Vincent Asaro Found Not Guilty In Lufthansa Mob Heist Trial
An ageing mobster has been acquitted of charges that he helped plan and pull off the 1978 Lufthansa heist in New York that was retold in the hit Mafia movie Goodfellas.
Boca Raton, FL – Jewish Family ID’d As Those Killed In Ohio Plane Crash, Investigators Say Wreckage, Records, Video May Hold Clues
Boca Raton – The identities of eight of the nine people killed in Tuesday’s Ohio plane crash are being revealed by family members.
At Least 41 Dead In Blast At Hezbollah Stronghold In Beirut
Two explosions in a predominantly Shi’ite area of southern Beirut have killed at least 41 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry as cited by Al Jazeera. At least 200 are said to be injured.
Driven To Hospital, Virginia Man Tased, Shackled and Dies In Police Custody
Police in South Boston repeatedly fired their stun guns on a Richmond man before he died in 2013, a network news program revealed Wednesday.
Facebook Says Governments Demanding More User Data
Facebook has said government requests for data and demands for content to be taken down surged in the first half of 2015, which the social network has seen continually increase since it began publicly releasing such data two years ago.
Inside Job? Clues Suggest Lois Colley Murder Wasn’t Random
Investigators are questioning relatives and current and ex-employees of Westchester socialite Lois Colley to see if anyone had a beef with her that might have led to her murder, sources said Wednesday.
Florida Police officer Faces Charges After Argument With Wounded Vet Over Parking Space
RIVIERA BEACH — A 20-year city police officer was placed on administrative leave Tuesday night while authorities investigate an incident caught on film of him knocking a smartphone out of a 28-year-old Army veteran’s hands during an argument over the legitimacy of his handicapped tag.
Ukrainian – Vadim Rabinovich Accuses Kiev of ‘Flirting With Radicals’
One of Ukraine’s most prominent Jews on Tuesday voiced concerns over Kiev’s use of far-right radical nationalist groups in the battle against Russian-backed separatists, warning that the police have lost their “monopoly on the use of force.”
Watch: Israeli Agents Pose As Arab Family In Daring Operation
The IDF’s undercover unit performed a daring operation at the Alhali Hospital in Hevron early Thursday morning.
Venezuelan First Lady’s Nephews Arrested In US Drug Case
US authorities have arrested two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for allegedly trying to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into New York.