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Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein lawyers claim cancel culture infiltrated jury room: 2 have regrets, say they were bullied into guilty verdict

By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press

Letitia James

New York AG Letitia James charged in mortgage fraud investigation

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Michael R. Sisak, and others

FILE – Sean “Diddy” Combs sits courtside in the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks, March 12, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison and is fined half a million dollars for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’

By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, and others

Luigi Mangione

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers attack Pam Bondi for turning his arrest into a ‘Marvel movie’ that fatally prejudiced his case

By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press

Luigi Mangione, in a collered shirt with a sweater over it, appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.

Luigi Mangione returns to court after 7 months, with a cult following watching him closely

By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press

Maxwell

White House releases Ghislaine Maxwell interview full of quotes denying Trump and Epstein links

By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, and others

Donald Trump

New York appeals court says Trump may have exaggerated his wealth for decades, but the $515 million verdict against him is ‘excessive’

By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, and others

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 speaks

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, File

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 chair

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak, and others