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‘Chimp Crazy’ Star Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison for Lying About Ape’s Death

Par :Neil Vigdor
Prosecutors said that Tonia Haddix perjured herself to avoid giving up custody of Tonka, who had appeared in the movies ‘George of the Jungle’ and ‘Buddy.’
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A City in Kansas Is Suing Over a Planned ICE Detention Center

Par :Mitch Smith
Leavenworth, Kan., was forged by the corrections industry, but residents are divided over plans for a privately operated immigration detention site in town.

© David Robert Elliott for The New York Times

Leavenworth, Kan., has long been known for its corrections facilities, including an imposing federal penitentiary.
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Iran Is Holding at Least 4 US Citizens, Rights Groups and Families Say

Par :Farnaz Fassihi
Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

An anti-American mural in Tehran this spring.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein Associate, Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas

Par :Alan Feuer
The longtime Epstein associate, now serving a 20-year sentence, was relocated from a federal prison in Florida about a week after being interviewed by a Justice Department official.

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The federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved.
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How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer

Par :Hamed Aleaziz · Julie Turkewitz and José Bautista
The decision to free an American convicted of murder in a prisoner swap with Venezuela threatened to undercut President Trump’s claims of keeping the worst of the worst out of the United States.

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Michael Kozak, a senior State Department diplomat, wondered in an email exchange whether, having obtained the freedom of Dahud Hanid Ortiz, a U.S. Army veteran convicted of murdering three people in Madrid in 2016, the U.S. government might extradite him to Spain.
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Illinois Man Convicted in Killing of Palestinian American Boy Dies in Custody

Par :Chris Hippensteel
Joseph Czuba, who was convicted of killing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi in 2023, died two months after a judge sentenced him to 53 years in prison. He was 73.

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Joseph Czuba entering the courtroom for his arraignment in the killing of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, in Joliet, Ill., in 2023.
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States Look to Europe to Improve U.S. Prison Conditions

Par :Shaila Dewan and Lena Mucha For The New York Times
States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates.

© Lena Mucha for The New York Times

At Tegel Prison in Berlin, maximum-security prisoners have many of the same freedoms as minimum-security prisoners in the United States.
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Photo Shows Murderer Returning to U.S. in Trump Prisoner Swap With Venezuela

Par :Eric Nagourney
President Trump has vowed to expel criminals, but a photo of a convicted killer being brought to the U.S. in a prisoner swap sends another message.

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A photo released by the State Department of newly freed prisoners en route to the U.S. Dahud Hanid Ortiz is shown circled. The man flashing his three fingers is a Peruvian man with U.S. resident status. The symbol was used by detainees to show they were hostages, according to two former prisoners.
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Venezuelan Migrant Takes First Step Toward Suing the U.S. Over Detention in El Salvador

Par :Jazmine Ulloa
Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, who was held in a prison in El Salvador, filed a claim Thursday against Homeland Security, accusing it of wrongful detention.

© Fred Ramos for The New York Times

Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel was held for four months at the Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, in El Salvador.
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American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison

Par :Julie Turkewitz · José Bautista and Frances Robles
The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. One of the rescued men, Dahud Hanid Ortiz, killed three people, according to court documents.

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A photo released on social media by the State Department shows some of the 10 freed Americans who had been detained in Venezuela as they returned to the United States this month. Dahud Hanid Ortiz is at center right, holding a small flag.
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