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The FBI agents who arrested Ghislaine Maxwell last week almost blew their cover when they lied to a neighbor who complained about noise from spy planes buzzing overheard, according to a report. A local told the UK’s Mirror that aircraft had been circling over the disgraced British socialite’s 156-acre hideaway in New Hampshire beginning before dawn Thursday. “They were a nuisance. We began calling each other to find out what the noise was about. Finally one snapped and drove down to where the vehicles were lined up,” the resident told the outlet. “He demanded to know who they were and they replied they were from the New England Aerial map society – it was totally fictitious. The problem the FBI had was that the guy is an expert in maps and geology. It’s what he does for a living,” t

President Trump on Sunday said the federal government was “ready, willing and able” to intervene over the surge of shootings in New York City and Chicago. The president, in a tweet, noted the gun violence that erupted over 4th of July weekend in both cities, with nearly 40 people wounded in the Big Apple and 72 in the Windy City, including 13 who died. “Chicago and New York City crime numbers are way up,” he wrote. “Federal Government ready, willing and able to help, if asked!” In New York, between midnight Saturday and 6:30 a.m. Sunday, 39 people were struck by gunfire across every borough except Staten Island, with at least three people killed, police sources told The Post. The July shootings come on the heels of a violent June in the city....

Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to be transferred early this week to the Southern District of New York for her upcoming court appearance, according to a new letter filed by federal prosecutors on Sunday night. Maxwell, 58, is currently at the Merrimack County Jail, a medium-security facility 20 miles from the luxurious home where she was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire. Federal prosecutors consulted with Maxwell’s attorneys and both want the arraignment and bail hearing to take place on Friday, according to the letter addressed to Judge Alison J. Nathan. “The Government has consulted with defense counsel, Christian Everdell, Esq., who has requested that the arraignment, initial appearance, and bail hearing in this matter take place on July 10, 2020,” says the letter. The government

Protesters beheaded a Christopher Columbus statue in Connecticut, tossed another into Baltimore’s harbor and set fire to a “pioneer family” sculpture in Portland, Oregon, over the Fourth of July weekend as clashes over controversial monuments continued to rage across the country. “While we welcome peaceful protests and constructive dialogue on whether and how to put certain monuments in context or move them to museums through a legal process, lawlessness, vandalism and destruction of public property is completely unacceptable,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said in a Facebook post on Sunday after the Columbus statue in Baltimore was committed to the seas. “Baltimore city leaders need to regain control of their own streets and immediately start making them safer,” Hogan wrote. “That is t

Human remains found in a shallow Texas grave last week have been identified as missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, a lawyer for her family said Sunday. The family was informed of the identification by Army officials on Sunday, while in the company of their priest, attorney Natalie Khawam told The Associated Press. Guillen, 20, was last seen April 22 in a parking lot at Fort Hood, where she was based. She was killed and dismembered by fellow soldier Aaron David Robinson, 20, who took his own life last week, federal and military investigators have said. A local civilian, Cecily Aguilar, 22, has been arrested and charged with helping Robinson to mutilate and dispose of the body. The remains were found on Tuesday, about 20 miles east of Fort Hood, during the search for Guillen. I...

Seven white men were arrested for allegedly making Nazi salutes and yelling racial slurs at a black family celebrating Independence Day at an Oregon beach, police said Sunday. The seven, from Clark County, Washington, were part of a larger “highly intoxicated” group harassing the family on the Fourth of July in Lincoln City, police said. Officers were first called to the beach in front of the Inn at Spanish Head Resort Hotel at around 9:30 p.m. for a report of people shooting off illegal fireworks and disturbing others. The group of about 10 surrounded the cops and “began taunting and challenging the officers for seizing illegal fireworks,” police said. Cops then learned that the bigots had also been harassing a family on the beach and officers formed a line ...

A 6-year-old boy was reportedly killed and another person was wounded in a shooting in San Francisco Saturday night. The fatal shooting occurred in the city’s Bayview neighborhood at about 10:45 p.m., the San Francisco Chronicle reported. It’s unclear where the child was shot. He died at a nearby hospital, the newspaper said. The other unidentified shooting victim, a male, was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, police said. More On: san francisco Golden Gate Bridge ‘singing’ sound is now causing residents physiological distress San Francisco to end mug shot release in effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes San Francisco’s failed experiment of homeless hotels is a cautionary tale Man allegedly threatens to shoot family wearing Black Lives Matter sh