Italian police say they found $3.6 million hidden inside the walls of an apartment during an investigation into an alleged drug and extortion ring that authorities say was being run by mobsters from behind bars.
A family is desperately searching for a missing grandmother who vanished during a trip to Las Vegas two weeks ago. Alisa Goods, 63, of Brooklyn, New York, was last seen Aug. 8 leaving a friend's home to go to a CVS store. When she failed to return, her friend reported her missing to police. Days after she disappeared, Goods' family on the East Coast began receiving alarming messages demanding money and bitcoin, raising new concerns about her whereabouts. NewsNation's Jessica Kartalija is following the multistate investigation. More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/family-receives-mysterious-texts-after-woman-missing-las-vegas/ Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live"…
Greta Van Susteren says newly obtained FBI documents expose a devastating failure during the 2010 Aruba sting targeting Joran van der Sloot. The operation was designed to record van der Sloot allegedly accepting $25,000 in an extortion and wire-fraud scheme involving information about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. But despite recording the transaction, the FBI did not arrest him. Van der Sloot left Aruba and traveled to Peru. Two weeks later, on the fifth anniversary of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance, he murdered 21-year-old Stephanie Flores. In this special “Record Rewind” edition of the “Greta Wire” podcast, Greta reveals what the FBI’s own notes say about the decision not to make an arrest. Former U.S. Attorney…
President Donald Trump responded to media questions about Iran, Pope Leo, and the economy during a news conference outside of the White House with a DoorDash worker.
A former Cincinnati City Council member convicted of bribery and attempted extortion but later pardoned by President Trump may now see his case dismissed after the Supreme Court cleared the way. In an order Monday, the justices declined to hear arguments in Alexander “P.G.” Sittenfeld’s appeal of his 2022 conviction, instead granting his petition only to vacate a lower court’s holding and kick the case back there, where the case can be dismissed for good. Read More: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5817731-cincinnati-councilman-bribery-pardon-supreme-court/ #scotus #trump #pardon
TMZ says it received a message demanding one bitcoin — worth about $67,000 — in exchange for information about Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper. “It’s a scam trying to take advantage of a terrible situation,” John Iannarelli, a former FBI agent-in-charge for Phoenix, tells “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” #Crime #NancyGuthrie #TMZ Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.