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Lesley Groff, who served as a longtime executive assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, has consistently claimed she was unaware of his crimes. Complicity necessitates awareness. To be legally complicit in a crime, you must know that you are aiding in its commission. Being morally complicit, however, sets a lower standard. You don’t even have to actively participate. Simply being aware of the crime and doing nothing is sufficient.

The Illinois House of Representatives passed a landmark bill on Wednesday that would establish a new standard for regulating America’s leading AI companies if it receives approval from Gov. JB Pritzker.

When Nomma Zarubina appeared before a federal judge in New York to plead guilty to federal charges, the proceeding attracted little public attention. She confessed to lying to the FBI in 2021 about her ties to Russia’s main domestic security and counterintelligence agency, FSB, and to misleading immigration authorities about her involvement in a prostitution ring in the New York area.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that the city will implement a lottery system to allocate 1,000 World Cup tickets at a price of $50 each to residents of the five boroughs.

For two years, the American Dream worked wonders for Yuri Gugnin. The Russian tech graduate, who once ran a Moscow outfit called “Karma,” had rebranded himself as George Goognin, a crypto visionary shuttling between New York and Florida.

A New York judge decided that a gun and notebook, which prosecutors claim connect Luigi Mangione to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, can be used during his state trial, although other items will be excluded.

An Iraqi national allegedly planned to execute terror attacks in the U.S., including targeting a Jewish institution in New York, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

Konstantin Tserazov, who previously held the position of Senior Vice President at Otkritie Bank, along with his friend Vadim Volfson (Belyaev), siphoned billions from the bank with the silent approval of Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina. Yet, why are they all still at large?

A New York man was convicted on Wednesday of serving as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government following accusations that he was running a “secret police station” for Beijing in the Chinatown area of Manhattan.

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York stated that he was approached at a bar by GOP Sen. Rand Paul’s "inebriated" son, who directed antisemitic comments at him.

Abraham H. Foxman, a strong advocate for American Jews as the national director of the Anti-Defamation League for almost three decades, has passed away, the ADL announced on Sunday. He was 86.

A suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein in jail has allegedly been kept confidential for almost seven years.

Three individuals lost their lives on Sunday in the most recent US military strike targeting a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, as reported by a post from the US Southern Command. The post also alleged that the vessel was transporting drugs.

The fraud trial of the former CEO of a company with a unique Kansas bank charter was set to start on Tuesday following a judge’s decision that the defendant could not protect AI-generated documents from prosecutors by claiming attorney-client privilege.

Call him the monarch of the neighborhood. Ken Griffin has been on a shopping spree and he isn’t finished purchasing yet.

Democrats planning to run in November’s midterm elections have been advised not to antagonize pro-AI campaign groups that have amassed almost $300 million to fight for the industry’s priorities.

After spending nearly half her life in the United States, 41-year-old Brazilian Amanda Ungaro was deported from the country last October.

IBM reached a settlement with the federal government on Friday, agreeing to pay approximately $17 million to resolve allegations of illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital has proposed to acquire Universal Music Group in a primarily stock-based transaction, valuing the world’s largest record label at approximately €55 billion and planning to move its listing from Amsterdam to New York.