‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino gets $5M bail in Mafia case
By TERRY SPENCER The flamboyant alleged head of the Philadelphia Mafia is expected to be released from custody Friday after a federal judge granted him $5 million bail as he…
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High-ranking NYC police officials charged in corruption case
By TOM HAYS and JAKE PEARSON Charges brought against four men arrested Monday in a widening city corruption probe include lurid claims that a top police official roomed with a…
Russian banker accused of spying pleads guilty to conspiracy
By LARRY NEUMEISTER A Russian banker accused of participating in a Cold War-style spy ring pleaded guilty Friday to a conspiracy charge and agreed to spend up to 2½ years…
Libya: Unclear if US strikes killed al-Qaida leader
By SARAH EL DEEB and LOLITA C. BALDOR A Libyan military spokesman said Monday that three foreigners were among a number of militants killed in U.S. airstrikes in eastern Libya,…
Bin Laden top aide sentenced to life in embassy bombing plot
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER A former top aide to Osama bin Laden was given life in prison for the 1998 bombings of two embassies in Africa, a sentence…
US announces charges in New York Russian spy ring case
By TOM HAYS Three Russian citizens were charged Monday in connection with a Cold War-style Russian spy ring that spoke in code, passed messages concealed in bags and magazines, and…
Libyan charged in 1998 US embassy bombings dies
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Fifteen years after allegedly helping al-Qaida plot the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Abu Anas al-Libi parked his car on a quiet street…
Feds sue NYC over Rikers Island jail violence
By JAKE PEARSON and TOM HAYS Federal prosecutors sued New York City on Thursday to speed the pace of reforms to address what a Justice Department investigation found was a…