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Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release | World News

Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release NEW YORK: A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release. Mahmoud Khalil said in court filings unsealed Thursday that the […]

‘Never imagined detention in US’: Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil pleads for release; says arrest caused ‘irreparable harm’ to family, career

Mahmoud Khalil (File photo) Columbia University alumnus, currently facing deportation due to his pro-Palestinian activism, has detailed the significant “irreparable harm” due to his ongoing detention to his personal and professional life, while a federal judge considers his release.In court documents made public on Thursday, Mahmoud Khalil described how the “most immediate and visceral harms” […]

‘I didn’t break out. I was let out’: New Orleans jail escapee blames corruption in viral clip, pleads for help from Trump

Antoine Massey video (Image credits: X @MAGAgeddon) “I didn’t break out. I was let out.” That’s the claim made in a now-deleted video posted Sunday by a man identifying himself as Antoine Massey, one of two inmates still on the run from the Orleans justice center in New Orleans on May 16.In the video, he […]

Indian-origin man pleads guilty to marriage fraud in West Virginia; he claimed domestic violence to get green card

Indian man, Akaash Prakash Makwana, admits to marriage fraud in West Virginia, US. 29-year-old Aakash Prakash Makwana, an Indian citizen, has pleaded guilty to a marriage fraud which also involved identity theft — as part of a scheme to evade US immigration laws. US Justice Department said Makwana arrived in the US on a J-1 […]

Indian-origin man in California pleads guilty to scamming DoorDash of $2.5M

An Indian-origin man scammed DoorDash by creating fake food orders. 30-year-old Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, a Southern Californian man of Indian-origin, has pleaded guilty for conspiring to steal around $2.5 million from food delivery company DoorDash. Devagiri and three others were indicted by a federal jury in August and were arrested in October, Federal prosecutors […]

Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death | World News

Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death (Photo: AP) A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one of […]

Mangione, accused of killing a CEO, pleads not guilty

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan in 2024, on Friday, pleaded not guilty to all federal charges against him in the case, CNN reported.During arraignment in Manhattan federal court on Friday, Mangione’s legal team hinted it wants his federal case to go to trial before his state cases […]

UnitedHealthcare CEO murder: Accused Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal charge

Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what prosecutors describe as a politically motivated assassination, pleaded not guilty to federal murder charges on Friday during an arraignment in Manhattan federal court. US prosecutors are seeking the death penalty—marking the first such federal case since Donald Trump’s return to the White House.The 26-year-old, […]

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge. What does this mean?

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to the federal charge of murder. Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to the federal charge of murder that carries the death penalty over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. This means now Mangione will face the trial as the judge told the court that she will hold the next […]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to new sex trafficking, prostitution charges

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty on Monday to two new federal charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, in a criminal racketeering case set for trial next month.The latest charges, detailed in a superseding indictment, involve a second alleged victim, identified in court documents as “Victim-2.” Combs, 55, appeared […]