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Geraldo Rivera Apologizes For Contributing To JonBenét Ramsey's Dad's 'Hurt'

Geraldo Rivera in 2018. Roy Rochlin via Getty Images Geraldo Rivera apologized to the father of JonBenét Ramsey, a young girl killed in a late-90s cold case that fascinated the nation, for staging a mock murder trial on his show. During Tuesday’s episode of “CUOMO,” Rivera told John Ramsey that he “deeply” apologizes for what Ramsey and his family “have …

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Laken Riley followed all the safety precautions. But she was still attacked and killed while out for run

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Riley texted her mother, Allyson Phillips, that morning …

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1 month ago

Who were the victims of NYC knife attack? Suspect Ramon Rivera's shocking reason for targetting the 3 revealed

Hindustan Times

The crazed homeless man who allegedly stabbed three people dead in a New York City rampage told police he targeted the woman and two men because they were “alone” and “distracted,” law-enforcement sources revealed, according to New York Post. Suspect Ramon Rivera's chilling motive revealed Rivera was seen sitting stone-faced as Assistant District Attorney Megan Joy detailed how he allegedly …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Iranian American human rights activist expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and Trump

Associated Press

BERLIN — In the middle of a Berlin hotel cafe, Masih Alinejad raises her voice and starts singing at the top of her lungs in Farsi, as waiters turn to watch along with the three German government bodyguards assigned to protect her. I am a woman.” Alinejad was expressing her defiance and asserting her right to express herself following the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Who is Farhad Shakeri, the Afghan national behind Iran's plot to assassinate Donald Trump?

Firstpost

Farhad Shakeri has been accused of planning a murder-for-hire plot targeting US President-elect Donald Trump on behalf of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. He was reportedly assigned to spy on and eventually assassinate Trump by the Iranian higher-ups According to a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court in September 2024, Shakeri was reportedly assigned by the Iranian leadership to …

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Inside a nefarious plot by Iran to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump

Op India

On Thursday, the US Justice Department announced that it had foiled a plot by the Iranian Islamic regime to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in the run-up to the election. It has filed a criminal complaint in a federal court in New York City, accusing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of hiring a 51-year-old assassin named Farhad Shakeri to surveil and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Who is Farhad Shakeri? Afghan mastermind of Iran's plot to kill President-elect Trump was deported from US in 2008

Hindustan Times

Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan man accused of orchestrating a failed murder-for-hire plan against Donald Trump, was deported from the United States after serving time in prison. Tehran planned the plot against Trump as payback for Iranian major general and commander of the Quds Force Qasem Soleimani's death. Shakeri has been accused of participating in an extensive assassination conspiracy on behalf …

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FBI thwarts Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; 3 individuals charged

ABP News

Washington, Nov 8 : The FBI thwarted an Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump, the Department of Justice said on Friday as it charged an Iranian national and arrested two American citizens for involvement in a plot to murder the Republican president-elect. Shakeri, who was deported to Iran in 2008 after serving 14 years in prison for a robbery conviction, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

LA Times

Then-candidate Donald Trump is reflected in bullet proof glass as he finishes speaking at a campaign rally in Lititz, Pa., on Sunday. In voluntary telephone interviews with the FBI, Shakeri told investigators that a contact in Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — an Iranian military and counterintelligence agency designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Accused Los Angeles bus hijacker charged with murder, kidnapping

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A man who allegedly hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles, killed a passenger and held its driver at gunpoint last Wednesday has been charged with murder and kidnapping, authorities said. Lamont Campbell, 51, was charged with numerous felonies related to the hijacking, including carjacking, assault with a semi-automatic handgun, robbery, and felon in possession of a …

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3 months ago

‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’: How violence, drugs and football made a monster

LA Times

In 2009, superstar tight end Aaron Hernandez helped the Florida Gators win a national championship. Now the “American Crime Story” producing team is branching out with “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez,” a 10-episode retelling of Hernandez’s life and death based on the Globe’s reporting. “When you think you know a story and then you come across something deeply reported, that …

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7 months ago

Jealousy of porn actor led to murder attempt with golf club, LAPD says

LA Times

Police tape at a crime scene in Los Angeles. James Gosselin, 26, allegedly attempted to run over an adult film actor identified in an LAPD search warrant affidavit as “Hamilton” while Hamilton rode his motorcycle April 2. In the alleged April 2 attack, Hamilton was riding his motorcycle when another vehicle twice bumped into his back wheel, causing him to …

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7 months ago

He came to L.A. 3 months ago with his young family. A ride on a Metro bus led to his death

LA Times

Sarahi Varela Lopez, with son Elliot outside Our Lady of Angels Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles, is mourning her husband, killed last week on a Metro bus in Commerce. “They took someone I loved so much.” It’s the second killing of a Metro passenger in less than a month and came hours after Mayor Karen Bass ordered a surge of …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Landlord sentenced to 20 years in prison in murder-for-hire plots

LA Times

A North Hollywood landlord convicted of hiring a hitman to kill two opponents, then hiring an arsonist to torch his own apartment building, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to prosecutors, Aslanian hired a gang member in April 2022 to kill two people: his former bankruptcy attorney, whom he owed more than $261,000 in legal fees, and …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump slams murder of NYPD cop Jonathan Diller 'by serial criminal' as he attends slain officer's wake: 'We have to toughen it up, these things can't happen'

Daily Mail

Donald Trump has attended the wake of a murdered NYPD officer and condemned city officials for freeing the serial criminal who allegedly killed him. Trump had posted about Diller's death on his Truth Social, offering prayers to Diller's family and appreciation for law enforcement Former President Donald Trump was seen arriving at a Long Island funeral home on Thursday to …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico’s most dangerous city for police refuses to give up or negotiate with cartels

Associated Press

CELAYA, Mexico — A dead man lay on his back in the parking lot of a convenience store in late February when journalists rolled in to the north-central Mexico city of Celaya to interview police. When Roman Catholic bishops announced they had met with cartel bosses in February to negotiate a truce between warring gangs, López Obrador said, “I think …

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10 months, 1 week ago

'Selena & Yolanda: Secrets Between Them' is the latest exploitation of Selena’s memory

LA Times

Earlier this month, the Oxygen network announced “Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them,” a two-part docuseries airing Saturday that promises to shed new light on the murder of Tejano icon Selena Quintanilla directly from her killer, Yolanda Saldívar. “What bothers me the most is that framing implies that whatever Selena’s secret was, somehow contributed to her death,” Garcia said. …

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2 years, 2 months ago

How feds choreographed an elaborate fake murder to stop L.A. developer’s alleged plot

LA Times

Arthur Aslanian wasn’t taking any chances when he met his employee, Sesar Rivera, on the side of a road earlier this month. “He’s been harassing a lot of his tenants,” said Jonpaul Rodriguez, who lives with his wife in a bungalow complex Aslanian owns in North Hollywood. At the meeting, Rivera pulled up a photo of Young online and confirmed …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Jury weighs immigrant’s fate in 2018 slaying of Iowa runner

Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jurors deliberated for three hours Thursday without reaching a verdict in the trial of a farm laborer accused of fatally stabbing a University of Iowa student who disappeared in 2018 while out for a run. Prosecutor Scott Brown said in a closing argument earlier Thursday that the trial testimony revealed “overwhelming evidence” that Bahena Rivera was …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Iowa murder suspect blames mystery men for runner’s slaying

Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The man on trial for the 2018 abduction and stabbing death of a University of Iowa student claimed for the first time Wednesday that two masked men were responsible for the crime but forced him to take part at gunpoint. Bahena Rivera said two armed men who were wearing black and had their faces covered by …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Defense paints Iowa murder suspect as hard-working immigrant

Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The man on trial for the 2018 stabbing death of a University of Iowa student is a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pressured into making a false confession, his defense told jurors Tuesday. Investigators say they began focusing on Bahena Rivera a month later after finding surveillance video showing his black Chevy Malibu driving back …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Agent says lack of Spanish skills delayed Iowa investigation

Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa — An agent who oversaw the 2018 investigation into the disappearance of a University of Iowa student testified Monday that a shortage of Spanish-speaking officers delayed and hindered his ability to question the man on trial in her stabbing death. Division of Criminal Investigation agent Trent Vileta said he wanted to speak with Cristhian Bahena Rivera after investigators …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Video tip was key to solving 2018 Iowa slaying, deputy says

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Poweshiek County Deputy Steve Kivi said the homeowner’s surveillance …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Judge OKs broadcast, limits attendance at Iowa murder trial

Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The public will be able to watch the trial of the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts — but not in person. Citing COVID-19 protocols, Judge Joel Yates said in an order dated Monday that members of the public and news media will not be allowed inside the courtroom when the trial …

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Geraldo Rivera Apologizes For Contributing To JonBenét Ramsey's Dad's 'Hurt'

Laken Riley followed all the safety precautions. But she was still attacked and killed while out for run

Who were the victims of NYC knife attack? Suspect Ramon Rivera's shocking reason for targetting the 3 revealed

Iranian American human rights activist expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and Trump

Who is Farhad Shakeri, the Afghan national behind Iran's plot to assassinate Donald Trump?

Inside a nefarious plot by Iran to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump

Who is Farhad Shakeri? Afghan mastermind of Iran's plot to kill President-elect Trump was deported from US in 2008

FBI thwarts Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; 3 individuals charged

Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

Accused Los Angeles bus hijacker charged with murder, kidnapping

‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’: How violence, drugs and football made a monster

Jealousy of porn actor led to murder attempt with golf club, LAPD says

He came to L.A. 3 months ago with his young family. A ride on a Metro bus led to his death

Landlord sentenced to 20 years in prison in murder-for-hire plots

Donald Trump slams murder of NYPD cop Jonathan Diller 'by serial criminal' as he attends slain officer's wake: 'We have to toughen it up, these things can't happen'

Mexico’s most dangerous city for police refuses to give up or negotiate with cartels

'Selena & Yolanda: Secrets Between Them' is the latest exploitation of Selena’s memory

How feds choreographed an elaborate fake murder to stop L.A. developer’s alleged plot

Jury weighs immigrant’s fate in 2018 slaying of Iowa runner

Iowa murder suspect blames mystery men for runner’s slaying

Defense paints Iowa murder suspect as hard-working immigrant

Agent says lack of Spanish skills delayed Iowa investigation

Video tip was key to solving 2018 Iowa slaying, deputy says

Judge OKs broadcast, limits attendance at Iowa murder trial