Author: Michael R. Sisak
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NYPD chief, protesters roughed up in Brooklyn Bridge clash
NEW YORK • Several New York City police officers were attacked and injured Wednesday as pro-police and anti-police protesters clashed on the Brooklyn Bridge, police said. The confrontation happened hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law police accountability measures inspired by the killings of George Floyd, Eric Garner and other Black people. At…
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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel…
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Manafort’s N.Y. fraud case tossed out
NEW YORK • A New York judge threw out state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, ruling Wednesday that the criminal case was too similar to one that has landed President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman in federal prison. The decision was a blow to what had widely been seen as an attempt by Manhattan…
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US attorney: Epstein abuse probe steadfast despite his death
NEW YORK — The FBI and the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office will investigate how Jeffrey Epstein died in an apparent suicide Saturday, while the probe into sexual abuse allegations against the well-connected financier remains ongoing, officials said. Epstein, accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring and sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, had been taken…
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Cohen, ex-Trump lawyer, to comply with Senate subpoena
WASHINGTON • A Senate committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, his attorney said Thursday, and Cohen intends to comply with the interview demand related to the Russia investigation. The development comes one day after Cohen postponed his public testimony to a House committee. Lanny Davis, a lawyer for Cohen, disclosed…
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Colorado lawyer who defended Kobe Bryant and Terry Maketa joins legal team in Harvey Weinstein rape case
NEW YORK — Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has unveiled a new legal team brimming with star power to defend him at his upcoming New York rape and sexual assault trial — including a Colorado lawyer who once defended basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa. One of the team’s…
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Wave of hoax bomb threats made across nation
Four El Paso County schools were sent hoax bomb threats in what appeared to be nationwide crude extortion attempt. Challenger Middle School, Frontier Elementary, Mountain Ridge Elementary, Pine Creek High School, the district’s Administrative Center and 12 to 15 surrounding businesses received bomb threats in emails, Colorado Springs police said. As of Thursday afternoon, Colorado…
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DA drops part of Weinstein case
NEW YORK • Prosecutors in New York City abandoned part of their sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday after evidence surfaced that a lead police detective coached a witness to keep quiet when she raised doubts about the veracity of one of the allegations. Weinstein, 66, looked on as a judge agreed to…
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Cosby gets 3 to 10 years for sex assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa. • At an age when other Hollywood stars are settling into retirement and collecting lifetime-achievement awards, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars in what was seen by many of his accusers as a reckoning richly deserved and long overdue.…
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Bill Cosby sentenced to prison time for 2004 sex assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — At an age when other Hollywood stars are settling into retirement and collecting lifetime-achievement awards, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars in what was seen by many of his accusers as a reckoning richly deserved and long overdue.…