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Gwen Carr, mother of chokehold victim Eric Garner, left, speaks outside the U.S. Attorney's office, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, as Garner's widow Esaw Snipes listens at right, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Federal prosecutors won't bring civil rights charges against New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo, in the 2014 chokehold death of Garner, a decision made by Attorney General William Barr and announced one day before the five-year anniversary of his death, officials said....

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Barr rules out charges for NY officer in chokehold death

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, Colleen Long Associated Press, and Tom Hays Associated PressJuly 16, 2019

Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, leaves court, Thursday, June 27, 2019 in New York, following his arraignment on state mortgage fraud charges. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Double jeopardy fight looms after Manafort pleads not guilty

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, and Tom Hays Associated PressJune 28, 2019

In this courtroom drawing, defendant Keith Raniere, center, sits at the defense table with his attorneys Paul DerOhannesian, left and Marc Agnifilo, as the jury foreperson reads the guilty verdict in his sex trafficking trial in New York, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. The former leader of a cult-like self-help group was convicted Wednesday of manipulating his female followers through shame and humiliation and turning them into what prosecutors call his sex slaves. The man at rear is a...

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Self-help guru convicted in lurid sex-trafficking case

by Tom Hays Associated PressJune 19, 2019

FILE- In this April 8, 2019 file photo, actress Allison Mack leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York after pleading guilty to racketeering charges in a case involving a cult-like group based in upstate New York called NXIVM. Some speculate that Mack may take the witness stand to testify against Keith Raniere, the group's one-time leader who is facing federal charges of forming a secret society within his organization that forced women to have sex with him. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Self-improvement guru set to face ‘sex slave’ accusers

by Tom Hays Associated PressMay 6, 2019

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 1990 file photo, John Gotti, right, arrives at court in New York. The Gambino family was once among the most powerful criminal organizations in the U.S., but federal prosecutions in the 1980s and 1990s sent Gotti and other top leaders to prison, diminishing its reach. The last Mafia boss to be shot to death in New York City was Gambino don Paul Castellano, assassinated outside a Manhattan steakhouse in 1985 at the direction of Gotti, who then took over the...

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Reputed Gambino crime boss slain

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, and Tom Hays Associated PressMarch 15, 2019

In this courtroom drawing, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, second from right, accompanied by US Marshalls, gestures a "thumbs up" to his wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, as he leaves the courtroom, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in New York. The notorious Mexican drug lord was convicted of drug-trafficking charges, Tuesday, Feb. 12 2019, in federal court in New York. Elizabeth Williams via AP)

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‘El Chapo’ found guilty of drug trafficking in US trial

by Tom Hays Associated PressFebruary 12, 2019

In this courtroom sketch, Michael Cohen listens as he is sentenced in federal court, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 in New York. President Donald Trump's once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced to three years in prison for allowing what he said was his "blind loyalty" to Trump to lead him astray. "I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds," he said. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

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Ex-Trump lawyer gets 3 years in prison

by Larry Neumeister Associated Press, and Tom Hays Associated PressDecember 12, 2018

In this courtroom sketch Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, center, sits next to his defense attorney Eduardo Balazero, left, for opening statements as Guzman's high-security trial gets underway in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Guzman pleaded not guilty to charges that he amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune smuggling tons of cocaine and other drugs in a vast supply chain that reached New York, New Jersey, Texas and elsewhere north of the border. The infamous...

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Judge admonishes El Chapo’s lawyer for opening statement

by Tom Hays Associated PressNovember 14, 2018

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, standout college basketball recruit Brian Bowen is photographed before an NCAA college basketball game in Columbia, S.C. A recruiter, a coach and a former Adidas executive are scheduled to go on trial in New York in a criminal case that exposed corruption in several top U.S. college basketball programs. It also led to the firing of Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino of Lousiville and sidelined the playing career of Bowen. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

Witness details secret payments in college hoops recruiting

by Tom Hays Associated PressOctober 3, 2018

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Cohen could be charged before the end of the month with bank fraud in his dealings with the taxi industry and with committing other financial crimes, multiple people familiar with the federal probe said Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme

by Larry Neumeister Associated Press, and Tom Hays Associated PressAugust 21, 2018