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Bevan Hurley

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Bevan Hurley was a senior reporter at The Independent based in New York.

<p>Former FTX chief executive Samuel Bankman-Fried testifies before the US Senate on 9 February 2022</p>
Tech

Who is Sam Bankman-Fried?

<p>Sam Bankman-Fried </p>
Tech

What happened to FTX? The collapse of a crypto ‘house of cards’

<p>FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York in February 2023</p>
US Crime News

Sam Bankman-Fried: The fall from crypto king to convicted fraudster

<p>Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a party in November 1992</p>
US Crime News

All the biggest names embroiled in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial

<p>Sen. John Fetterman has blamed Hamas for the killing by IDF troops of more than a hundred Palestinians </p>
US politics

Fetterman blames Hamas for deaths of Palestinian civilians

<p>A member of the Ku Klux Klan salutes during American Nazi Party rally (file photo) </p>
US politics

GOP governor candidate in Missouri revealed as ‘honorary’ KKK member

<p>Hundreds of women rally outside the Alabama State House on Wednesday in support of legislation to protect IVF treatment </p>
Americas

Alabama fast-tracks law to protect IVF

<p>A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children has plunged IVF treatment in the state into chaos </p>
US politics

Alabama puts forward bills to protect IVF medical providers

<p>The Titan submersible crew and passengers died in June 2023 </p>
Americas

Bangs that gave hope of finding Titan crew alive aired for first time

<p>Lauren Boebert’s son has been arrested on charges of property theft and vehicle trespass </p>
US politics

Lauren Boebert’s son arrested over spate of break-ins

<p>Donald Trump at a South Carolina primary election watch party in Columbia on Saturday </p>
US politics

ABC News president slams Trump over ‘racist’ Black voter comments

<p>Nex Benedict had been bullied for at least a year at Owasso High School in Oklahoma, their mother says</p>
Americas

Oklahoma students stage walkout in protest over Nex Benedict’s death

<p>Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered for a candlelight vigil at the Stonewall Inn in the West Village on Monday to remember nonbinary Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict </p>
Americas

‘Infrastructure of anti-trans hate’ blamed for Nex Benedict’s death

Americas

‘Infrastructure of anti-trans hate’ blamed for Nex Benedict’s death

<p>Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered for a candlelight vigil at the Stonewall Inn in the West Village on Monday to remember nonbinary Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict </p>
<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to reporters on 16 February</p>
US politics

Letitia James live tweets daily interest on Trump’s $464m fraud ruling

<p>Flaco, 13, was adored by many New Yorkers in his year of adventure around the city </p>
Americas

Zoologists confirm cause of death of Flaco, the celebrity New York owl

<p>Flaco’s dramatic escape and survival captured New Yorkers’ hearts </p>
Americas

Flaco, the Eurasian owl who escaped captivity, is dead

<p>Nex Benedict, left, and their mother Sue Benedict, shown on police body cam being interviewed in hospital. Nex said they were jumped by three students and blacked out</p>
Americas

Nex Benedict’s mother blindsided by release of 911 call and body cam

<p>Nex Benedict, left, and their mother Sue Benedict, shown on police body cam being interviewed in hospital. Nex said they were jumped by three students and blacked out</p>
Americas

Nex Benedict’s mother blindsided by release of 911 call and body cam

<p>Kylan Durant, the president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, says legislators in the state are creating a dangerous environment for LGBTQ youth</p>
Americas

LGBTQ activists blame anti-trans legislation for Nex Benedict’s death

<p>Sean Cummings addresses Oklahoma’s board of education on Thursday about the death of Nex Benedict</p>
Americas

Libs of TikTok has ‘blood on their hands’ over Nex Benedict: lawmaker

<p>Nex Benedict died one day after they suffered head injuries in a school fight </p>
Americas

Nex Benedict’s family to conduct independent investigation into death

<p>Nex Benedict had been bullied for at least a year at Owasso High School in Oklahoma, their mother says</p>
Americas

Nex Benedict’s mother says non-binary student was a ‘shining light’

<p>Halyna Hutchins </p>
Americas

Who was charged in Rust shooting death of Halyna Hutchins?

<p>Kansas City Chiefs fans Trey and Casey Filter helped to prevent an even greater tragedy at Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade shooting</p>
Americas

Kansas City Chiefs fan says he acted on instinct as he tackled suspect

<p>Harvey Weinstein is trying to overturn his 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions </p>
US Crime News

Harvey Weinstein was the ‘poster boy’ of #MeToo movement: lawyer

<p>Tom Suozzi arrives to campaign in Westbury, New York, as voters headed to the polls during Tuesday’s blizzard</p>
US politics

Tom Suozzi wins New York special election for Santos’ former seat

<p>Kansas City Chiefs fans Trey and Casey Filter helped to prevent an even greater tragedy at Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade shooting</p>
Americas

Kansas City Chiefs fan says he acted on instinct as he tackled suspect

<p>Harvey Weinstein is trying to overturn his 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions </p>
US Crime News

Harvey Weinstein was the ‘poster boy’ of #MeToo movement: lawyer

<p>Tom Suozzi arrives to campaign in Westbury, New York, as voters headed to the polls during Tuesday’s blizzard</p>
US politics

Tom Suozzi wins New York special election for Santos’ former seat

<p>Mazi Pilip speaks to reporters after voting in Massapequa, New York</p>
US politics

Tribal divisions trump Santos scandals in New York special election

US politics

Tribal divisions trump Santos scandals in New York special election

<p>Mazi Pilip speaks to reporters after voting in Massapequa, New York</p>
<p>The MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford will host the 2026 World Cup final </p>
Americas

A New Jersey stadium beside toxic marshland will host the World Cup

<p>Republican Mazi Pilip, left, and former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, are running to replace George Santos in New York’s 3rd Congressional district</p>
US politics

What to know about the special election to replace George Santos

<p>California teenager Alan Winston Filion has been extradited to Florida and charged with calling in hoax bomb threats to a Seminole County mosque</p>
US Crime News

Teen ‘swatter-for-hire’ allegedly behind hundreds of fake bomb threats

<p>Mazi Pilip is seeking to replace George Santos in New York’s 3rd Congressional District </p>
US politics

New York’s migrant crisis looms large in race for Santos’ old seat

<p>Mazi Pilip is seeking to replace George Santos in New York’s 3rd Congressional District </p>
US politics

New York’s migrant crisis looms large in race for Santos’ old seat

<p>Robert F Kennedy Jr says the Trump campaign did tap him for the ticket </p>
US politics

RFK Jr claims Trump did reach out to him to be his running mate

<p>Central Park Five member and New York council member Yusef Salaam </p>
US politics

NYC council member says he was unjustifiably pulled over by police

<p>President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in South Carolina</p>
Middle East

Iran denies responsibility for Jordan drone attack on US soldiers

<p>A satellite photo shows the military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan where three American troops were killed and ‘many' were wounded on Sunday</p>
Americas

Three US troops killed and 25 injured in Jordan drone strike

<p>A statue of Jackie Robinson has been stolen from a park in Wichita, Kansas</p>
US Crime News

Jackie Robinson statue stolen from Kansas park

<p>Kenneth Eugene Smith has been on death row for almost three decades </p>
US Crime News

Why was Kenneth Eugene Smith on death row in Alabama?

<p>E Jean Carroll attends the 2019 Glamour Women of the Year Summit in 2019 in New York City.</p>
Americas

E Jean Carroll: The trailblazer who took on Donald Trump

<p>Brittany Watts is speaking out after facing criminal charges over a miscarriage </p>
Americas

Ohio woman criminally charged over miscarriage slams her arrest

<p>Ethan Crumbley in court on 27 July </p>
US Crime News

He vowed to be the next school shooter. Then he killed four classmates

<p>Kenneth Eugene Smith is due to be executed in a 30-hour window on Thursday </p>
Americas

Alabama death row inmate faces execution amid last efforts to save him

<p>Reverend Jeff Hood, left, attended the execution of Alabama death row prisoner Casey McWhorter in November</p>
Americas

Kenneth Smith spiritual adviser ‘terrified’ of nitrogen gas execution

Americas

Kenneth Smith spiritual adviser ‘terrified’ of nitrogen gas execution

<p>Reverend Jeff Hood, left, attended the execution of Alabama death row prisoner Casey McWhorter in November</p>
<p>Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has vowed to push ahead with the execution of Kenneth Smith using an untested method, nitrogen hypoxia</p>
US politics

Kenneth Eugene Smith faces US’s first nitrogen execution. What is it?

<p>The Tennessee Capitol in Nashville, where officials say felons will have to restore gun rights before they can vote </p>
US politics

Felons must get gun rights back before they can vote, say officials

<p>Palestinian supporters gather for a protest at Columbia University, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York (file photo) </p>
US Crime News

Chemical attack on pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters a ‘hate crime’

<p>Richard Glossip has always maintained his innocence of the 1997 murder of his boss Barry Van Treese</p>
US politics

Why is Richard Glossip’s death row case going to the Supreme Court?

<p>Richard Glossip has always maintained his innocence of the 1997 murder of his boss Barry Van Treese</p>
US politics

Why is Richard Glossip’s death row case going to the Supreme Court?

<p>Former Florida GOP Party Chair Christian Ziegler has been cleared of sexual battery charges by police </p>
US Crime News

Florida police seek charges of video voyeurism against ex-GOP chair

<p>Hundreds of one-of-a-kind pieces from Sir Elton John’s private US art collection are to be sold at auction </p>
News

Sir Elton John to auction treasured US art collection at auction

<p>Marcus Eriz, 26, is charged with killing Aiden Leos, 6, while the boy’s mother was driving him to kindergarten in Orange County in May 2021</p>
US Crime News

‘Callous’ driver murdered boy in freeway shooting, court hears

<p>Stuart Seldowitz was arrested in November after hurling racist abuse at a food truck vendor on New York’s Upper East Side</p>
Americas

Ex-Obama official avoids hate crime prosecution for abuse of vendor

<p>Jeffrey Epstein</p>
Americas

Jeffrey Epstein associate names unsealed in court documents

<p>Jeffrey Epstein appears in court in West Palm Beach in 2008 </p>
US politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene ignores Trump ties to Epstein but slams Clinton

<p>Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked underage victims for sex on the late paedophile’s private planes, according to authorities </p>
Americas

More than 170 Epstein associates to be named after records unsealed

<p>The first crash involving a Tesla Cybertruck was reported in Palo Alto, California, this week</p>
Americas

First Tesla Cybertruck accident reported in California

<p>MLB Hall of Famer Frank Thomas was mistakenly identified as having passed away in an In Memoriam segment on Fox News</p>
Americas

Fox News apologises after claiming baseball MLB Hall of Famer had died

<p>Judy Weinstein, 70, with husband Gadi Haggai who also died in the 7 October attacks </p>
Americas

American-Israeli grandmother confirmed dead in Hamas attacks

<p>University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow was fired after the university discovered he was posting porn videos on X-rated sites</p>
Americas

Wisconsin university chancellor fired for filming porn videos

Americas

Wisconsin university chancellor fired for filming porn videos

<p>University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow was fired after the university discovered he was posting porn videos on X-rated sites</p>
<p>Nikki Haley has claimed a ‘Democrat plant’ asked her what caused the Civil War at a New Hampshire town hall on 27 December</p>
US politics

Haley claims ‘Democrat plant’ tripped her up with Civil War question

<p>Gas prices are tipped to fall again in 2024 </p>
Americas

Gas prices expected to fall in 2024

<p>Louisiana has become the latest state where attempts are being made to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot </p>
US politics

Louisiana woman files suit to remove Trump from Louisiana ballot

<p>Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block traffic to John F Kennedy airport (JFK), amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas</p>
Americas

Airport chaos as pro-Palestine protesters block roads to JFK and LAX

<p>Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block traffic to John F Kennedy airport (JFK), amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas</p>
Americas

Airport chaos as pro-Palestine protesters block roads to JFK and LAX

<p>Venezuelan rapper Canserbero’s 2015 death was ruled a suicide, before his former manager Natalia Améstica confessed to his murder this week</p>
US Crime News

Rapper’s former manager admits to killing him and staging suicide

<p>Around 8,000 migrants are making their way through Mexico towards the southern US border</p>
Americas

8,000-strong migrant caravan heads for US border

<p>Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s home was swatted on Christmas Day</p>
US Crime News

Boston mayor targeted in string of Christmas ‘swatting’ incidents

<p>Melania Trump speaks at a naturalisation ceremony at the National Archives in mid-December </p>
US politics

Melania Trump’s whereabouts are a ‘mystery’ at Mar-a-Lago, author says

<p>The USS Laboon destroyer shot down a barrage of drone and missiles over the Red Sea fired from Somalia by Houthi rebels on 26 December, the US Central Command says</p>
Americas

US shoots down 12 Houthi attack drones and five missiles in Red Sea

<p>Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police during a rally in Manhattan on Christmas Day</p>
Americas

Pro-Palestine protest ends in multiple arrests on Christmas Day in NYC

<p>Veronica Aguilar, 27, was found dead in the burned out trunk of a car in Lancaster, California</p>
US Crime News

Man charged with murder of teacher after body found in burned-out car

<p>Paul Whelan </p>
Americas

Paul Whelan sends desperate message to Biden from Russian jail

<p>Jeffrey Epstein appears in court on 30 July 2008 in West Palm Beach, Florida </p>
Americas

Jeffrey Epstein associate begs judge not to name her

<p>Worden Butler, 28, and Alexis Hartnett, 27, allegedly ‘harassed and stalked the victims with racially motivated words and actions’ </p>
US Crime News

White couple accused of yelling racial slurs at Black neighbours

<p>The remains of Marayna Rodgers, 23, were found in the Nevada desert several days after friends reported her missing</p>
US Crime News

She vanished in Vegas. An ex-NBA player is charged with her murder

<p>Robert F Kennedy Jr is actively courting the Gen Z vote after several encouraging polls. </p>
US politics

Gen Z has had enough of politics. Does RFK Jr have the answer?

<p>Tucker Carlson during a live discussion hosted by Tim Pool at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest</p>
US politics

Carlson calls out DeSantis staff as ‘nastiest’ and ‘stupidest’ people

<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a new bill making illegal immigration a state crime </p>
US politics

Texas governor signs bill allowing police to arrest immigrants

<p>Sarah Depoian, right, with her daughter Carolyn Bester, alleges Merle Berger secretly used his sperm to impregnate her </p>
Americas

Ex-Harvard professor accused of impregnating patient with his sperm

<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is in talks to free two US prisoners </p>
Americas

Putin claims he’s in talks to free Americans jailed in Russia

<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a new bill making illegal immigration a state crime </p>
US politics

Texas governor signs bill allowing police to arrest immigrants

<p>Sarah Depoian, right, with her daughter Carolyn Bester, alleges Merle Berger secretly used his sperm to impregnate her </p>
Americas

Ex-Harvard professor accused of impregnating patient with his sperm

<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is in talks to free two US prisoners </p>
Americas

Putin claims he’s in talks to free Americans jailed in Russia

<p>Edward Mathews was sentenced to eight years in prison after his racist outburst towards a neighbour went viral</p>
US Crime News

NJ man who went viral for racist outburst sentenced to 8 years prison

<p>Ms Ziegler reportedly said the resolution was “toothless” </p>
Americas

Florida school board votes 4-1 for the resignation of Bridget Ziegler

<p>The parent of Ronnie Lynn have been charged after the 4-year-old shot himself with a gun kept in their Pennsylvania home</p>
US Crime News

Parents charged after four-year-old boy shoots himself in head

<p>Kristin Marshburn says that UNLV gunman made sexually explicit remarks to her at East Carolina University in 2016</p>
US Crime News

UNLV gunman resigned from previous job after sexual comment to student

<p>Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after posting a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter</p>
Americas

Here’s why Musk reinstated conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ X account

<p>UPenn president Liz Magill has resigned </p>
Americas

UPenn president resigns after furious backlash to Congress testimony

<p>Vivek Ramaswamy joined Alex Jones and Elon Musk on a X Spaces event on Sunday </p>
US politics

Ramaswamy caught in embarrassing hot mic moment during X Spaces event

<p>A car is buried under rubble on Main Street after a tornado hit Hendersonville, Tennessee, 9 December2023</p>
News

Mother and 2-year-old son among six dead as tornadoes slam Tennessee

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