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Yale Grad, CNN War Reporter Held Hostage In Sudan By Warlord For Days
Clarissa Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent and 2002 Yale University graduate, released a story on Wednesday, Oct. 23 detailing her capture by a Sudanese warlord who held her and her crew hostage for days.
In a post on CNN, Ward details how she was on her way to Tawila, a town in Darfur, earlier this month to report on the ongoing humanitarian crisis. But as they arrived, she and her crew weren't welcomed by their host but confronted by heavily armed militia members, who believed they were spies.
Two weeks ago, our team was held captive by a militia in Darfur. As a…
Nigerian Man Named 'Godspower' Stole $1.89 Mil From Pennsylvania Women: Usdoj
A Nigerian man has been sentenced after being found guilty of laundering $1.89 million in a mail and wire fraud scheme that targeted Pennsylvania women, according to a release by the US Department of Justice.
Jabin Godspower Okpako, 36, and his wife, Christine Bradley Okpako, 54, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, used three bank accounts in Nigeria to transfer funds out of the United States, prosecutors say according to the release.
The couple targeted women, ranging in age from 55 to 85, using Instagram, Facebook, Words with Friends, and What’s App, according to the release.
After cultivating onlin…
Bob Bogen Of Mount Kisco Was Local Organizer Of Civil Rights Rallies From 1960s To Recent Years
Bob K. Bogen, a longtime resident of Mount Kisco, died from pancreatic cancer on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. He was 89.
Born into a prominent Jewish family in Cincinnati, OH and raised in Arcadia, CA, he converted to Quakerism at age 21 and was a member of the Chappaqua Friends Meeting in Chappaqua, serving in many roles including clerk of the Meeting.
As the son of a noted civil liberties attorney and grandson of an even more prominent social worker and war-relief leader, he put his deeply held beliefs into action as a local organizer of civil rights rallies, anti-war protests and peace vigi…
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Former Rye Mayor John Carey, Judge In 'Fatal Attraction' Murder Trial, Dies
John Carey, the former mayor of Rye and longtime judge who presided over the “Fatal Attraction” murder case, died this week, on Monday, Oct. 7, at the age of 95.
Carey began his tenure as a public servant in Rye in 1964 when he was elected to the City Council. A decade later, he took over as Rye’s first Democratic mayor in 1974, serving two terms until 1982.
Carey was also a widely respected scholar of international human rights law. He authored dozens of academic articles and two books, including “UN Protection of Civil and Political Rights”. He also founded United Nations Law Reports…