My dad almost paid a ransom after being told I was kidnapped — but it was all a scam

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Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are begging a judge to keep him out of prison, warning their son's social awkwardness could put him in 'extreme danger'

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Sam Bankman-Fried and his mother Barbara Fried.

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US agents fooled a yakuza boss into giving them weapons-grade plutonium he thought would be sold to Iran: court docs

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A photo included in the indictment against Ebisawa, showing a Geiger counter held over yellow industrial drums.

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Ruby Franke, sobbing at sentencing, blames child abuse on being 'deceived' into thinking the world was 'evil'

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Disgraced YouTube mommy vlogger Ruby Franke has been sentenced.

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$100,000 of goods were stolen from Home Depots across Florida in an organized self-checkout barcode switching scheme, the state's attorney general says

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Customers shop at a Home Depot store on November 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida.

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California man stole a Yosemite National Park ranger's vehicle and sparked a high-speed chase before plummeting 200 feet off a cliff, prosecutors say

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Yosemite National Park.

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How the Latin Kings gang actually works, according to a former member

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Andy "Rebirth" Pellerano is a former soldier for the Almighty Latin King Nation, or Latin Kings, one of the largest and most dangerous prison and street gangs in the United States.

Fani Willis' workplace romance — and just how inappropriate it is — takes center stage in Trump's Georgia criminal case

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Photo Illustration of Willis, Trump and Wade.

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Trader Joe's stores in California are being targeted by thieves who swipe customers' wallets from their carts as they shop, police say

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A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police

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A person attending a conference call.

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