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2 months ago | 
aol.com | Tom Winter
A federal judge on Wednesday questioned a top Justice Department official who is seeking to dismiss corruption charges against embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a move that has led to the resignation of eight prosecutors. U.S. District Court Judge Dale E. Ho did not make a decision at the 90-minute hearing after instructing both parties to be prepared to discuss why the case should or should not be dismissed.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
nbcmiami.com | Tom Winter |Rich Schapiro
The New Orleans truck attacker built two bombs using what investigators believe was an explosive so powerful that they could have sprayed shrapnel hundreds of yards and potentially killed or wounded hundreds of people. The bombs did not detonate on New Year's Day. But experts say the devices Shamsud-Din Jabbar built with a compound believed to be RDX would have had devastating effects were it not for an amateurish blunder.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
nbcwashington.com | Michael R. Sisak |Jennifer Peltz |Tom Winter
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
nbcwashington.com | Tom Winter |Julia Ainsley |Ken Dilanian |Alicia Lozano
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Tom Winter
A suspect in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday in possession of a gun and multiple fake IDs, officials said. Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona after a customer recognized him from photos that were distributed during the days-long manhunt that followed Thompson's death, police said.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Tom Winter
'Deny,' 'defend,' 'depose' written on shell casings where UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed, official saysShell casings found at the scene where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead by a masked gunman in front of a busy New York City hotel had “deny,” “defend” and “depose” written on them, a senior New York City law enforcement official briefed on the investigation confirmed to NBC News on Thursday.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Tom Winter
Shell casings found at the scene where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead by a masked gunman in front of a busy New York City hotel had the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” written on them, a senior New York City law enforcement official briefed on the investigation confirmed to NBC News on Thursday. Brian Thompson, 50, was killed in a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack” outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Sixth Avenue in the heart of Manhattan, police said.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
aol.com | Dan De Luce |Ken Dilanian |Courtney Kube |Tom Winter |Julia Ainsley
October 9, 2024 at 6:53 PMAfghans climb onto a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport in 2021, after a stunningly swift end to the 20-year war. An Afghan man arrested on charges of planning a terrorist attack on Election Day worked as a security guard in Afghanistan for the CIA, two sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested on Monday in Oklahoma and accused of plotting to kill Americans with an assault rifle on behalf of ISIS.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
aol.com | Kimmy Yam |Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins |Tom Winter |Jonathan Dienst |Donna Mendell
October 8, 2024 at 11:26 AMWinnie Greco during a Lunar New Year Celebration at Gracie Mansion in New York City in 2022. A longtime aide to embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams has stepped down. Winnie Greco, director of the city’s Asian Affairs, resigned to her post on Monday after more than a decade working closely with Adams as a liaison between him, in his different capacities, and the Asian American community.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
aol.com | Tom Winter |Simone Weichselbaum |Andrew Blankstein |Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
October 2, 2024 at 4:00 AMAsher Goodwin said he doesn’t think his school, the University of Pittsburgh, is doing enough to protect Jewish students. University of Pittsburgh students Asher Goodwin and Ilan Gordon were walking to the first Shabbat service of the school year on Aug. 30 wearing yarmulkes. As they made their way to the campus Hillel building, they said, an older man wearing a keffiyeh approached them from behind and started to beat them with a large glass bottle.
