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New York to Pay $26 Million to Men Wrongly Convicted of Killing Malcolm X

Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than 20 years in prison after the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965. He had broken...

What to Know as Trump Is Deposed in E. Jean Carroll Suit Accusing Him of Rape

The former president on Wednesday will be asked questions under oath in a defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who says he...

E. Jean Carroll, Who Says Trump Raped Her, Plans to Use New Law to Prove It

E. Jean Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle, had already sued the former president for defamation after he branded her a liar

Senate to Investigate Charge That Trump Meddled in Prosecutor’s Office

The allegations of political motivation are in a new book by the former U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman.

Ex-U.S. Attorney’s Book Addresses Pressure to Help Trump Causes

Geoffrey S. Berman, who headed the Manhattan office, says in a book the Justice Department pushed cases, against John Kerry and others, to help Mr....

He Ordered Celebrities’ Absentee Ballots. Now He’s Under Arrest.

A criminal complaint filed in Federal District Court claimed that Louis Koch obtained the absentee ballots of public figures, calling the practice a “hobby.”

What a New Supreme Court Review May Mean for Albany’s Culture of Graft

Joseph Percoco and Alain Kaloyeros, former aides to Andrew Cuomo, could benefit if the court is more skeptical of what constitutes a bribe.

Why Judges Keep Recusing Themselves From a N.Y.C. Vaccine Mandate Case

The city’s teachers, who sued over vaccine requirements, said the judges assigned to the case owned thousands of dollars of Covid-19 vaccine-maker stock, which could...

Prosecutors Ask That Ghislaine Maxwell Spend at Least 30 Years in Prison

Ms. Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse girls for years, blamed her behavior on him and her deceased father.

Could Death Penalty Shift Spare Man Charged in Bike Path Terror Attack?

Trump-era prosecutors demanded capital punishment for Sayfullo Saipov, accused of mowing down eight people on a New York cycle path with his truck.
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