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At least 16 files disappear from DOJ site for Epstein documents, including Trump photo
NEW YORK (AP) — At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public. The missing files, which were available Friday and no longer…
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As officials uncover more information about the Brown and MIT professor shooting suspect, key questions remain
Police lights flashed for hours as law enforcement officers surrounded a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, Thursday night, finally closing in on a suspect who unleashed deadly attacks on two communities and had managed to evade them for six days. Outside was an abandoned car linked to both the Brown University mass shooting on Saturday and the killing of…
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University of Virginia names Scott C. Beardsley as the University’s 10th president
In a unanimous vote Friday, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors selected Scott C. Beardsley, dean of the UVA Darden School of Business, as the University’s 10th president. An experienced academic leader and professor, board chair/director and senior executive, Beardsley will bring the skills and experience that helped make the Darden School the top public business school in the…
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How surveillance technology and Reddit helped search for a killer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath. One was that increasingly pervasive surveillance technology could help catch the culprits. Another was that amateur online sleuths on Reddit could not. But the intense search this week for a suspect in a Brown University shooting…
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Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US | FBI
The FBI has launched “criminal and domestic terrorism investigations” into “threats against immigration enforcement activity” in at least 23 regions across the US, according to an internal report shared with the Guardian. The two-page FBI document, dated 14 November, says some of the investigations are related to the “countering domestic terrorism” memo issued by Donald Trump in September. Released after…
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Investigators struggled to identify suspect while Brown University gunman went on to kill again, timeline shows
By the time it finally ended, five full days after the shooting, the manhunt for the Brown University gunman surpassed the four-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers and was on par with the five-day pursuit of Luigi Mangione in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting case. In the days the gunman was on the run, investigators say he went on to…
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner Nenko Gantchev dies in ICE custody; family and congresswoman call for ‘immediate investigation’
CHICAGO (WLS) — A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during the recent fall immigration enforcement ‘blitz’ has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Michigan private prison. Nenko Gantchev, 56, died Monday at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, MI, which is contracted by ICE to hold undocumented migrants. After multiple inquiries…
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Newly released Epstein files include many already public documents : NPR
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2005. Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images The Justice Department has released a trove of documents related to the life, death and criminal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including many that have already been made public from prior disclosures. Others are filled with heavy redactions. Among…
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Trump plans to break up NCAR, a critical climate and weather research center : NPR
President Trump references a map while talking to reporters about Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 4, 2019. The map appears to have been altered by a black marker to extend the hurricane’s range to include Alabama. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in…
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Brown shooter; Epstein files; Trump Kennedy Center : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The suspect in the Saturday shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine others was found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit, according…
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