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Nick Reiner Was in a Mental Health Conservatorship in 2020

Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, was under a yearlong legal arrangement that allows for involuntary psychiatric treatment.

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Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The mental health challenges he faced in recent years are likely to be central to his legal defense.
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Italian Court Closes Fraud Case Against Influencer Chiara Ferragni

A judge dropped the case against Ms. Ferragni, who had been embroiled in a scandal over sales of a limited edition Christmas cake marketed as supporting cancer treatment.

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Chiara Ferragni arriving at the Milan Courthouse on Wednesday. A judge dismissed the fraud case against the influencer, but prosecutors could still consider an appeal.
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None of Mamdani’s Deputy Mayors Are Black. It Has Become a Problem.

Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday announced Afua Atta-Mensah, who led his campaign outreach to Black voters, as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice.
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Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65

In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.

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Hartung during his floor exercise at the 1984 Games. The American men’s team victory was so surprising that the team’s coach compared it to the United States hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” victory at the Winter Olympics four years earlier.
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Alexander Brothers Accuser Was Found Dead Last Year, Authorities Say

The death of Kate Whiteman, whose accusation of sexual assault against Oren and Alon Alexander opened a floodgate of similar allegations, is under investigation.

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Alon Alexander, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, in court in December 2024. Kate Whiteman accused them of sexually assaulting her in 2012.
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Big Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability

Six months after President Trump told Wall Street banks to prepare a swift stock offering, there is no firm plan for how to take the giant mortgage firms public.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the federal government during the 2008 financial crisis, but their status after a planned I.P.O. remains unclear.
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