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October 27, 2021

Prince Andrew scandal: Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre settlement can be kept secret, judge rules

A 2009 settlement agreement between Jeffrey Epstein and longtime accuser Virginia Giuffre can be kept under seal as Britain’s Prince Andrew fights a lawsuit filed by the woman, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Giuffre claims the royal sexually assaulted her when she was underage.

October 27, 2021

Prince Andrew scandal: Duke's lawyer asks to keep Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein settlement under seal

A lawyer for Britain’s Prince Andrew has asked a New York federal judge to keep sealed a 2009 legal agreement between his accuser and now-deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, noting that the document can protect the royal against a lawsuit's claims that he sexually assaulted an American woman when she was under 18.

October 27, 2021

​Boston-area sheriff plans to move homeless from tent encampment into former ICE detention facility

Boston’s area sheriff wants to move some 100 homeless addicts from deteriorating conditions at a tent encampment into a nearby empty jail building once used for ICE detainees within the next three weeks, as he rushes to finalize plans for a controversial “mobile courtroom" at the facility.

October 27, 2021

Huma Abedin claims sex assault by US senator in new book

Huma Abedin — the estranged wife of Anthony Weiner — said she was sexually assaulted by a US senator. The assault happened after a dinner attended by "a few senators and their aides." Hillary Clinton, for whom she served as a longtime right-hand, was not there.

October 26, 2021

Ex-US Embassy staffer accused of drugging, molesting women worked in CIA, FBI urges victims to come forward

The FBI is urging additional victims of a former U.S. Embassy staffer who has pleaded guilty to abusive sexual conduct of numerous women for 14 years.

October 25, 2021

Prince Andrew case: Judge overseeing Giuffre lawsuit signals OK for trial, orders depositions by July 2022

A federal judge in New York has ordered that depositions in the civil lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre against Prince Andrew must be completed by July 14 of next year, effectively signaling he is ready to move the case to trial, court records show. 

October 25, 2021

Long Island serial murders: Families of victims renew calls for justice in decade-old cold case

More than a decade after the remains of missing women killed by a serial killer were discovered, the families of the victims found off Ocean Parkway are renewing their call for police to solve the case that has baffled investigators and unnerved residents of a quiet, oceanfront community.

October 25, 2021

Wisconsin teacher who secretly videotaped undressed students gets 12 years in jail

A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

October 25, 2021

Virginia parents slam Obama's 'tone-deaf' dismissal of education issues amid alleged sexual assault

Former President Barack Obama condemned Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin for focusing on hot-button education issues during the campaign, dismissing those issues as unserious and “fake outrage.” Virginia parents and parent advocates shot back at Obama's remarks, calling them “tone deaf” and “clueless."

October 23, 2021

Youngkin demands resignations from Loudoun County School Board in wake of bombshell email

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin called for the resignations of Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler and the Loudoun County School Board in the wake of a bombshell email this week. The email showed that Ziegler alerted the board to reports of a male student wearing a skirt allegedly assaulting a female student in a girl's bathroom – about a month before Ziegler publicly declared that he had no record of bathroom assaults.