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Family of man accused of luring 13-year-old Edmonton girl releases statement

The family of a 40-year-old man charged with child luring involving an Edmonton teenager released a statement Tuesday.

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Ontario youth arrested, charged in $46M cryptocurrency theft

A Hamilton, Ont. youth has been arrested in connection with a large digital currency theft estimated to be around $46 million, according to police.

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Man charged in U.S. Capitol riot worked for FBI, had security clearance: lawyer

attack last month at the U.S. Capitol has held a top-secret security clearance for decades and previously worked for the FBI, his attorney said Monday.Thomas Caldwell, who authorities believe holds a leadership role in the extremist group, worked as section chief for the FBI from 2009 to 2010 after retiring from the Navy, his lawyer, Thomas Plofchan, wrote in a motion urging the judge to release him from jail while he awaits trial.

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2 FBI agents killed in Florida worked to protect children from abusers

FBI Agent Daniel Alfin gained international attention when he led a team that shutdown a major worldwide child pornography website. Agent Laura Schwartzenberger worked more anonymously, teaching children and adults how to avoid online sexual exploitationAlfin and Schwartzenberger, gunned down Tuesday while serving a search warrant at a child pornography suspect’s South Florida apartment, devoted their careers to capturing criminals who sexually abuse youngsters, often times testing the legal boundaries of computer privacy.

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2 FBI agents killed, 3 wounded while serving warrant in Florida, officials say

FBI agents were fatally shot and three wounded while trying to serve a search warrant in Florida on Tuesday, prompting a SWAT team to storm an apartment building where the suspect was holed up as neighbours huddled inside their homes. The suspect also ended up dead.The confrontation in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Sunrise marked one of the bloodiest days in FBI history in South Florida and among the deadliest nationally as well, according to the FBI website.The FBI agents had come to the apartment complex to serve a federal search warrant in connection with a case involving child pornography and violent crimes against children, according to FBI Miami Special Agent Michael D.

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Prosecutors say U.S. Capitol rioters intended to ‘capture and assassinate’ lawmakers

siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended “to capture and assassinate elected officials.”Prosecutors offered that view in a filing asking a judge to detain Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man and QAnon conspiracy theorist who was famously photographed wearing horns as he stood at the desk of Vice President Mike Pence in the chamber of the U.S.

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Pro-Trump rioter fired after wearing work badge into U.S. Capitol

Trump rioter who joined the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has been fired after eagle-eyed observers noticed his work badge in footage from the unrest.The man appeared in dozens of photos captured inside the U.S.

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Arrest made at U.S.-Canada border in White House ricin envelope investigation

Envelope containing ricin addressed to White House may have been sent from Canada: RCMP A spokesperson for the FBI said the police force has arrested “an individual allegedly responsible for sending a suspicious letter.”The news comes a day after the RCMP confirmed it received a request from the FBI to assist with the investigation into the letter.According to the RCMP, FBI analysis of the envelope indicated the presence of ricin, a potentially lethal poison derived from castor beans.“Initial information from the investigation suggests that the letter originated in Canada,” an RCMP spokesperson said in a statement Saturday.The envelope was intercepted at a government facility that screens mail addressed to the White House and the U.S

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Envelope containing ricin addressed to White House may have been sent from Canada: RCMP

ricin may have been sent from Canada.The national police force confirmed Saturday it has received a request for assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with what it called a “suspicious letter.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg death: Here’s what could happen with the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy “Initial information from the investigation suggests that the letter originated in Canada,” an RCMP spokesperson said in a statement.A law enforcement official told The Associated Press the letter was intercepted at a government facility that screens mail addressed to the White House and U.S.

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Ghislaine Maxwell may be legally covered by Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 plea deal

Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse suicide last year, his defense hinged on a 2008 deal with federal prosecutors in Florida over his alleged sexual abuse of multiple teenage girls. His lawyers said it prevented him from being charged with further crimes.Could that same deal now help Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante arrested Thursday, evade charges she helped lure at least three girls into sexual liaisons with him?Maxwell’s lawyers haven’t outlined their defense strategy, but her legal team is bound to raise the issue in the months ahead.

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Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI

Ghislaine Maxwell, British socialite and longtime associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested in New Hampshire by the FBI on Thursday.Maxwell, 58, was arrested on charges related to the investigation into Epstein’s alleged sexual abuse of young girls and women. Who is Ghislaine Maxwell, the woman accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein ‘procure’ underage girls? She has been charged with “conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts,” according to court filings by the U.S.

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McMillions: How the mastermind behind £16.2m McDonald’s Monopoly scam was busted

For years, McDonald’s made the dreams of its customers come true with the massively popular Monopoly promotion that saw many win big with massive cash prizes.

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4 police officers fired after death of handcuffed Black man in Minneapolis

Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a Black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving.

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Girl kidnapped from home six years ago found alive and starving in hotel room

A young girl has been found starved but alive in a hotel room – six years after she was abducted from her father's home.

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U.S. coronavirus research targeted by foreign government hackers, FBI official warns

A senior FBI cybersecurity official said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into institutions conducting research into treatments for COVID-19, the sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.

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Trolls crashing Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Zoom and raving about how good booze is

Vile trolls have been baiting members of an Alcoholics Anonymous group meeting online during the coronavirus lockdown.

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FBI kill man allegedly plotting bomb attack on hospital treating coronavirus patients

A man fatally injured by the FBI was planning a bomb attack on a medical facility in the Kansas City area, the agency said in a news release Wednesday.

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