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  • FILE – Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of “The Four: Battle For Stardom” at the CBS Radford Studio Center, May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)Arts & Entertainment

    Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs convicted of 2 counts in sex trafficking trial, but acquitted of most serious charges after 13-hour deliberation

    By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, and others
  • Bob Menendez speaksPolitics

    Former Sen. Bob Mendendez, angling for a pardon for his 11-year prison sentence, says he hopes Trump ‘cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system’

    By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, and others
  • FILE – Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, appears in Manhattan state court in New York, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP, FileLeadership

    Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione said executive ‘had it coming,’ prosecutors reveal

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Sean "Diddy" Combs sits in a chairLifestyle

    Security guard says Diddy gave him a brown paper bag stuffed with $100,000 in exchange for footage of him beating his girlfriend in a hotel hallway

    By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, and others
  • Bitcoin cryptocurrency cryptomonnaie coin placed on a desk in Clermont-Ferrand France on May 16 2025. (Photo by Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by ROMAIN COSTASECA/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)The Coins

    A crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man for weeks to get his Bitcoin password

    By Michael R. Sisak, Rio Yamat, and others
  • A visitor looks at the warden’s house at Alcatraz Island on Monday, May 5, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Politics

    Federal Bureau of Prisons has a $3 billion repair backlog. Now it’s expected to reopen Alcatraz too

    By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, and others
  • Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Politics

    Trump’s plan to reopen the infamously inescapable Alcatraz prison contains fatal flaws

    By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Politics

    Trump says government will reopen Alcatraz prison to ‘house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders’

    By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • FILE – Luigi Mangione , accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, appears in court for a hearing, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)Politics

    Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as Trump’s DOJ seeks death penalty

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Eric Adams sits in a courtroomPolitics

    Judge ends Eric Adams’ corruption case but forbids Trump from reviving charges later: ‘Everything here smacks of a bargain: Dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions’

    By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • Luigi Mangione in courtPolitics

    Attorney General Pam Bondi tells prosecutors to pursue death penalty against Luigi Mangione, charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

    By Michael R. Sisak, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • New York City mayor Eric Adams attends a news conference regarding a police officer that was shot in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Politics

    Judge in NYC Mayor Adams case signals he is unlikely to rubber stamp DOJ request to drop corruption charges

    By Larry Neumeister, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • FILE – New York City Mayor Eric Adams exits from federal court in New York, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur, File)Politics

    NY Gov. Hochul weighs removing NYC Mayor Adams after 4 of his top deputies quit amid DOJ push to end his corruption case

    By Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • Steve Bannon Attends New York Hearing In Border Wall Fraud CasePolitics

    Steve Bannon pleads guilty to border wall scam that defrauded people out of millions

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • A person sitting on a bench with hands cuffedPolitics

    Federal prisons, plagued with ‘a critical staffing shortage, crumbling infrastructure and limited budgetary resources,’ are being used for Trump’s immigration crackdown

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press