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Prosecutors Charge Four for Booking Hotel Rooms Reserved for COVID Patients

Even in a pandemic, scams don't go away

Former Celtic Glen Davis controls a rebound during the 2011 NBA playoffs

18 Ex-NBA Players Charged in $4M Healthcare Fraud Plot

San Francisco police circulated this composite of the Bay Area's "Zodiac" killer, who has now seemingly been identified

A Cold Case Team Says They've Finally Identified the Zodiac Killer

Director Clint Eastwood in a suit and tie looking off to his right

Clint Eastwood Successfully Sues Lithuanian CBD Company for $6.1M

Pirate ship

Have Laws Designed to Stop Pirates Kept Up With the Times?

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Katmai National Park

Approaching the Bears in Katmai National Park Could Land You in Prison

Besides the obvious reason for not approaching bears

Vinland map

Yale's Controversial Vinland Map Conclusively Revealed as a Forgery

It's old, yes — just not that old

Robert Durst

Did HBO’s “The Jinx” Get Robert Durst Convicted of Murder?

His case is stranger than most

Robert Durst in 2016

Robert Durst Found Guilty in 2000 Murder of Susan Berman

He'll be sentenced in October

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Al Capone's Miami estate as pictured in a black and white photo from March 1938. The house now faces demolition.

Architecture & Real Estate

Demolition Looms for Al Capone's Miami Beach Home

Al Capone and attorney William F. Waugh

Can An Auction Change the Public View of Al Capone?

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Inside the Strange World of Whiskey Scams

Janette Fennell, founder of Trunk Releases Urgently Needed Coalition (TRUNC), standing outside of an opened car trunk. Her kidnapping led to the creation of the emergency trunk release.

The Dark Backstory Behind Your Car’s Emergency Trunk Release

Yayoi Kusama sculpture

Angela Gulbenkian Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Art World Scam

Bitcoin

Crypto Heist Season Continues With Theft of $97 Million From Japanese Exchange

Paintbrushes

Art Forger Sells Over $1 Million in Paintings, Pleads Guilty

Perfume bottle

Inside the Strange History of Stealing Perfume

two men stand on golf course, one checking his watch, the other looking at his phone. Some lady robbers have been stealing Rolexes from golfers recently.

I Would Like to Join This Band of Lady Robbers Stealing Rolexes From Old Rich Men

Harvey Weinstein

In LA, Harvey Weinstein's Lawyers Request Sealing of Grand Jury Documents

Water

As California Drought Intensifies, So Does Water Theft

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British Police Make Arrests Over Racist Abuse of Black Soccer Players

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