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Nick Reiner arraignment postponed to February after lawyer withdraws from case

7 janvier 2026 à 19:34

Son of director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner will now be represented by public defender in murder case

The arraignment of Nick Reiner, who faces two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, was delayed on Wednesday after his attorney asked to be replaced.

Judge Theresa McGonigle agreed to postpone the proceedings until February in response to a request from attorney Alan Jackson to withdraw from the case. The judge assigned a public defender to represent Nick Reiner, who had been expected to be arraigned and enter a plea in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday.

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© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

‘Dirty’ and ‘infested with drugs’: the New York jail holding Maduro and Mangione

7 janvier 2026 à 15:00

High-profile names have been housed in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan detention center, which is said to be unsafe and inhumane

After US military forces seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas during a controversial pre-dawn raid, they were ultimately spirited to one of this country’s most infamous jails: the Metropolitan detention center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York.

The deposed Venezuelan president and Flores will almost certainly reside in the MDC until their federal trial on drugs and weapons charge – inducting them into a notorious group that counts Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell, Sam Bankman-Fried and Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” as either current or former members.

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© Photograph: Getty Images

© Photograph: Getty Images

Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Soviet Union and Russia, dies aged 84

7 janvier 2026 à 02:20

In damaging intelligence breach, Ames admitted to passing information to Moscow for nearly a decade

Aldrich Ames, the CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in US history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84. His death on Monday was confirmed by the Bureau of Prisons.

Ames is best known as an ex-CIA agent who spied on the US on behalf of the Soviet Union. Ames, along with his wife, Rosario Ames, was arrested in February 1994 and pleaded guilty without a trial to espionage and tax evasion. Aldrich was charged with espionage, and his wife with aiding and abetting his activities.

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© Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP

© Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP

© Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP

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