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After years of suspicion, reckoning for high-flying R. Kelly

NEW YORK – Most people know him for “I Believe I Can Fly,” the 1996 sing-along hit that became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings and in advertisements. Or possib...

DATE: Aug 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Real Housewives’ star pleads not guilty to fraud charges

NEW YORK – A Utah woman with a star role in “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality show pleaded not guilty Friday to charges accusing her of ripping off hundreds of people in a nati...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Testimony ends at trial on payments in NCAA basketball

NEW YORK – Testimony at a trial about secret payments in college basketball drew to a close Tuesday after prosecutors asked the jury to focus on a flurry of texts and phone calls, some invol...

DATE: Oct 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Two former FIFA officials convicted of corruption

Third official awaits verdict

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Actress sues Weinstein, accusing him of sex trafficking

NEW YORK – Harvey Weinstein engaged in sex trafficking by traveling to Europe and luring an aspiring actress from London to a hotel room where he sexually assaulted her, according to a new l...

DATE: Nov 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Questions about lawyers’ fees put El Chapo defense in limbo

NEW YORK – Private lawyers seeking to represent Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in his U.S. drug-trafficking case failed to get assurances Monday that they’ll get paid, leaving the Mexican drug lo...

DATE: Aug 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Experts: Lack of remorse could bite ‘Pharma Bro’

NEW YORK – Less than an hour after a U.S. jury convicted Martin Shkreli of securities fraud, the so-called “Pharma Bro” was back at his New York City apartment doing what comes naturally: tr...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Riker’s Island under renewed scrutiny

Brutality case revives debate on closing jail

DATE: Mar 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rich defendant asks to build ‘gilded cage’

Case raises questions about equal justice for wealthy, poor

DATE: Jan 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Security ramped up at Trump Tower

Tourists, shoppers now face screening

DATE: Nov 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Feds indict 46 in mob sweep, including reputed Philly boss

NEW YORK – Declaring that the Mafia is not just the stuff of movie scripts, federal prosecutors have charged nearly four dozen people with being part of an East Coast crime syndicate, includ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Exec who jacked up price of a life-saving drug is arrested

NEW YORK – Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager vilified for buying a pharmaceutical company and jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug more than fiftyfold, was arrested Thursday...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World