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A hearing in Brooklyn was packed as Mr. Billups and 30 other defendants answered charges in a sweeping federal indictment involving rigged poker games.

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian man known as “Commander Butcher,” pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to soliciting hate crimes. He led the Maniac Murder Cult, an online neo-Nazi group blamed for eruptions of violence around the world.

Linda Sun, Former Aide to NY Governors, Is on Trial, Accused of Helping China

A judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari.

A Supreme Court decision created a sports gambling industry now worth $14 billion. Many are angling for a cut.

More than 30 people were indicted on Thursday in a case involving insider bets on basketball games and poker games rigged by Mafia families.

Leon Wilson worked at the troubled Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn for decades. Prosecutors say he pursued suspects for five miles in a violent fury.

Fani T. Willis, a district attorney who brought election interference charges against Mr. Trump, and Lisa Cook, who serves on the Federal Reserve Board, have also been investigated.

Xinyue Lou is accused of funneling foreign campaign donations to President Trump’s campaign. The president has said the justice system has been used against him and his supporters.

A reporter explored the ongoing tussle between a mosque and residents of a town on Long Island.