Joseph Ax
By Joseph Ax
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Breaking News Deli Worker Convicted In Notorious Etan Patz Murder
A New York City jury on Tuesday found a former delicatessen worker guilty of murdering Etan Patz, a six-year-old boy whose disappearance in 1979 raised national awareness of the plight of abducted children and their parents. The conviction of Pedro Hernandez, 56, came during his second trial in state court. It followed a 2015 mistrial…
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Breaking News Chris Christie’s Jewish Aide Testifies Governor Knew About ‘Bridgegate’ Lane Closures
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was aware of and supported a plan to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 in an act of political payback, a key prosecution witness testified Tuesday at the criminal trial of two former Christie associates. David Wildstein, a former executive at the Port Authority of New York…
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Breaking News ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorists Like Orlando Gunman Are Rare: Experts
If Omar Mateen acted alone in plotting the massacre of 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub, he would be the exception rather than the rule in U.S. cases involving suspected Islamic State supporters. Sunday’s worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history prompted renewed warnings from officials of “lone wolf” attackers, a term that commonly…
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Breaking News Scientists Score $3M Prize for Confirming Albert Einstein Theory of Gravity Waves
Researchers who helped detect gravitational waves for the first time, confirming part of Albert Einstein’s theory in a landmark moment in scientific history, will share a $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize, according to the prize’s selection committee. The Breakthrough Prizes for scientific achievements were created by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner along with several technology pioneers,…
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Breaking News Oscars Organizers Sue Creators of Luxe Swag Bag That Includes Freebie Israel Trip
A “Vampire Breast Lift.” A laser skin-tightening procedure. A 10-day first-class trip to Israel. Those are a few of the services included in the $200,000 gift bags that one marketing firm has promised for celebrities attending the Oscars ceremony on Feb. 28. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the awards,…
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Breaking News New York City Settles Lawsuits Over Police Monitoring of Muslims
New York City’s police department will install a civilian representative to help monitor its counterterrorism efforts as part of a settlement of two lawsuits claiming the department illegally targeted Muslims for surveillance, according to court papers filed on Thursday. Details of the accord came months after court filings indicated the city had agreed in principle…
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Breaking News Nazi Insignias Yanked From New York Subway After Outcry
Amazon.com Inc on Monday agreed to pull advertisements for a new television show featuring Nazi-inspired imagery from New York City’s subway system, a transit official said, hours after Mayor Bill de Blasio called on the company to do so. The advertisements for “The Man in the High Castle” completely wrap the seats, walls and ceilings…
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Breaking News Sheldon Silver Trial Ends With Closing Arguments
One of New York’s most powerful politicians abused his office for more than a decade, orchestrating multimillion-dollar bribery schemes he kept hidden from public view through lies and deception, a U.S. prosecutor told jurors on Monday at the close of his corruption trial. Sheldon Silver, who as speaker of the state assembly wielded enormous political…
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