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U.S. trial of Mexico drug kingpin 'El Chapo' now in hands of jury
After nearly three months of testimony about a vast drug-smuggling conspiracy steeped in violence, a jury is due to begin deliberations Monday at the U.S. trial of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. A federal judge in Brooklyn is set to give ...
Husband-wife trading duo bets big on sake's future in U.S.
When Yumiko Munekyo was a vice president at Nomura Holdings Inc. in 2011, she would take clients to upscale sushi spots around Manhattan. They'd invariably order junmai daiginjō, the highest grade of sake and also usually the priciest, but not always the most interesting ...
Protesters pushed back at NYC federal jail where power is out amid freeze
Some demonstrators protesting the lack of heat and electricity at a federal detention center in New York City attempted to enter the facility Sunday, and witnesses said guards drove them back with pushes, shoves and pepper spray. A reporter and photographer for The Associated Press ...
'Avalanche of evidence' against 'El Chapo,' prosecutors say at U.S. trial
The "avalanche of evidence" presented against Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman at his New York trial over the past three months shows he is guilty of trafficking tons of drugs to the United States, prosecutors said Wednesday. In closing arguments, U.S. Attorney Andrea Goldbarg pointed to ...
Wife of 'El Chapo' played key role in escape plots, ex-lieutenant testifies
The wife of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman played an important role in plotting his 2015 escape from a Mexican prison and tried to help him escape again after he was recaptured the following year, one Guzman's former top lieutenants testified ...
White supremacist pleads guilty to 2017 NYC sword killing of African-American
A white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a black man with a sword as part of a racist plot that prosecutors described as a hate crime. James Jackson admitted to fatally stabbing 66-year-old Timothy Caughman in 2017 after stalking a number of black men ...
Experts doubt claim by witness that 'El Chapo' paid Mexican ex-president $100 million bribe
Did the world's most famous drug lord really pay Mexico's ex-president a $100-million bribe not to arrest him? The claim, made by a witness Tuesday at the trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, stretches credibility, experts say — starting with the fact that it would ...
Amazon posts and then removes job listings for positions at new New York office
Amazon.com Inc. rolled back what initially appeared to be its first job listings for a new corporate campus in New York City, saying it planned to kick off the hiring process "later in 2019." The retail and technology giant this month published two job postings, ...
The Chrysler Building, an Art Deco masterpiece that has been a defining image of New York City's skyline for decades, has been put up for sale, a minority owner of the building and a broker hired to market the property said on Wednesday. The 77-story ...
'El Chapo' jurors see intimate texts caught by drug lord's spyware
Prosecutors in the U.S. trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Wednesday shared with jurors text messages they said the accused Mexican drug lord sent to his wife and apparent mistress in which he discussed narrowly escaping from a raid and joked about arming ...
Tiffany to disclose info on diamond origins amid concerns over 'conflict' stones
Tiffany announced Wednesday it would identify the origin of diamonds, a transparency initiative to assure customers worried about "conflict diamonds." Starting immediately, Tiffany will provide sourcing information for diamonds 0.18 carats and larger and will in 2020 share information about the "craftsmanship" journey of the ...
Deep in the bedrock 15 stories below the famous Grand Central Terminal, a cavernous construction site is slowly — and expensively — taking shape as a commuter rail hub that will accommodate more than 150,000 passengers a day. East Side Access has been dogged by ...
