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Jury deliberating in fraud trial of Ponzi scheme suspect
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal jury began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of an investment adviser charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme to finance her lavish lifestyle, including spending more than $800,000 for prayers by Hindu priests in India. At the end of Dawn Bennett's...
First-ever child porn suspect on FBI list pleads guilty
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first-ever child pornography suspect named to the FBI's Most Wanted list cashed out his life savings and was fleeing law enforcement on a bus traveling across Montana last year when another passenger noticed child pornography on his laptop screen. When the bus pulled into Billings,...
Suspicious envelope causes ricin scare at Sen. Collins' home
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A hazardous materials team was dispatched to the home of Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Monday after her husband received a letter with a note saying the envelope contained ricin. The FBI said preliminary tests on the letter and its contents indicated that there was no threat to the...
The Latest: Authorities release names of Wisconsin victims
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a missing Wisconsin teenager who disappeared after her parents were found dead in their home (all times local): 6:50 p.m. Authorities have released the names of a man and woman who were found dead in their western Wisconsin home. The Barron County Sheriff's...
Senate aide pleads guilty to lying to FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Senate intelligence committee employee pleaded guilty Monday to lying to the FBI about contact he had with a reporter. James Wolfe, the longtime director of security for the committee — one of multiple congressional panels investigating potential ties between Russia and...
Army, FBI investigating soldier death at Fort Campbell
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A Fort Campbell soldier has been fatally wounded, and the post said the soldier's spouse has been taken into custody. The post said in a news release that the shooting happened Sunday evening. The soldier's name hasn't been released pending notification of family. Gates on the...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's tall tale on 'record' judges, income
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is exaggerating his record when it comes to federal judges and the economy. With midterm elections three weeks away, he is claiming a "record" 84 judges confirmed to the federal bench and suggests he will fill 50 percent of the seats in the judiciary. It's not a...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on hurricane and political winds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Michael has shown that President Donald Trump can't always be counted on to give accurate information to the public when a natural disaster unfolds. Trump wrongly stated that the hurricane moved across land with blazing speed, which stopped a terrible situation from becoming...
Ponzi scheme suspect paid $720K for prayers amid SEC probe
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — An investment adviser charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme spent nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on prayers by Hindu priests in India to ward off a federal investigation and save her failing business, according to testimony at her trial this week....
American diplomat death being investigated as homicide
NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime U.S. diplomat found dead last month in his apartment near the American embassy in Madagascar was identified and now, federal authorities are investigating his death as a homicide. Newly unsealed court records show the FBI and U.S. State Department opened an investigation into the...
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