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Rex Heuermann

DNA from a pizza crust in a Manhattan trash can link a Long Island architect to 3 out of 11 grisly serial killings stretching back over a decade

By Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak, and others

Larry Nassar

Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in prison, sources say

By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, and others

White House

White House Secret Service finds cocaine in a common area of the West Wing, sources say

By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, and others

Former US President and 2024 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a Team Trump Volunteer Leadership Training at the Grimes Community Center in Grimes, Iowa, on June 1, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump says he’s been indicted for mishandling classified documents in what could be the most perilous legal case against him

By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin, and others

Search and rescue teams leave the command post at St. Mary’s Wilderness en route to the Blue Ridge Parkway to search for the site where a Cessna Citation crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Va., Sunday, June 4, 2023. (Randall K. Wolf via AP)

No survivors were found in the crash of a plane that flew over Washington D.C. and caused a fighter jet fire drill and sonic boom

By Michael Balsamo, Ashley Thomas, and others

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 08: US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffery Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City. Epstein will be charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

New details about Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide and are revealed including his dislike of his orange jumpsuit and calling himself a ‘coward’

By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, and others

FILE – Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., waits for the start of a session in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. Santos has been arrested on federal criminal charges. The Republican congressman has faced outrage over revelations he fabricated parts of his life story, including lying about being a wealthy Wall Street dealmaker. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Congressman George Santos has been arrested for and charged as prosecutors allege ‘fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations’

By Michael Balsamo, Jake Offenhartz, and others

Representative George Santos, a Republican from New York, speaks to members of the media outside criminal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Donald Trump, the first former US president to be indicted, will plead not guilty when he appears in a Manhattan state court Tuesday to face criminal charges, his defense lawyer said. Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Rep. George Santos has been indicted on federal charges after facing mockery and anger over his serial lying

By Michael Balsamo, Farnoush Amiri, and others

FILE -President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Biden is set to announce that his administration is expanding eligibility for Medicare and the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who discussed it on condition of anonymity before an announcement on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

President Biden expands health care to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the US as children

By Zeke Miller, Amanda Seitz, and others

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-China tensions.(Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

Suspected Chinese spy balloon downed off Carolina coast after traversing military sites across U.S.

By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, and others

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-China tensions.(Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

Chinese balloon: Biden says ‘We’re going to take care of it’ as FAA closes airspace over Carolina coast

By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, and others

Joe Biden

The DOJ just found 6 more classified documents at Joe Biden’s house in Delaware

By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, and others

Merrick Garland

Merrick Garland names special counsel to oversee Trump classified documents probe: ‘The extraordinary circumstances here demand it’

By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, and others

President Joe Biden talks talks to reporters after a meeting of G7 and NATO leaders in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden says it is ‘unlikely’ missile that killed 2 in Poland was fired from Russia

By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, and others

Sam Bankman-Fried

Both the DOJ and SEC are probing potential criminal activity, securities offenses at FTX, source says

By Ken Sweet, Michael Balsamo, and others