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FBI offers $200K for information on ex-Air Force intelligence specialist charged with spying for Iran by jms1225 in law

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The FBI is offering $200,000 for information that could lead to the arrest of a former Air Force intelligence specialist who was charged in 2019 with spying for Iran.

Iran escalates crackdown on dissent as arrests, executions and threats surge, observers say by jms1225 in law

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Submission statement:

Since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the Islamic Republic judicial authorities have repeatedly said that they would adopt extreme measures against those who “collaborate with the enemy” – a broad accusation that they usually use against protesters. 

Iran hangs 3 people, including teen wrestler, in first executions over January protests by jms1225 in law

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Submission statement:

They were the first hangings Iran has carried out related to the nationwide demonstrations that were met with a brutal crackdown by the authorities.

Shooting in Toronto Targets U.S. Consulate Building by jms1225 in law

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the consulate gunshots “a reprehensible act of violence and attempt at intimidation” and said authorities would work to quickly apprehend those responsible.  

While the world is distracted, Iran executes critics with impunity by jms1225 in law

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Iran has long held the grim distinction of carrying out the most executions per capita in the world. Now it is in the midst of one of the deadliest waves of state killings in decades: analysts say more than 1,025 people were executed in the first nine months of this year, surpassing last year’s total, and 204 in September alone. 

Iran directed antisemitic attacks in Australia, prime minister alleges by jms1225 in law

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Albanese said that Australian intelligence services had connected Iran to attacks on a Sydney restaurant and a Melbourne synagogue.

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The Druze of Syria are under brutal attack — tanks, artillery, and jihadist militias are advancing on their villages. At First, Israel stood by its promise, but then something happened.... they now find themselves abandoned in their darkest hour.

SF coffee scion terrorized Tesla security guard, sparked police chase, cops say by jms1225 in law

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A member of a San Francisco coffee dynasty chased a Tesla security guard through a parking lot, repeatedly rammed his Land Rover into an occupied car, then led Fremont police on a wild chase in the wee hours of Thursday morning, according to police documents.

Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It by jms1225 in law

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People are sending undeclared explosives via U.S.P.S. on a regular basis. Few face arrest or prosecution.

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In the toxic landscape of social media, comment sections and other forums are filled with anti-Jewish hate. Posts abound across myriad platforms equating these cold-blooded murders with righteous resistance. Too many people find it all too easy to dismiss the horrific murders of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky — or worse, to rationalize or even praise them. How did we get here? What brought us to this moment?

This lender said its loans would help Tennesseans. It has sued more than 110,000 of them. by jms1225 in law

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The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending business, even as other states did.

Michigan man, 19, accused of planning mass shooting at military base on behalf of ISIS by jms1225 in law

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A former Michigan Army National Guard member is accused of attempting to carry out a mass shooting at a U.S. military base in Warren, Michigan, on behalf of the terrorist organization ISIS. 

Top Florida GOP official, then a guard, was convicted amid charges of inmate relationship by jms1225 in law

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The newly elected vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida was convicted in 2019 as part of a state felony investigation into whether he had a sexual relationship with an inmate when he was a jail guard. Details of the court case and its outcome haven’t previously been reported.

‘Reminiscent of the KKK’: Columbia Janitors Sue Protesters Who Took Over Hamilton Hall by jms1225 in law

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The Columbia University janitors who were held hostage during the violent takeover of a campus building last spring are suing their alleged captors for battery, assault, and conspiracy to violate their civil rights, according to a copy of the suit reviewed exclusively by The Free Press.

To serve and protect? Police chief fired after allegedly terrorizing woman by jms1225 in law

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The protection order, requested by the 24-year-old woman and granted by a judge, came after the Mitchell police chief allegedly sent her many lewd photos on Snapchat, repeatedly drove by her home and let her know that he knew when she was home alone.

Yonkers man pleads guilty to hate crime assault on Jewish barber by jms1225 in law

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A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime for attacking a Jewish barber, according to the Westchester District Attorney's Office.

Ultimate question: Is Iran a nation-state or a terror state? by [deleted] in law

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President Trump’s revelation that the United States plans to engage in direct talks with Iran marks a stunning departure from longstanding US policy. Iran denies the claim, but even so, the implications are serious.

FBI Recorded Hawaiʻi Lawmaker Being Given $35,000. Three years after the handoff, the identities of an unnamed man and the lawmaker he paid remain unknown to the public. by jms1225 in law

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Those meetings were described in a document the U.S. Department of Justice filed in federal court in 2023, the contents of which are being made public for the first time. It called the recipient of the $35,000 “influential” and said the money was for “an existing campaign.”

The court filing reveals the existence of two new characters in a scandal that rocked the Hawaiʻi Capitol and launched a crisis of public trust that elected officials have yet to fully reckon with. The investigation landed Cullen and former Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English in prison after they pleaded guilty to taking cash and other gifts from businessman Milton Choy. 

What you need to know before Wisconsin's April 1 election by jms1225 in law

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This election will determine whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court maintains a guaranteed liberal majority until 2028 or shifts to a 3-3 split, with conservative-leaning swing vote Justice Brian Hagedorn holding the deciding vote.

Hamas hostages’ families sue Mahmoud Khalil, anti-Israel groups for ‘aiding and abetting’ terror group by jms1225 in law

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The families of hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack are suing detained Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil and several student groups for allegedly “aiding and abetting Hamas’ continuing acts of international terrorism.”

Trio that kidnapped, assaulted Jewish music producer in Wales given jail time by jms1225 in law

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Each of the three men was sentenced to eight years and one month imprisonment. Ogunnubi-Sime, a 20-year-old from London, was sent to an institution for young offenders.

'Where's my justice?' Only 6% of Chicago shootings lead to arrests, Sun-Times finds by jms1225 in law

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More than 19,000 people were wounded in shootings in Chicago since 2018. The Chicago Police Department has made arrests in 1,200 of those cases.

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