BUFFALO, NY (AP) — In two decades of doorknocking for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took the risks of being “the lead breach,” meaning he was the first person in the room. On Wednesday, he felt a familiar uncertainty awaiting sentencing for using his DEA badge to protect childhood friends who became … Read more
A former US Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operational manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced 25-year-old Jinchao Wei to 200 months. A federal jury convicted Wei in … Read more
Italian police have arrested nine people accused of financing Hamas through charity associations that investigators said raised at least €7.3 million for the Palestinian militant group. The Police and the Guardia di Finanza executed arrest warrants and seized more than €8 million in assets in an operation coordinated by the District Directorate of Anti-Mafia and … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers say Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her previous work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company. Bondi was a partner at Ballard Partners before leading the Justice … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dealt a blow to the Justice Department’s efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidence they relied on when they initially secured criminal charges. Saturday night’s decision by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly does not preclude the department … Read more