The release of newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein–related files has set off a fast-moving, multinational chain of legal and institutional responses, as prosecutors, governments, media organizations and law firms take action against individuals named or linked in the documents. What is emerging is a widening chronology of accountability efforts that now spans several jurisdictions and legal…
Melinda French Gates has weighed in on the renewed legal and public scrutiny surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files, saying repeated references to her former husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, raise unresolved questions that must be addressed by those involved, while underscoring her profound sympathy for Epstein’s alleged victims. Speaking in an interview on Wild Card…
Authorities in Seattle have intensified their search for a suspect accused of assaulting and robbing an 88-year-old woman in what police describe as one of the city’s most disturbing home-invasion cases in recent months. The attack left the victim, Emma Cotton, without a finger and with multiple injuries. Cotton was assaulted in mid-October at her…
A 3-year-old Indianapolis girl is in critical condition after prosecutors say her father and his girlfriend subjected her to repeated abuse, leaving her with a brain bleed and catastrophic injuries. According to court records, police were called to a home on August 7 after reports that the child had “fallen” and was unresponsive. Officers found…