
Samira Puskar
Supervising Producer at NBC News
Producer at NBC Network News. RTs and links aren't endorsements. Opinions are my own.
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Samira Puskar |Daniella Silva
May 15, 2025, 11:04 AM EDTMILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges accusing her of obstructing federal agents seeking to detain an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan entered her plea during an arraignment Wednesday morning in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Minyvonne Burke |Mirna Alsharif |Samira Puskar
An Ohio father who fatally struck a deputy with his car after his son was shot and killed by police was denied bond during a chaotic hearing on Tuesday. A judge ordered Rodney L. Hinton to be remanded with no bond in connection with the death of Hamilton County special deputy Larry Henderson. Hinton, who is charged with aggravated murder, pleaded not guilty. Before entering a plea, a commotion erupted outside the courtroom where the hearing was held.
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Samira Puskar |David K. Li
JOLIET, Ill. — An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 30 years behind bars for the racially motivated killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, whom he fatally stabbed days after the Israel-Hamas war erupted in 2023. Wearing a red jail uniform and appearing thin and frail, 73-year-old Joseph Czuba heard what amounted to a potenital life sentence from Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Samira Puskar
JOLIET, Ill. — An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 53 years behind bars for the racially motivated killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and attacking his mom, days after the Israel-Hamas war erupted in 2023. Wearing a red jail uniform and appearing thin and frail, 73-year-old Joseph Czuba appeared before Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak and heard what amounted to a likely life sentence for murder and attempted murder.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Samira Puskar |David K. Li
NowIllinois man sentenced to 53 years for hate crime killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and wounding his motherJoseph Czuba, 73, fatally stabbed Wadee Alfayoumi in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield Township. JOLIET, Ill.
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