Peter Schaktman arrest
Peter Schaktman, 66, a rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Utica, New York, was among eight people arrested during a New York State Police investigation. Schaktman was charged with second-degree ...
Peter Schaktman, 66, a rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Utica, New York, was among eight people arrested during a New York State Police investigation. Schaktman was charged with second-degree ...
Israeli authorities have investigated and prosecuted international human trafficking networks involving the recruitment of women from Brazil for sexual exploitation in Israel. Reported ca...
A 68-year-old man from Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the community's church on August 24, 2026, according to the Royal C...
Israeli police arrested Rabbi Yosef Shoveli on May 7, 2026, following a covert investigation into allegations of serious sexual offenses. Authorities stated that the investigation began a...
Rabbi and counselor Shaya Lunger was released on bond on April 21, 2026, following a second arrest connected to separate allegations involving two teenage girls. Authorities stated that t...
A Palestinian farmer was shot and killed by Israeli settlers on his family’s land in the West Bank on April 5, 2026, according to reports from local sources. The incident occurred in the ...
French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri filed a complaint in France on April 3, 2026, requesting a war crimes investigation into an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Beirut in November...
Federal authorities arrested 26-year-old Alexander Heifler in March 2026 over an alleged plot to carry out a violent attack against New York-based Palestinian-American activist Nerdeen Ki...
Joseph Duggar was arrested on March 21, 2026, following allegations of sexual misconduct, according to law enforcement officials in Arkansas. The arrest stems from claims made by authorit...
On March 19, 2026, an 18‑month‑old Palestinian toddler was reportedly returned to his family in Gaza with injuries following detention by Israeli forces during a security operation near t...
Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, called on the Canadian government to implement significant changes in its approach to antisemitism during remarks made in March 2026. The comment...
As of March 10, 2026, Israel has launched a severe air campaign and a ground incursion into southern Lebanon following retaliatory attacks by Hezbollah. The escalation comes after tension...
A banner displaying the message "war crimes dont hide sex crimes" was placed on a pedestrian bridge over a highway in March 2026. The sign was attached to the railing of the overpass, mak...
Dozens of Lebanese civilians have been killed as Israeli forces conduct operations in southern Lebanon searching for a navigator who has been missing for 40 years. The military action rep...
Louisiana mayor convicted in juvenile misconduct case On March 3, 2026, a jury in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana found former DeRidder mayor Misty Roberts guilty on felony charges related ...
A former North Dakota state senator was sentenced in March 2026 to 10 years of imprisonment for traveling to Prague, Czech Republic, to engage in commercial sexual activity with minors, a...
Strike on Girls’ Elementary School in Southern Iran During US‑Israel Military Action On February 28, 2026, during a coordinated series of military strikes on Iran by the United States an...
On February 27, 2026, the United States Department of Justice briefly removed a photograph from its publicly released Epstein files that appeared to show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...
Nurul Amin Shah Alam, A Blind Refugee, Found Dead In Buffalo Authorities in Buffalo reported the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 42-year-old blind refugee originally from Bangladesh. He...
The birthplace of John the Baptist in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, was vandalized by extremist settlers, authorities and local sources reported. Settler extremists spray-painted messages in Heb...
Robert “Bobby” Edwards, founder of :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}, has been arrested on charges related to the receipt of explicit images involving children, according to law enfor...
A court has sentenced the founder of a local pride advocacy group to a term of imprisonment following a conviction for the rape of a 12-year-old boy. The conviction was delivered after a...
Estimated numbers and percentages of interracial homicides where Black victims were killed by White offenders, and White victims were killed by Black offenders: 2020: Black kil...
British Couple Beheaded After Hosting Refugee On February 23, 2026, authorities in the United Kingdom confirmed that a married British couple was found deceased in their home after alleg...
DeCarlos Brown Jr. Released Before Murder of Iryna Zarutska DeCarlos Brown Jr., a 27-year-old man with a criminal record including 14 prior offenses, was released from prison in February...
Marc Donald Soucy, 59, of Cary, North Carolina, a fire engineer with the Cary Fire Department, was charged on February 18, 2026, with two counts of second‑degree sexual exploitation of a ...
Palestinian-american teenager murdered by israeli settlers in west bank On February 18, 2026, a 17-year-old Palestinian-American teenager was shot and killed by Israeli settlers near the...
A Sydney man named Brandan Koschel was sentenced to one year in jail on February 18, 2026, after pleading guilty to publicly inciting hatred on the grounds of race for delivering an antis...
Israeli Soldier Charged With Looting In Gaza War On February 18, 2026 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that only one Israeli soldier has been formally charged with looting durin...
Former Norwegian Prime Minister and former Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalized on February 17, 2026, following reports of an apparent suicide att...
On February 16, 2026, hotel magnate Thomas Pritzker announced he will retire as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, effective immediately, after details of his affiliation wit...
Fox News viewers revolt after jokes about Epstein on “The Five” On February 14–15, 2026, co-hosts of the U.S. cable news show “The Five” on Fox News made jokes about Jeffrey Epstein duri...
On May 25, 1993, domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, mailed an explosive device to David Gelemster, a historical act that contributed to his nationwide bombing ...
On February 12, 2026, newly released U.S. Department of Justice documents revealed that Dr. Mehmet Oz — administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Trump admini...
On February 12, 2026, Norwegian police searched properties belonging to former prime minister and Council of Europe secretary‑general :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} as part of a co...
Bill Gates’ influence in global health, food supply, and population programs Bill Gates, co‑founder of Microsoft and a private philanthropist, has been a major funder of global...
Netanyahu joins Board of Peace ahead of Trump meeting in Washington On February 11, 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel had formally joined the “Board o...
On February 11, 2026, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee during a contentious oversight hearing focused on the Department of Justice’s ...
On February 10, 2026, former cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman‑Fried filed a legal motion seeking a new trial in his long‑running fraud case tied to the collapse of the cryptocurrency ...
Ori Solomon released ahead of trial in Las Vegas illegal biolab case Ori Solomon, 55, has been identified as the property manager of a Las Vegas residence where authorities unc...
Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon kills child Ali Hassan Jaber and his father On February 9, 2026, an Israeli drone strike in the town of Yanouh in southern Lebanon kill...
On February 6, 2026, authorities in Jefferson County, Florida, arrested Keagan Bohlinger, a former Monticello police officer, on multiple counts of possession of child pornography. The Je...
Former Salt Lake City Fire Department battalion chief Kelly J. Carter arrested on child sexual exploitation charges On February 6, 2026, Kelly Jay Carter, a 51‑year‑old retired...
Elon Musk Emails Jeffrey Epstein About Visiting Private Island In publicly released emails from November 2012, Elon Musk corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein regarding a potential visit to ...
International Criminal Court faces funding constraints amid expanded caseload On February 24, 2026, the International Criminal Court (ICC) reported that it is facing significan...
Argentina freezes archives linked to 1970s military junta In early February 2026, Argentina’s Ministry of Justice confirmed that access to a collection of state archives relate...
On February 5, 2026, Italian prosecutors in Milan confirmed they are investigating allegations that some individuals paid to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo during the siege of the Bosnian...
Former Israeli soldier Adi Karni becomes subject of U.S. war crimes complaint On February 4, 2026, the Hind Rajab Foundation, a Brussels-based human rights organization, filed ...
Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Kill Dozens Amid Fragile Ceasefire On February 4, 2026, health officials in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed ...
Melinda French Gates says Bill Gates must answer questions about Epstein files On February 3, 2026, philanthropist Melinda French Gates addressed newly released documents tied to the Jef...
Israeli aircraft disperse unidentified substances over southern Lebanon Israeli aircraft disperse unidentified substances over southern Lebanon Betwe...
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IDF Blocks Palestinian Bedouins From Rebuilding Homes Burned By Settlers In early February 2026 the Israel Defense Forces issued orders preventing Palestinian Bedouin residents of the We...
French Judges Issue Arrest Warrants for French-Israeli Activists Over Complicity in Genocide French investigating judges in Paris have issued warrants for two French-Israeli na...
Social media posts have circulated claiming that former members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), or active IDF personnel, are employed by or working with U.S. Immigration and Customs E...
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Trump Sues IRS Over Tax Return Leak by Former Contractor Charles Littlejohn Donald Trump, his adult sons, and the Trump Organization filed a federal lawsuit against the Interna...
Humanitarian Reports Highlight Critical Conditions of Children in Palestine Humanitarian organisations and United Nations agencies have reported that many children in Palestini...
Israel accused of using ‘skunk water’ as crowd control in Palestinian territories On January 30, 2026, human rights groups and Palestinian authorities accused Israel of using a...
Conviction Of Itai Levi On Charges Of Child Sexual Abuse On January 29, 2026, the Central District Court in Israel convicted **Itai Levi**, an executive and former chief execut...
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain under heavy strain as violence persists despite a ceasefire agreement. Health and aid officials report continued hostilities, restrictions on aid acc...
Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have continued despite a nominal ceasefire agreed in October 2025, with renewed airstrikes and clashes reported. Humanitarian sources indicat...
Former private equity executive David Gentile will no longer be required to pay $15.5 million in restitution after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence in late November 2025. Gent...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a substantial number of pardons and sentence commutations since January 15, 2026, with many targeting individuals convicted of white-collar c...
The film The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Oscars. The do...
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the northern city of Sakhnin against a wave of violent crime, extortion and perceived police inaction. The protest comes amid a general strike ...
Thai authorities arrested an Israeli national in Krabi province on suspicion of operating an illegal cannabis farm. The raid took place on January 21, 2026, after a more than two‑month in...
A district court in central Israel convicted a 22-year-old Israel Defense Forces reservist of dozens of sexual offenses in what prosecutors described as an unprecedented large-scale onlin...
On January 20, 2026, a man previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021 United States Capitol attack was re-arrested on a federal weapons charge in Fl...
On January 15, 2026, President Donald Trump commuted the remaining federal prison sentence of James Phillip Womack, the adult son of U.S. Representative Steve Womack of Arkansas. The comm...
On November 12, 2025, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Jonathan Braun to **27 months in prison** after he committed several offenses following a previous sentence commutation by form...
Patrick Leonard, 23, and Lannee Ksigwa, 19, were sentenced to prison following convictions for the rape of a 12-year-old girl, authorities reported. The trial took place at Bradford Crow...
Since January 5, 2026, large wildfires have burned thousands of hectares in the Argentine Patagonia region, mainly in Chubut Province. Local authorities and firefighting officials reporte...
Eric Gurvis, a former rabbi who previously served at Temple Shalom in Newton, Massachusetts, was arrested in December 2025 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as part of a law enforcement sting...
In December 2025, Andrew Clark, a father, was fatally attacked at a Sainsbury's supermarket in Beckenham, southeast London. The incident occurred after Clark confronted another man who wa...
Israel’s actions against ICC officials exposed after years of surveillance and cyber operations On November 28, 2025, reports revealed that Israel conducted a sustained campaig...
Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the former Military Advocate General of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was arrested following the leak of a video showing alleged abuse of a Palestinia...
Israeli sexual crime statistics in 2024 and report findings In 2023 the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCCI) received 17,484 new complaints of sexual offences, including ...
Miami Beach police arrested Christopher Martinez on October 7, 2025, after authorities said he pointed an object resembling a handgun at a rabbi outside a Jewish synagogue near 12th Stree...
Dovid Akiva Shenkman, a former Chicago resident, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving possession and transportation of child pornography and was sentenced in September 2025 to near...
Ted Cruz says “let’s stop attacking pedophiles” On September 30, 2025, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas made a remark that ...
Rabbi Levi Cash was arrested in Delray Beach, Florida, on September 22, 2025, following an undercover law enforcement operation involving allegations of attempted unlawful contact with a ...
Haim Yosef David Abergel is an Israeli rabbi from Netivot, Israel, and the son of Rabbi Yoram Abergel. He is associated with Haredi religious communities and has been involved in educatio...
On August 16, 2025, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, an Israeli cybersecurity official and senior executive at the Israel National Cyber Directorate, was arrested in Henderson, Nevada, as part o...
Brandon Keith Riley‑Mitchell, a 39‑year‑old Pennsylvania resident who is a Tier 1 registered sex offender, became a legal parent of an infant boy through a surrogacy arrangement in 2024, ...
US warns ICC member states against proceedings targeting Israel On July 10, 2025, the United States government issued warnings to member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC),...
A rabbi in northeast Miami-Dade County faced a robbery charge following a confrontation with a county water meter reader outside his synagogue, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Offic...
Allentown Noose Incident Allegedly Planted by City Worker (USA, 2025) In June 2025, a female city employee in Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported discovering a noose hanging at h...
In June 2025, a sweeping law enforcement initiative across Texas known as Operation Soteria Shield led to the rescue of 109 children and the arrest of 244 individuals suspected of involve...
An Israeli woman has been arrested after police alleged she hid the death of her 93-year-old mother in order to continue receiving financial benefits. Authorities say the elderly woman, a...
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Philip Esformes Arrested Again After Trump Clemency Miami, Florida — Philip Esformes, the Miami-based nursing home executive whose 20-year federal prison sentence for health care f...
Coordinated pager explosions in Lebanon attributed to Israeli intelligence On September 17, 2024, thousands of handheld pagers used by members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbo...
Pavel Durov Arrested By French Authorities Over Platform Allegations On August 24, 2024, French police arrested **Pavel Durov**, the Russian‑born co‑founder and CEO of the Tele...
Federal authorities in the United States sentenced three senior leaders of the Lev Tahor sect to lengthy prison terms following convictions for kidnapping and child sexual exploitation of...
On June 20, 2024, animator Kyle Carrozza, known for creating the Cartoon Network animated series “Mighty Magiswords,” was arrested in Burbank, California on two counts of possession of ch...
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On September 3, 2023, a 20-year-old British tourist reported to Cypriot authorities that she was sexually assaulted during a party in the resort town of Ayia Napa, Cyprus. She alleged tha...
João Teixeira de Faria, a Brazilian self-described spiritual healer also known as “John of God,” received an additional 99-year prison sentence in July 2023 after being found guilty of mu...
Stephen Weiss is an American rabbi who served as senior rabbi at B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike, Ohio, United States. He had been affiliated with the congregation since 2001 a...
In late 2022, Iraqi authorities intensified investigations into one of the country's largest alleged corruption cases, involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from tax authorit...
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A French schoolgirl later admitted that she had falsely claimed that her teacher, Samuel Paty, was Islamophobic. She said she had not been present in the classroom during the lesson in qu...
Eliezer Berland is an Israeli ultra-Orthodox rabbi and leader of the Shuvu Bonim sect. He was previously convicted in Israel of sexual offenses in a separate case and served a prison sent...
In January 2020, a man described by Israeli authorities as a rabbi in his 60s was arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of running a closed religious community in which dozens of women and c...
Winnipeg Kosher Café Hoax: Fabricated Hate Crimes in 2019 In October and November 2019, several incidents were reported at The Leafy Greens Café, a kosher vegan restaurant in W...
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