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Why ‘wrench attacks’ on wealthy crypto holders are on the rise

By ALAN SUDERMAN AP Business writer The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves ...

US-German citizen is charged with trying to attack US Embassy in Tel Aviv

NEW YORK (AP) — A dual U.S.-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, officials said Sunday. Federal prosecutors in New York said the man, Joseph Neumeyer, walked up to the embassy ...

Jury convicts New York-Paris flight stowaway who slipped past gate agents

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a woman who sneaked onto a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass by slipping past security and airline gate agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport last year. The short trial of Svetlana Dali concluded with a guilty finding ...

Former New York state trooper pleads guilty to faking his own shooting

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway, prompting a regionwide search. Thomas Mascia agreed to serve ...

Rapper Kid Cudi takes the witness stand at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Kid Cudi took the witness stand Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs and was expected to testify about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs' ex-girlfriend, the R&B ...

4 dead in fiery highway crash in New York City suburb

NEW CASTLE, N.Y. (AP) — Four people were killed when a van crossed over a highway median north of New York City and crashed into an oncoming car, police said. The van was headed south on the Taconic State Parkway on Wednesday evening when it crossed into the northbound lanes and struck a ...

Construction begins on New York’s largest solar energy project

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ELBA, N.Y., May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC ("Greenbacker"), an energy transition-focused investment manager and independent power producer, today announced the start of major construction ...

What to know about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Witnesses are testifying this week in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, one of the biggest music moguls and cultural figures of the past four decades. The R&B singer Cassie, Combs' former girlfriend, is the prosecution's star witness. She told the jury that ...

Northwell Health Opens Center for Bioelectronic Medicine

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2025-- After decades of pioneering bioelectronic medicine research, Northwell Health today announced the opening of its clinical Center for Bioelectronic Medicine. Those interested in participating in bioelectronic medicine clinical trials, ...