Former Florida Republican Representative David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison for secretly lobbying U.S. officials on behalf of Venezuela's government in 2017 and 2018. Rivera, jailed since his May conviction, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent for Nicolás Maduro's government.
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NYTimes – US David Rivera, a Miami Republican, was convicted of secretly lobbying officials in Washington on behalf of the Venezuelan government in 2017 and 2018.
NPR – US Christa Pike, 50, convicted of the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, was left unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said. The failed execution, which would have been Tennessee's first of a woman in 200 years, prompted Governor Bill Lee to order an independent review.
Ken Urker, 34, the on-and-off partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and father of her daughter, was found dead inside his Louisiana home on Thursday, his 34th birthday. Authorities discovered him during a welfare check. One report described the death as an apparent drug overdose, while others said he was found unresponsive.
NPR – US New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to take over the case of an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house. The accuser, identified as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven students and has filed a lawsuit. Hochul said the woman was failed by officials and the system.
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