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Rioter called FBI to "clear his name"

“Samuel Fontanez" provided his birth date, phone number and address to the feds

Salon · Jul 26, 2022

An ex-U.S. congressman from Indiana is among 9 people charged in insider trading

Stephen Buyer, a Republican representative from 1993 to 2011, was accused in court papers of engaging in insider trading during the $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.

WEKU · Jul 25, 2022

Inside the quest to recapture Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero

Since 1985, when US DEA agent, Kiki Camarena was killed, a task force has sought to capture the man accused of being involved in the death, now he’s behind bars once again. Kevin Sieff and Mary Beth Sheridan tell the story

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland massacre

As the Parkland community braces for the sentencing trial for Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, Rachel Sharp investigates what led up to the massacre and what’s happened since

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

Kristin Smart went missing 26 years ago. A father and son now face trial over her death

Paul Flores and his father Ruben have been charged respectively with murder and accessory to murder in the death of Kristin Smart, who was a student when she went missing in 1996. Clémence Michallon reports

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

Man uses missing wife's ballot on Trump

"I know she was going to vote for Trump anyway," Barry Morphew said when questioned by the FBI

Salon · Jul 22, 2022

Guatemala’s former economics minister pleads guilty to using Miami bank accounts to pay bribes

MIAMI — A former high-ranking government official in Guatemala has pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering while paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to Guatemalan politicians through the U.S. banking system.

Miami Herald · Jul 22, 2022

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

So no one got qualified (or absolute) immunity this week. No kidding.

Reason · Jul 22, 2022

Trump '25 plan to purge career officials

Trumpworld feverishly building a database of thousands of MAGA diehards who could replace longtime civil servants

Salon · Jul 22, 2022

Mystery shrouds colossal Brink's heist at I-5 truck stop: Who stole millions in gems, gold?

When experts recall the most notorious jewelry heist in modern history, they talk about the tunneling into Hatton Garden in London or the Antwerp, Belgium, break-in that took months of planning.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 22, 2022