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Short Assignment 1

We can get news from different websites and I like to read news from all over the world not just New York The Guardian is a good source to check what happening from murders to trump hush money to the pastor not being holy and much more …

05-06-24

This article summarizes that Jeremy Skibicki, charged with four counts of first-degree murder, is believed to have left the bodies of at least two victims in a landfill. In this case, he is not a criminal but a person with a mental disorder. “In recent decades, at least 4,000 Indigenous women and girls have been murdered – or simply vanished” (Cecco). This shows how police don’t want to investigate or are incapable of meaningful investigation &’ and crimes against indigenous women are not taken seriously by police and the public.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/canada-serial-killer-indigenous-women-landfill

05-07-24

This article talks about Donald Trump’s hush money, Donald Trump’s criminal trial entered a new stage on Tuesday with testimony from Stormy Daniels, an adult film star at the center of his hush-money scandal, who told jurors that they had a sexual liaison in 2006 that left her nervous and ashamed.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/07/trump-trial-judge-day-13

05-08-24

The article is about Red Harris and Jovanna Gardner allegedly involved in the murder of a person cooperating in an inquiry into over 100 staged truck accidents. The 54-year-old Garrison, as part of that investigation, had been accused of causing more than 50 of the crashes in question in exchange for $150,000. And he was cooperating with authorities as they were ultimately targeting attorneys and doctors who they say scored millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains through meritless lawsuits and unnecessary surgeries.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/new-orleans-murder-insurance-scheme-staged-truck-accidents

05-09-24

This summarizes how Hecker avoided being publicly exposed as a predator for nearly two decades. He was also able to collect tens of thousands of dollars in assistance from the second-oldest US archdiocese before at last facing a meaningful consequence: a grand jury indictment in September of last year that charged him with child rape, kidnapping, and other crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/may/09/new-orleans-catholic-church-abuse

05-10-24

Marianne “Mair” Smyth is a US-born woman who disguised herself as an heiress to a $30m fortune while scamming nearly $100,000 from a television producer. She was convicted of grand theft by pretense and given a five-year prison sentence in 2019. But she was freed in December 2020, less than two years later, when California prison officials released thousands of non-violent offenders from custody early to limit the spread of COVID-19 at the time.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/queen-of-the-con-extradited

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