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Treasure hunters: Did FBI destroy video of Civil War gold?

Treasure hunters who claim the FBI made off with several tons of buried Civil War-era gold are now questioning whether evidence related to the 2018 excavation in Pennsylvania has been destroyed

The Independent UK

Gretchen Whitmer was to be tied up and posed for photos in kidnap plot, trial hears

Extremist group’s defence has accused FBI informant of goading plotters into exaggerating their plans

The Independent UK

The secret story of the Chippendales: Crime, murder and arson behind the glossy cuffs and collars

Greed and power led to backroom intrigue and eventually fatal conspiracies as Chippendales grew in popularity, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

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Key informant coming up in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial

Jurors soon will hear from a pivotal informant who approached the FBI about a band of antigovernment extremists in Michigan

The Independent UK

'Alabama, goodnight': The story of Luke Ratliff, a college hoops superfan gone too soon

The student superfan knew how to stand out in a crowd. To become "Fluff," the Alabama basketball zealot beloved by the Crimson Tide faithful for his colorful antics, each game day Luke Ratliff dutifully slipped on his armor — a custom-fit dark plaid sport coat, an Alabama pin on the…

Los Angeles Times

FBI eyeing 6 suspects after bomb threats at Black colleges

As the nation’s historically Black colleges remain on edge after receiving dozens of bomb threats in recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials said they have identified six people who they believe are responsible

The Independent UK

Scots FBI-trained supercop to head up police watchdog after tackling organised crime

Craig Naylor, a 30-year police veteran who is currently the deputy director of investigations at the National Crime Agency, will take up the post of Chief Inspector of Constabulary from Gill Imery.

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3 Missouri men get probation in Capitol riot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three Springfield men charged with breaching the Capitol together during the Jan. 6 insurrection were sentenced in federal court Thursday to probation, a fine and community service.

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US justice department reaches $127.5m settlement with Parkland school shooting victims

Officials confirmed the monetary settlement with families of those wounded or killed in the 2018 high school shooting in Florida

The Guardian - US

Families of Parkland shooting victims to get $127.5m settlement for FBI inaction on gunman warnings

The shooting took place at a Florida high school in February 2018

The Independent UK

Florida massacre families to get millions for FBI's inaction

Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed and wounded in a 2018 Florida high school massacre over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack

The Independent UK

Brazil was alleged intended recipient of US couple’s nuclear submarine secrets

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe are accused of trying to sell secrets to Brazil, which cooperated in an FBI operation against them

The Guardian - US

Snitches Get Riches From the FBI

Turning in your innocent friends and neighbors for having large amounts of cash is touted as a new source of income by the FBI.

Reason

Jury selection to begin in Fortenberry trial

WASHINGTON — A jury is set to be picked Wednesday that will decide whether Rep. Jeff Fortenberry lied to federal authorities who were investigating illegal contributions to the Nebraska Republican’s 2016 reelection campaign.

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Roll Call

Jury selection to begin in Fortenberry trial - Roll Call

Opening statements are also expected to begin Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles before Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr.

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US Man Who Tried to Join ISIS Pleads Guilty

A 21-year-old Seattle man pleaded guilty Monday to a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join ISIS. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams was arrested last June at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as he checked in for a flight to Cairo. He entered a guilty plea in…

Tribune News Service

Feds reveal roots of domestic terrorism probe that led to killing Ruby Ridge figure

DETROIT — Eric Mark-Matthew Allport, the anti-government extremist hailed as a martyr by the Boogaloo movement, was shot and killed by FBI agents two years ago, steps away from a fully automatic machine gun and a mobile arsenal after vowing to kill law enforcement officers, court records show.

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Capitol rioter from Pennsylvania who lost job, marriage asks for leniency, but feds want jail for lies, lack of remorse

A Trump supporter from Ross, Pennsylvania, who lost her nursing job and her marriage to a Shaler police officer after she stormed the Capitol is asking for probation instead of the short jail term that prosecutors want.

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ZTE awaits judge's ruling after U.S. probation hearing

An FBI agent testified on Monday that Chinese nationals brought to the United States under research visas went to work for ZTE Corp in New Jersey - a possible sign the Chinese tech company violated its probation from a 2017 U.S. plea deal.

Tribune News Service

Missouri man charged in Capitol riot denied going inside. His videos showed otherwise

Federal prosecutors have charged a northwest Missouri man in the Capitol insurrection, saying he denied breaching the building then later told agents that reviewing videos he took that day reminded him that he had indeed gone inside.

Tribune News Service

Minnesota Somali community on edge over FBI fraud allegations

MINNEAPOLIS — A recent meeting at Minneapolis' Karmel Mall was urgent for the Somali American leaders who convened it: FBI agents had been peppering business owners and shoppers with questions surrounding a fraud investigation involving government-funded child nutrition programs, and the leaders felt the whole community was once again under…

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Whitmer kidnap trial postponed amid COVID-19 exposure

DETROIT — A key participant in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the judge to halt one of the nation's most important cases of alleged extremism.

The Independent UK

‘I didn’t believe it for a moment’: Inside the case of ‘supermom’ Sherri Papini charged with faking kidnapping

A small city in California lived in fear after Sherri Papini claimed to have been abducted at gunpoint by masked Hispanic women. Five years later, she’s finally been charged with making it all up. Bevan Hurley writes

Reason

Corruption and Crackdowns in California's Marijuana Market

Black markets thrive under mismanaged legalization.

Tribune News Service

Feds reveal secret recordings as Whitmer kidnap testimony takes jurors inside alleged plot

DETROIT — Adam Fox, an accused ringleader of a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, posted online about being ready for a second Civil War months before first meeting federal informants, an FBI agent testified Thursday.

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