Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, His Wife & Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Indicted, US Atty Says and other top stories.

  • Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, His Wife & Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Indicted, US Atty Says

    MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, his wife and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto have been indicted, federal authorities said Thursday. Mangano, 54, and his wife Linda surrendered to federal officials Thursday morning after officials escorted them from their Bethpage home. They’re facing federal corruption charges. Mangano was later seen arriving at FBI headquarters in Melville, CBS2’s Andrea Grymes reported. His wife and attorney were with him. United Stat..
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  • The Latest: Professors hit picket lines for 2nd day

    The Latest: Professors hit picket lines for 2nd day
    Faculty members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties take part in a faculty union strike at Dixon University Center in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Professors at multiple state universities went on strike Wednesday, disrupting classes midsemester for more than 100,000 students after contract negotiations hit an impasse. (Dan Gleiter /PennLive.com via AP) less Faculty members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University..
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  • Feds launch Baylor probe over Title IX complaint

    Feds launch Baylor probe over Title IX complaint
    8:16 PM ETPaula LavigneClosePaula LavigneESPN Staff WriterData analyst and reporter for ESPN's Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009.Mark SchlabachCloseMark SchlabachESPN Senior WriterSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaThe U.S. Departmen..
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  • The Third Debate Settles It: Trump Isn't Just Cynical. He's Paranoid.

    The Third Debate Settles It: Trump Isn't Just Cynical. He's Paranoid.
    Bad pick. Win McNamee/Getty Images Donald Trump is mentally ill. After 16 months of campaigning and three general election debates, this has become all too clear. Trump sees himself as the victim of a web of conspiracies encompassing House Speaker Paul Ryan, the FBI, the CIA, and the Iraqi military. He sees events in his life—women who claim to have met him, violence by supporters at his rallies—as tentacles of these plots. He refuses to accept the outcome of the election, and he demand..
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  • Man sentenced to 30 years for trying to aid Islamic State

    Man sentenced to 30 years for trying to aid Islamic State
    SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former California college student was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for trying to aid the Islamic State group. Muhanad Badawi, 25, was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana, City News Service reported. Badawi was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to aid a foreign terrorist organization and other crimes. Authorities say Badawi and now-25-year-old Nader Elhuzayel concocted a scheme for Elhuzayel to fly to the Middle East to ..
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  • Conspiracy charge 'stretches reality,' David Fry's lawyer argues in Oregon standoff closing

    Conspiracy charge 'stretches reality,' David Fry's lawyer argues in Oregon standoff closing
    How the Oregon standoff ended -- with a Japanese American man from Ohio holed up in a shelter at the edge of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge with a gun to his head in the midst of a mental health crisis -- was almost as improbable as the charge leveled against that man, David Fry, his lawyer told jurors Wednesday. "To call it a conspiracy is simply a very poor and inaccurate way of describing what went on here,'' defense lawyer Per C. Olson said as Fry sat slightly behind him to the right..
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  • Ohio mom's confession details how she smothered 3 young sons

    Ohio mom's confession details how she smothered 3 young sons
    BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three young sons over a 13-month period says in a recorded police interview that she smothered each boy with a blanket over the face because she didn't want to see them suffering. The Columbus Dispatch reports Brittany Pilkington also said she was depressed and worried her sons would eventually become abusive toward women. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please ..
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  • Sheriff's deputy fatally shot in Northern California

    Sheriff's deputy fatally shot in Northern California
    USA Today Network Jim Schultz, Redding (Calif.) Record Searchlight 11:08 p.m. EDT October 19, 2016California Promo Art(Photo: Shane Music)REDDING, Calif. — A Modoc County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Wednesday while responding to a disturbance call near Alturas in northern Colorado, and a suspect was arrested, authorities said.Deputies were responding to a call on County Road 115 about 10 miles south of Alturas at around 10:30 a.m. PT when the deputy was fatally shot, accordi..
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  • Montana judge defends 60-day sentence in child incest case

    Montana judge defends 60-day sentence in child incest case
    More than 30,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling for the impeachment of District Judge John McKeon, whose sentence -- with credit for time served -- means the man could spend a total 43 days in jail for his crime."No one spoke on behalf of the 12-year-old child at trial," the petition says."It is time to start punishing the judges who let these monsters walk our streets." The prosecution recommended a 25-year prison term for the man, who pleaded guilty over the summer to a felon..
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  • Ex-teacher who sexually assaulted 13-year-old slits throat in courtroom

    Ex-teacher who sexually assaulted 13-year-old slits throat in courtroom
    Jeffrey Scott Jones is seen in a photo released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former teacher slit his throat in a California courtroom Wednesday morning after a jury convicted him on multiple accounts of sexual assault, the Los Angeles Times reported. Jeffrey Scott Jones, of Huntington Beach, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and a single count of continuous sexual abuse, according to a news release from the Orange Co..
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