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Appeasing right, top Republican orders Biden impeachment inquiry
Appeasing right, top Republican orders Biden impeachment inquiry
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, bowing to pressure from his party's hard right, authorized the launch on Tuesday of an impeachment investigation...
2023-09-13 04:21
Late 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek's wife Jean Trebek launches Cancer fund in his name, raises $1M for research
Late 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek's wife Jean Trebek launches Cancer fund in his name, raises $1M for research
The game show host himself had a battle with pancreatic cancer which took his life back in 2020
2023-11-02 16:45
China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report
China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report
China's booming electric vehicle industry is fuelling a lithium rush in the Tibetan plateau that risks damaging the troubled region's fragile ecology and deepening rights...
2023-11-01 11:20
Analysis-Why the SEC might win its latest battle with Elon Musk
Analysis-Why the SEC might win its latest battle with Elon Musk
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken Elon Musk to court again,
2023-10-09 20:21
How DNA and an old glove helped police catch accused Boston serial rapist
How DNA and an old glove helped police catch accused Boston serial rapist
Police say they were able to identify a suspect in a series of two-decade old rape cases out of Boston using new advances in DNA technology, eventually arresting New Jersey attorney Matthew Nilo and charging him with a variety of crimes. Here’s everything we know. The crimes Between 2007 and 2008, police investigated a series of four different sex crimes that occured involving women in downtown Boston. The victims described being threatened or tricked by a male assailant. One woman said she encountered a man in 2007 she thought she knew who offered to give her a ride as she looked for her car. The man evetually told her to “shut up,” threatened to kill her, said he had a weapon, and raped her near a Boston railyard. The second of the four attacks occured in late 2007, as a woman was leaving a State Street bar following a high school reunion. She allegedly got into a man’s car, thinking it was a taxi, and gave an address of an ATM near her appartment. The driver flashed a knife at the woman and later raped her near Terminal Street. The third incident under scrutiny by police came in August of 2008, when a man allegedly approached a woman on Boston Common and promised her money if she went to the Charlestown area with him, later allegedly holding a gun to her back and raping her. A final attack occured in December of 2008, when a 44-year-old jogger was sexually assaulted, before repelling her assailant by poking him in the eye. Police conducted rape examanations of the first three women and established a DNA profile of the attacker, but didn’t find any matches in CODIS, a law enforcement DNA database. The investigation Last year, police in Boston got a new break in the case. Using a $2.5m grant from the federal Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, they began re-examing the 2000s rape cases as part of an effort to review unsolved sexual crimes, and used new DNA techniques to advance the investigation. Using DNA taken from the original sexual assault examinations, they searched for potential suspects using DNA information submitted by family members to commercial ancestry databses GEDMatch and Family Tree DNA, eventually landing on Mr Nilo as a person of interest. Such tecniques are known as forensic investigative genetic genealogy. FBI agents surveilling the attorney saw him handle a glass and silverware at a corporate event and were able to collect a DNA sample, according to police. The DNA on the sample allegedly matched both the evidence found in the rape kits and on a sample taken from the glove one of the women used to fend off the alleged rapist. Boston Police and FBI agents arrested Mr Nilo in the lobby of a luxury building in Weehawken last week, allegedly telling him “a large package had been delivered to him that did not fit in the ... lockers where the residents pick up packages,” according to prosecutors. The suspect Prosecutors argued during an arraignment on Monday the forensic evidence was a match, with the DNA present on the glove 314 times more likely to belong to Mr Nilo than any other male. Mr Nilo, at attorney who lives in Weehawken, New Jersey, previously worked at the cyber firm Cowbell Cyber in Manhattan. The company told The Daily Mail it has suspended the attorney. “Matthew Nilo was an employee of Cowbell and was hired in January, 2023 after passing our background check,” the company said. “Mr. Nilo’s employment at Cowbell has been suspended pending further investigation.” He attended the University of Wisconsin and got a law degree at the University of San Francisco, according to court records. The rapes allegedly occured when he was home from college on breaks. Mr Nilo’s fiancée, Laura Griffin, 37, has appeared at multiple court proceedings following the attorney’s arrest. She reportedly clutched a set of rosary beads during Mr Nilo’s arraignment. The charges On Monday, Mr Nilo was charged with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, and other charges. He could face up to life in prison if gound guilty. His bail has been set at $500,000, and the attorney will be subject to GPS monitoring if he is freed from jail pre-trial. Mr Nilo pleaded not guilty. “I do understand that the procedures used by law enforcement are somewhat suspect,” his attorney Joseph Cataldo told The Associated Press outside court on Monday. “It seems that they obtained DNA evidence without ever obtaining a search warrant. If that turns out to be true, that’s an issue that will be pursued vigorously.” Read More Detectives used DNA from water glass in investigation of attorney accused of rapes in Boston Fiancee of attorney linked to three rapes through genetic genealogy stands by him in court Pensioner on trial accused of murdering young woman in 1974
2023-06-07 06:29
EU leaders to assess Putin's position in talks with NATO and Ukraine chiefs at summit
EU leaders to assess Putin's position in talks with NATO and Ukraine chiefs at summit
All eyes are on NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the European Union summit
2023-06-29 19:29
Why was Mia Tyler in Maui? 'Rush Hour 3' star opens up about experiencing devastating wildfires
Why was Mia Tyler in Maui? 'Rush Hour 3' star opens up about experiencing devastating wildfires
After successfully booking a flight from Maui, Mia Tyler and her son Axton Tyler, 6, reached home safely on August 11
2023-08-13 19:59
Democratic US Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland says he will not seek reelection in 2024
Democratic US Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland says he will not seek reelection in 2024
Democratic U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland will not seek reelection in 2024, choosing to depart his seat after 18 years
2023-10-27 06:17
Capitol rioter linked to Proud Boys gets 5 years in prison for pepper-spraying police
Capitol rioter linked to Proud Boys gets 5 years in prison for pepper-spraying police
A Florida man prosecutors say is affiliated with the Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray as they tried to defend the U.S. Capitol
2023-07-08 03:58
'GMA’ Sam Champion asks fans to not ‘be afraid’ in throwback ‘DWTS’ snap, they reply, ‘Needed that today’
'GMA’ Sam Champion asks fans to not ‘be afraid’ in throwback ‘DWTS’ snap, they reply, ‘Needed that today’
Sam elucidated the learnings from participating in the reality show and urged his fans to take 'challenges' as an opportunity
2023-08-09 14:51
Carbon-Capture Firm Deep Sky Gets $55 Million of New Capital
Carbon-Capture Firm Deep Sky Gets $55 Million of New Capital
A Canadian startup raised $55 million from venture capital firms and governments to begin a carbon-capture plant in
2023-11-17 02:59
Why is Alabama using nitrogen hypoxia to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith? Death row inmate will be the first to be executed by this method in US
Why is Alabama using nitrogen hypoxia to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith? Death row inmate will be the first to be executed by this method in US
Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted of killing a preacher’s wife in 1988, said he prefers this method over lethal injection
2023-08-27 01:55