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Michael R. Sisak

Michael R. Sisak

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Federal prisons, plagued with ‘a critical staffing shortage, crumbling infrastructure and limited budgetary resources,’ are being used for Trump’s immigration crackdown

In Trump’s last term, asylum seekers sued over spoiled milk and inedible food in rundown federal prisons.

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Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Friends say Army captain killed in midair collision was a ‘talented pilot and a PT stud’ who was always meticulous

Lobach’s family said she had more than 450 hours of flight time and earned “certification as a pilot-in-command after extensive testing by the...

03.02.2025 5

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

At least 7 dead and 19 injured after air ambulance crash in Philadelphia

In addition to the six on board the plane that crashed, one person on the ground who was in a car was killed too.

01.02.2025 8

Fortune

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Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

A jury sided with the election workers, a mother and daughter who are Black, in December 2023 and awarded them $148 million in a defamation case. Ten...

11.01.2025 10

The Buffalo News

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Trump set to be sentenced in hush money case after Supreme Court turns down his last minute plea for delay

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge and...

10.01.2025 10

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Judge in Trump’s hush money case denies president-elect’s request to delay sentencing indefinitely

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ordered sentencing to proceed as scheduled on Friday, a little more than a week before Trump’s inauguration.

07.01.2025 7

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Rudy Giuliani fights to save his Yankees World Series rings from $148 million verdict

Giuliani also claims not to know the whereabouts of a shirt signed by Joe DiMaggio or a photo signed by Reggie Jackson, both Yankees legends.

02.01.2025 3

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Luigi Mangione faces federal charge that’s eligible for death penalty in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was whisked back to New York by plane and helicopter Thursday to face new federal charges of...

20.12.2024 4

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Trump’s lawyers claim they have ‘evidence of juror misconduct’ in bid get hush money conviction dismissed

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are raising a new claim in their fight to overturn his hush money conviction.

18.12.2024 6

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Gun found on accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione matches shell casings at scene, police say

Luigi Mangione ’s fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a snack bar wrapper that police found near the scene in midtown Manhattan.

12.12.2024 6

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione shouts and struggles on way into courthouse—and fights extradition to New York

The man charged with murder in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare made it clear he wasn’t going to make things easy on authorities.

11.12.2024 3

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

New York prosecutors charge Luigi Mangione, 26, with UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder

Manhattan prosecutors filed murder and other charges against Mangione, according to an online court docket.

10.12.2024 4

Fortune

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Police have amassed troves of evidence, but the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO remains an enigma

Police released additional photos of the suspected shooter that appeared to be from a camera mounted inside a taxi.

08.12.2024 3

Fortune

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of assaulting men, women, and a teen in new lawsuits

One of the John Does alleges that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at one of the rapper’s famous white parties in Long Island’s Hamptons...

14.10.2024 2

Fortune

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Jailed Harvey Weinstein taken to hospital for emergency heart surgery

NEW YORK (AP) — Jailed ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Monday, his representatives...

09.09.2024 1

SFGate

Michael R. Sisak

Donald Trump will be sentenced for his hush-money conviction after the election

The judge postponed the sentencing “to avoid any appearance—however unwarranted—that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect the...

06.09.2024 10

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Rudy Giuliani’s creditors are going after his cash, Yankees collectibles, watches, a TV and furniture

Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani asked a court Friday to award them his...

01.09.2024 10

Fortune

Michael R. Sisak

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns after campus turmoil

The announcement also comes just days after the school confirmed that three deans had resigned after officials said they exchanged disparaging...

15.08.2024 6

Fortune

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