Jake Pearson
The Associated Press
New York, NY, United States
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He Defended the NYPD in Court. Then They Arrested Him.
For 11 years, Karl Ashanti represented New York City cops in civil-rights cases. Then he was charged with a crime he didn’t commit. → Read More
More Than Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder Sparked A Movement, Police Reform Has Stalled. What Happened?
George Floyd’s caught-on-camera murder prompted massive social justice and police reform protests. But a spike in violent crime shifted the narrative around public safety. → Read More
Republican Billionaire’s Group Pushes Unproven COVID-19 Treatment Trump Promoted
This article first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive… → Read More
Donald Trump Jr. went to Mongolia and got special treatment after he killed an endangered sheep
His adventure was supported by government resources from the US and Mongolia, which each sent security services to accompany him on the multiday trip. → Read More
Giuliani Was Close To A Podcast Deal With News Outlet That Spread His Ukraine Conspiracies
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How A Veteran Reporter Worked With Giuliani’s Pals To Launch Ukraine Conspiracy
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Feds probe firm's ties to illegal pharma merchants
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Feds probe firm's ties to illegal pharma merchants
Federal authorities looking into the illegal sale of prescription drugs online are probing the business practices of payment processor Allied Wallet, according to a person with direct knowledge of the case. The Associated Press reported Thursday that Ahmad "Andy" Khawaja's company has → Read More
Feds probe firm's ties to illegal pharma merchants
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities looking into the illegal sale of prescription drugs online are probing the business practices of payment processor Allied Wallet, according to a person with direct knowledge of the case. Allied Wallet's CEO has donated millions of dollars to both political parties in recent years. The Associated Press reported Thursday that Ahmad "Andy" Khawaja's company has… → Read More
Feds probing firm tied to risky online commerce
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities looking into the illegal sale of prescription drugs online are probing the business practices of payment processor Allied Wallet, according to a person with direct knowledge of the case. Allied Wallet's CEO has donated millions of dollars to both political parties in recent years. → Read More
Feds probing firm tied to risky online commerce
NEWS102.3 & AM740 KRMG | Tulsa's 24-Hour News, Weather and Traffic → Read More
Donor helping fraudsters, offshore bettors backs Trump
NEW YORK — One customer was a debt collector that threatened to jail people if they didn't pay back loans that they never took out. Another was an offshore gambling operation that hid bets behind innocuous-sounding websites, including one dedicated to orange cats. A third was a phone-sex business catering to men with diaper fetishes or fantasies of raping women.Ahmad "Andy" Khawaja made his… → Read More
How a business serving bettors, porn donated to Dems, Trump
How a business servicing online pornography, offshore gambling and illegal payday loans put millions of dollars behind Democrats _ and then switched to Trump. → Read More
Protester's climb shuts down Statue of Liberty on July 4
A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base and sat by the statue’s robes. → Read More
Protester's climb shuts down Statue of Liberty on July 4
NEW YORK (AP) — A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base and sat by the statue's robes. → Read More
Arrests after 'Abolish ICE' sign hung from Statue of Liberty
NEW YORK (AP) - A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base and sat by the statue's robes. → Read More
Protester scales Statue of Liberty's base, forces evacuation
A woman protesting U.S. immigration policy climbed the Statue of Liberty's base and forced the monument's evacuation on the Fourth of July hours after several other demonstrators had hung a banner on the statue's pedestal and had been arrested. About 100 feet (30 meters) aboveground, the → Read More
Protester's climb shuts down Statue of Liberty on July 4
A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base and sat by the statue's robes. The woman and at least a... → Read More
Protester scales Statue of Liberty’s base, forces evacuation
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman protesting U.S. immigration policy climbed the Statue of Liberty’s base and forced the monument’s evacuation on the Fourth of July hours after several other demonstrators had hung a banner on the statue → Read More
Protester scales Statue of Liberty's base, forces evacuation
The woman, Therese Okoumou, told police she was protesting the separation of immigrant children from parents who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, according to a federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. → Read More