‘TIP OF ICEBERG’
A lawyer for the family of a student who died by suicide says the elite private school in New York has long operated under a veil of secrecy.
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
Read’s plight not only fissured the town of Canton, the Boston police force, and a rabid community of sleuths and supporters. Jurors couldn’t reach a consensus either.
PUMP THE BRAKES
The case has opened up fissures between two sets of Sandy Hook families who are owed $1.4 billion by Jones stemming from two separate lawsuits.
‘NOT A SMALL NUMBER’
A transcript of the harrowing 2005 call with Cindy Clemishire was reportedly discovered on former Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris’ laptop.
TAKIN’ US FOR A RIDE
The ex-president’s lawyers tried a new tactic to have his classified documents case tossed: complaining that Melania and Barron’s rooms were raided.
DELIBERATION TIME
A Massachusetts jury began deliberating on Tuesday in a murder case riddled with conspiracy theories that has divided a Boston suburb.
‘SERIOUS CRIMES’
The president’s son was found guilty earlier this month of lying on a 2018 gun application when asked about abusing drugs.
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‘SHARKS FREAK ME OUT’
The pro surfer and “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor, who had posted online about sharks, often said “he felt their presence,” one friend told The Daily Beast.
ATTORNEY TO THE STARS
“In addition to being my lawyer, he was my confidant, my friend, and my psychiatrist,” former New York “it” girl Lizzie Grubman once said.
‘OPENING A CAN OF WHOOP ASS’
Alex Murdaugh’s only surviving son has never been charged. But a fight to clear his name may finally yield answers in an unsolved murder.