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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Latest Luigi Mangione hearing shrouded in secrecy as judge shuts out press and public without explanation apnews.com/article/mang...
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Latest Luigi Mangione hearing shrouded in secrecy as judge shuts out press and public
A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case was held in secret after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
An Iraqi national is accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in Europe and seeking to attack a New York City synagogue in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran. apnews.com/article/euro...
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Iraqi man accused of NYC synagogue plot after attacks in Europe and Canada in response to Iran war
An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel's war in Iran has been arrested and charged with supporting Iran-backed terrorist orga...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
LATEST: Handwriting on newly released note matches one found after Epstein’s death, experts tell @apnews.com apnews.com/article/jeff...
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Handwriting on newly released note matches one found after Epstein's death, experts tell AP
A note that a former cellmate says he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was liked penned by the same person as a note that authorities found in the millionaire se...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Timeline: How the deadly LaGuardia Airport collision unfolded apnews.com/article/lagu...
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A timeline of the deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport
It took less than a minute for a routine landing to spiral into a deadly crash Sunday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New York City’s tab for police misconduct settlements: Nearly $800 million since 2019 apnews.com/article/poli...
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New York City’s tab for police misconduct settlements: Nearly $800 million since 2019
New York City paid more than $117 million last year to settle police misconduct lawsuits in cases ranging from the violent arrests of protesters in 2020 to bad police work that led to wrongful convict...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The Trump administration sued New Jersey over its immigration enforcement restrictions — and spelled the governor’s name wrong.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
NEW: FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show apnews.com/article/jeff...
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FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show
The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential peopl...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A federal judge appeared poised to again reject President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction, slamming his lawyers Wednesday for legal maneuvers he said amounted to taking “two bites at the apple.” apnews.com/article/trum...
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Judge appears skeptical of Trump’s latest bid to nix his hush money conviction
A federal judge appears poised to again reject President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction, slamming his lawyers for legal maneuvers he said amounted to taking “two bites at the ap...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old from Minnesota, has a history of drug & other arrests and disclosed last year in court papers that he suffers from mental illness. He was arrested last night in what authorities say was a bid to free Luigi Mangione from jail. apnews.com/article/luig...
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A man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say
Authorities say a man claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Judge Valerie Caproni blasts X/Twitter during args ahead of jury selection in Alexander brothers sex trafficking case: "Twitter is a cesspool. It's a cesspool all the way around. It's a cesspool of racism, a cesspool of anti-Semitism, a cesspool of misogyny. It's not America. Well, maybe it is."
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A pair of lawmakers hellbent on getting the full release of the so-called “Epstein files” shouldn’t be allowed to intervene in Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case to make it happen, the Department of Justice argued on Friday. @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/doj-says-con...
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DOJ says congressmen seeking Epstein files should butt out of Ghislaine Maxwell case
Justice Department officials claim U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie lack standing to intervene in the case of Maxwell, who was widely seen as Epstein’s right hand.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Drunk driver gets 24 years to life in prison for killing 4 people at July 4 barbecue in NYC park apnews.com/article/july...
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Drunk driver gets 24 years to life in prison for killing 4 people at July 4 barbecue in NYC park
A drunk driver has been sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for killing four people at a Fourth of July picnic in New York City.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Second Circuit denies early release for 1990s NYC Chinatown gang leader 'near death' @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/second-circu...
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Second Circuit denies early release for 1990s NYC Chinatown gang leader 'near death'
For a brief stretch of years beginning in the late 1980s, David Thai's Born To Kill gang carried out a string of robberies and extortions close to the Second Circuit’s Manhattan court building.
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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Renee Nicole Good had a six-year-old son. Good was killed by ICE. His father, Good's ex, died in 2023. So both of that child's biological parents are now gone. “There’s nobody else in his life,” said the child's grandfather. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
NEW: Federal prosecutors say Luigi Mangione’s lawyers made “meritless” and “misleading” claims about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ties to a lobbying firm and her decision to seek the death penalty against him. apnews.com/article/mang...
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Federal prosecutors slam Mangione lawyers’ 'meritless' claims about Bondi’s lobbying ties
Federal prosecutors are slamming Luigi Mangione’s lawyers for making what the government said were “meritless” and “misleading” claims about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ties to a lobbying firm and he...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
What’s next for Nicolás Maduro, Inmate No. 00734-506? We've got you covered. apnews.com/article/madu...
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What’s next in deposed Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro’s criminal case
Nicolás Maduro’s first court hearing — a heavily secured spectacle where he proclaimed he is still Venezuela’s president and pleaded “soy inocente” — was merely the beginning of a legal odyssey that c...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
And I thought I knew my parents. Turns out I'm AI generated! 😂
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
A bag, a hoagie and a long wait for a ruling: What we learned at Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing apnews.com/article/mang...
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A bag, a hoagie and a long wait for a ruling: What we learned at Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing
A three-week pretrial hearing on Mangione’s fight to exclude evidence from his New York murder case revealed new details about his December 2024 arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, steps prosecutors say ...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
BOP announced today that it’s permanently closing FCI Terminal Island in Los Angeles effective June 13, 2026. Director William Marshall tells staff: "long-term repairs required to restore Terminal Island are not cost effective or structurally feasible." apnews.com/article/bure...
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Federal Bureau of Prisons says falling concrete is forcing it to close a prison near Los Angeles
The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the fa...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Purse pirates: UPS ripped off seasonal workers with unfair pay practices, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social lawsuit alleges apnews.com/article/ups-...
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Purse pirates: UPS ripped off seasonal workers with unfair pay practices, lawsuit alleges
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit accusing UPS of stealing tens of millions of dollars in pay from seasonal workers who help deliver packages during the busy holiday season.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Latest on Luigi Mangione: A to-do list and travel plans found during his arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing. apnews.com/article/mang...
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Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: 'Pluck eyebrows,' 'Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight'
A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHea...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — James Solomon is elected Jersey City mayor, thwarting ex-NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback.
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The Badger Project @thebadgerproject.org · 01/12/2025
Cop fired for offering driver $40 after fender bender still working in policing Officer Thomas Dammer was fired from the Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department in 2024 after backing into another vehicle. He still works part-time for the Oconomowoc Police Department.
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Cop fired for offering driver $40 after fender bender still working in policing
Officer Thomas Dammer was fired from the Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department in 2024 after backing into another vehicle. He still works part-time for the Oconomowoc Police Department.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Ex-NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback comes down to a one-on-one runoff Tuesday. His opponent, James Solomon, has denounced him and his scandal-stained exit from the governor’s office in 2004 as the epitome of “politics of the past.” apnews.com/article/mcgr...
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Ex-New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s comeback bid comes down to a runoff for Jersey City mayor
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback comes down to a runoff election against an opponent who has denounced him and his scandal-stained exit from the governor’s office as...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Before he was flown to NYC, Luigi Mangione was held under constant watch in a special housing unit at a Pennsylvania state prison. A correctional officer testified the facility’s superintendent told him the prison “did not want an Epstein-style situation.” apnews.com/article/mang...
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Luigi Mangione fights to exclude evidence from his trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO
Luigi Mangione has appeared in court seeking to bar evidence from his state trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Luigi Mangione is in court fighting to exclude evidence from his trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO apnews.com/article/mang...
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Luigi Mangione fights to exclude evidence from his trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO
Luigi Mangione has appeared in court seeking to bar evidence from his state trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Meg Kinnard @megkinnardap.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspect in shooting of National Guard members near White House is Afghan national who entered US in 2021, AP sources say.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Government push to unseal court records offers clues about what could be in the Epstein files apnews.com/article/just...
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Government push to unseal court records offers clues about what could be in the Epstein files
It's not clear when the Justice Department will release its files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
NEW: What's in the Epstein files? The Justice Department’s push to unseal court records is offering some clues (w/@Lneumeister) apnews.com/article/just...
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Government push to unseal court records offers clues about what could be in the Epstein files
It's not clear when the Justice Department will release its files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Another federal prison is closing: FCI Terminal Island. apnews.com/article/bure...
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Federal Bureau of Prisons says falling concrete is forcing it to close a prison near Los Angeles
The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the fa...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Bureau of Prisons says crumbling infrastructure is forcing it to close a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone & Charles Manson. Issues include falling concrete that threatens to knock out the facility’s heating system, per memo obtained by @apnews.com apnews.com/article/bure...
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Federal Bureau of Prisons says falling concrete is forcing it to close a prison near Los Angeles
The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the fa...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Justice Department renews bid to unseal Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials apnews.com/article/just...
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Justice Department renews bid to unseal Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials
The Justice Department has renewed its request to unseal transcripts of grand jury proceedings that led to sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Federal prosecutors say Bondi’s comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case apnews.com/article/mang...
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Federal prosecutors say Bondi’s comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case
Federal prosecutors say Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should carry on unimpeded.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What to know about the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein files apnews.com/article/jeff...
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What to know about the Justice Department's Jeffrey Epstein files
The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein. After months of rancor and recriminations, Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has signed legislation c...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Home Depot says earnings didn’t meet expectations because more people’s homes weren’t destroyed or damaged by violent weather apnews.com/article/home...
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Mixed quarter at Home Depot with less storm damage to homes and a more anxious shopper
Home Depot’s third-quarter was mixed with fewer violent storms reaching shore, more anxiety among U.S. consumers and a housing market that has slumped.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The week — Baseball bets: apnews.com/article/mlb-... Clemency violator: apnews.com/article/brau... Trump/Carroll/SCOTUS: apnews.com/article/trum... Linda Sun: apnews.com/article/new-...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/11/2025
Months after a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be delivered.
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A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten it
Months after a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be delivered.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
On Aug. 4, a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to view evidence. 100+ days later, he still hasn’t gotten it. apnews.com/article/luig...
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A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten it
Months after a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be deliver...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn’t gotten it apnews.com/article/luig...
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A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten it
Months after a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be deliver...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” per newly released documents. But what he knew — and whether it pertained to Epstein’s crimes — is unclear. The White House accused Democrats of leaking emails to smear Trump. apnews.com/article/epst...
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Epstein email says Trump 'knew about the girls,' but White House calls release a Democratic smear
The White House is accusing Democrats of selectively leaking emails from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to “create a fake narrative" to smear President Donald Trump.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Per the indictment, the highly paid hurlers took several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two unnamed gamblers from their native Dominican Republic win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets on the speed and outcome of certain pitches. apnews.com/article/mlb-...
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MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
Two pitchers with the Cleveland Guardians have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give sports bettors advance notice of their pitches and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes to ens...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City firefighter died Saturday after suffering a medical episode while battling a five-alarm fire at a Brooklyn apartment building, authorities said. apnews.com/article/new-...
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New York City firefighter dies after responding to a five-alarm blaze
A New York City firefighter has died after responding to a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn. The fire department said Patrick D.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Appeals court gives Trump another shot at erasing his hush money conviction apnews.com/article/trum...
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Appeals court gives Trump another shot at erasing his hush money conviction
A federal appeals court has given new life to President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his New York hush money conviction.
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Jade Campos @jadecampos.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Jaime Arroyo will be Lancaster's next mayor -- the city's first Latino mayor -- after earning 84% of the vote Tuesday night. Democrats also secured seats on City Council, maintaining the party's total control of city government lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
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Lancaster city voters pick Jaime Arroyo for mayor; Dems sweep 4 council seats
Democrat Jaime Arroyo will be Lancaster city’s next mayor after securing a resounding victory Tuesday night.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
George Banks killed 13 people in the Wilkes-Barre, Pa. area in 1982, including 5 of his kids. He died in prison Sunday at 83. Here's a story I wrote at The Citizens' Voice in 2012 about the killings & decades long battle over his competence to be executed. michaelsisak.com/2025/11/03/o...
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Two decades after resigning as NJ governor & declaring “I am a gay American," Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail. He’s running for mayor of Jersey City, the state’s 2nd-largest city. We spoke recently at a diner (where else?!). Here’s my story👇 apnews.com/article/jim-...
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Jim McGreevey is back on the ballot, 21 years after scandal led him to resign as New Jersey governor
Two decades after resigning as New Jersey’s governor in scandal and stunning the political world as he declared “I am a gay American,” Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail for the first time.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
What was Luigi Mangione doing in the months before prosecutors say he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? Hurubie Meko and her @nytimes.com team found out. Be sure time to read their magnificent, deeply reported (she went to Japan!) investigation! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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Inside Luigi Mangione’s Missing Months
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Judge Lewis Kaplan said the Republican administration’s decision, based on the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” protections for immigrants in the United States illegally, was “arbitrary, capricious, and a blatant violation of the law.” apnews.com/article/kris...
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Judge blocks Trump cuts, restores $34 million in anti-terror funds for New York City transit system
A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New York’s transportation system from terrorist attacks.
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Beating Oregon and the First Amendment all in the same week!
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Mike Sisak @mikesisak.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
US has seized $14+ billion in bitcoin & charged founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive crypto scam. He's accused of exploiting forced labor to dupe "investors" and using proceeds to purchase yachts, jets and a Picasso painting (w/ AP's Jack Brook) apnews.com/article/cryp...
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US charges Cambodian executive in massive crypto scam and seizes more than $14 billion in bitcoin
The U.S. government has seized more than $14 billion in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive cryptocurrency scam.
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