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Investigators search sex offender Epstein's Paris flat

Epstein may have gamed the system from beyond the grave

8:41 pm August 22, 2019

Fort Lauderdale (US): The will that Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than USD 577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for his dozens of accusers to collect damages. Estate lawyers and other experts say prying open the trust and dividing up […]

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Jeffrey Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

‘Serious irregularities’ at Epstein jail as US vows to hunt any co-conspirators

11:22 pm August 12, 2019

New York: US Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday there were “serious irregularities” at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide, and pledged to pursue any co-conspirators in the sex trafficking case. “I was appalled and indeed the whole department was, and frankly angry, to learn of the Metropolitan Correctional Center’s failure […]

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Florida woman says alligator ate her 100-pound dog

Florida woman says alligator ate her 100-pound dog

3:17 am August 9, 2019

Auburndale, Florida: A woman in central Florida says an alligator ate her 100-pound (45-kilogram) dog. Cynthia Robinson told investigators in Auburndale, Florida that she was walking her 6-year-old dog, Tank, by a retention pond on Thursday when the gator attacked. Robinson told Spectrum Bay News 9 that she wanted to help her dog, but the […]

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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Bahamas police: 7 Americans killed in helicopter crash

2:44 pm July 5, 2019

Nassau (Bahamas): A helicopter carrying seven Americans to Fort Lauderdale, Florida crashed Thursday off Grand Cay island in the Bahamas, killing everyone on aboard, Bahamian police said. A statement from the Royal Bahamas Police Force said the helicopter went missing shortly after leaving Big Grand Cay and authorities and local residents later found the crash […]

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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Lawyer: Chinese woman in Mar-a-Lago case is mentally sound

10:09 pm June 5, 2019

West Palm Beach: Attorneys for the Chinese woman charged with illegally entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort say she is mentally competent and should not be blocked from serving as her own lawyer. Assistant federal public defender Kristy Militello wrote in court documents filed in Florida this week that Yujing Zhang wouldn’t meet with a psychologist, but in interviews with her attorneys appears mentally competent. Zhang stunned […]

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