Author: Michael Sisak
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Trump sues niece, NY Times over records behind ’18 tax story
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NEW YORK • Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was partly based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper’s reporters. Trump’s lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, accuses Mary Trump of…
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Trump Organization, CFO indicted on tax fraud charges
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NEW YORK • Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what prosecutors called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including apartment rent, car payments and school tuition. Trump was not charged, but prosecutors noted that he signed…
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Report: Officials mulling ousting U.S. prisons director
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WASHINGTON • Biden administration officials have discussed whether to remove the holdover director of the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons who has been at the center of the agency’s myriad crises. The discussions about whether to fire Michael Carvajal are in the preliminary stages and a final decision hasn’t yet been made, two people familiar…
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Doormen fired for failing to intervene in anti-Asian attack
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City apartment building workers have been fired for failing to help an Asian American woman as she was being violently attacked on the sidewalk outside, the building’s management company said Tuesday. Surveillance video of the March 29 attack near Times Square showed that the doormen didn’t step outside…
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Video shows vicious attack of Asian American woman in NYC
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NEW YORK • A vicious attack on an Asian American woman as she walked to church near New York City’s Times Square is drawing widespread condemnation and raising alarms about the failure of bystanders to intervene amid a rash of anti-Asian violence across the U.S. A lone assailant was seen on surveillance video late Monday…
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U.S. gov’t, states sue Facebook for ‘predatory’ conduct
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WASHINGTON • The U.S. government and 48 states and districts sued Facebook Wednesday, accusing it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors and seeking remedies that could include a forced spinoff of the social network’s Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services. The landmark antitrust lawsuits, announced by the Federal Trade Commission…
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Epstein accuser sues as questions swirl about his death
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NEW YORK • Jail guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according to a person familiar with the investigation into the financier’s death. Surveillance video shows guards never made some of the checks noted in…
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2 guards suspended and warden reassigned after Epstein death
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NEW YORK • Two guards assigned to watch Jeffrey Epstein the night he apparently killed himself in jail have been placed on leave and the warden has been removed as federal authorities investigate the financier’s death, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The announcement came amid mounting evidence that the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center may…
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Pilot killed in crash wasn’t certified to fly in bad weather
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NEW YORK • The pilot killed Monday when his helicopter slammed into the roof of a New York City skyscraper was not authorized to fly in limited visibility, according to his pilot certification, raising questions about why he took off in fog and steady rain. Tim McCormack, 58, was only certified to fly under regulations…
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Cosby prosecutor asks for 5 to 10 years in prison (copy)
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. • Prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence Bill Cosby to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, while his lawyer argued that the 81-year-old comedian is too old and frail to serve time behind bars. “What does an 81-year-old man do in prison?” defense attorney…