there was an encouraging sign before the Lakers traveled to Houston.
Zainab, the sister of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike, hugs her helmet as she mourns over her coffin in the village of Baysariyeh, southern Lebanon, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Atlanta Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. has agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program which his attorneys say will allow him to resolve three felony charges stemming from what police called a domestic dispute on Feb. 7 with his ex-girlfriend Rickea Jackson, a WNBA player.
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The horrified mother of a 15-year-old girl viciously slammed to the ground and stomped on by a teenage boy said the horrific caught-on-camera attack followed weeks of harassment — and nearly killed her daughter.
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Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann unleashed a four-day murder ritual on his unsuspecting victims — ending with him meticulously trying to cover up his gruesome crimes so he could keep his double life a secret, a therapist revealed.
Vermont State troopers and federal law enforcement officials clash with demonstrators outside a house in South Burlington, Vt., on March 11, 2026. (Glenn Russell/VTDigger via AP)
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British law enforcement made a series of sweeping arrests of arsonists and conspirators in the spate of attacks against UK Jewish, Israeli, and Iranian dissident sites this week, and while the arrests and preemptive actions are welcome, these efforts are only treatments for the symptoms rather than the underlying di…
At least 10 people were wounded in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge on Thursday, local police chief T.J. Morse said.
A gunman who killed a Bronx couple execution-style in front of their tot-sized son more than 30 years ago has finally been caught after he “spent decades hiding in plain sight,” authorities said Thursday.
Laura Lavelle is a multiplatform journalist, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She started her career in regional Queensland as a TV reporter and producer in Mackay, Bundaberg and Toowoomba before joining the ABC in 2022. Laura has a keen interest in stories about crime and justice and the Australian Defence Force. Yo…
Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA), arrives at court in connection with a complaint filed by Argentina’s tax collection agency on failure to pay social security taxes, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
The judgment (Municipal Council of Moratuwa vs. Weerahennadige Shian Hiresh Fernando [SC SPL/LA NO. 122-123/2011]) is in the main about procedural aspects regarding applications for special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. When the cases were taken up, the Respondent raised three preliminary objections based on…
Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga Bodaragama yesterday (23) ordered the remanding of suspected underworld operative Keselwatte Dinusha Chathuranga until May 5. The suspect, who was subject to a Red Notice, was recently arrested in India and brought back to Sri Lanka.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday suspended the national police chief implicated in a $20 million health tender scandal that has rocked the country and drawn in other officers.
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have continued campaigning for more transparency, including at a congressional hearing with Pam Bondi in February. (AP: Tom Brenner)