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'Iranian agent' tried to hire hitmen for possible assassination of Trump, other US pols: feds
A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged by the Justice Department with plotting to carry out political assassinations – a scheme which prompted the Secret Service...
NY judge awards Nazi-looted painting worth millions to Holocaust victim's heir
Viennese artist Egon Schiele's 1917 watercolor “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife” was awarded to Eva Zirkl, who until recently was the only surviving heir of Karl Maylander.
Trump again argues SCOTUS immunity ruling should scuttle hush money conviction
Donald Trump's lawyers have renewed their bid to toss his conviction for scheming to influence the 2016 presidential election by concealing a hush money payout to a porn star, claiming...
Justin Timberlake's driver's license suspended after Sag Harbor DWI
Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license was suspended Friday during a hearing for his DWI case on Long Island.
Families of late 9/11 heroes still fighting Saudi Arabia in blockbuster suit after mastermind's shock plea deal
The families' long-running lawsuit, first filed in 2004, contends a group of religious extremists gained influence in Saudi Arabia's government and provided aid to the hijackers.
Families of 9/11 victims rip plea deal allowing mastermind to avoid death penalty
The grieving families of the heroic first responders killed in the Sept. 11 attacks slammed a plea deal struck Wednesday that allows three alleged terrorists -- including accused mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad...
Mayor Adams turned 'blind eye' to evidence that top aide is serial sex harasser: bombshell suit
Mayor Eric Adams allegedly turned a "blind eye" to the pervy proclivities of one of his top aides – who tried to "ruin" the career of an NYPD chief who...
Harvey Weinstein sent to NYC hospital after contracting COVID, pneumonia in latest transfer from Rikers
The convicted rapist tested positive for the coronavirus and contracted "double pneumonia in his lungs," spokesperson Juda Engelmeyer said.
Trump’s 'hush-money' conviction should stand because porn star payoff not 'official' act: DA
Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity for covering up a payoff to a porn star from the Oval Office – and his hush money conviction should stand, Manhattan prosecutors...
‘Wolf of Airbnb’ Konrad Bicher sentenced to prison for illegal NYC sublet scheme
Konrad Bicher, 32, made more than $1.1 million in rental income on his fleet of illegal "mini hotels" between July 2019 and April 2022, and separately stole more than $565,000...
'Blue screen of death' hits NYC gov computers; jail cameras, arrest software down in 'unprecedented' global tech outage
Gov. Kathy Hochul called the CrowdStrike failure -- which rippled across New York City and the Empire State governmental agencies -- an "unprecedented situation."
Glam ex-CIA analyst denies she’s a South Korean spy, runs red light in cab to flee from The Post
Sue Mi Terry, 54, ran from The Post near her nearly $2 million Upper West Side home Thursday morning -- two days after the feds arrested her on a charge...
Bob Menendez's conviction could motivate wife to take plea in corruption case: experts
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's stunning corruption conviction could motivate his cancer-ridden wife to try to strike a plea deal with prosecutors, experts told The Post.
Ex-CIA official doubled as secret South Korea agent in exchange for designer handbags, high-end sushi dinners: feds
Sue Mi Terry used her position as a foreign policy expert and traded her access to top US officials for goodies including a $3,450 Louis Vuitton handbag, a $2,845 Dolce...
Corruption trial for Nadine Menendez, convicted senator's wife, delayed indefinitely as she battles breast cancer
The fate of Sen. Bob Menendez's wife Nadine was left in limbo Tuesday after a judge indefinitely delayed her federal corruption trial — hours before a jury convicted her embattled...
Sen. Bob Menendez faces decades in prison as he's convicted of sprawling gold bar bribery scheme
Sen. Robert Menendez has been found guilty of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using his powerful post to enrich and protect three businessmen and...
Jurors in Bob Menendez trial fail to reach verdict on second day of deliberations
The jury weighing whether to convict New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez of federal bribery charges sent the judge a cryptic note Monday morning -- asking whether they need to be...
Sen. Bob Menendez 'has faith in God and the jury' as panel deliberates in corruption case
“I have faith in God and the jury,” the embattled Democrat said in both English and Spanish before leaving.
Trump's hush money conviction was 'tainted,' should be tossed over presidential immunity: lawyers
A Manhattan judge should toss Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because his trial was “tainted” by wrongly introduced evidence from his time in the White House, his lawyers argued Thursday.
NJ Sen. Bob Menendez's blockbuster bribery trial goes to jury on Friday with possible prison term at stake
A Manhattan jury is set to start weighing the fate of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez -- who is charged with selling out his post as an international affairs bigwig...