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Federal appeals court upholds life term for Times Square suicide bomber but overturns top count

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NEW YORK — A Bangladeshi immigrant is rightly serving a life prison sentence for a fizzled 2017 subway bombing attack beneath New York City’s Times Square, a federal appeals panel said Tuesday while reversing his conviction for providing material support to the Islamic State extremist group. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Akayed … Read more

Alleged Capitol Hill pipe bomber argues charges should be tossed out under Trump pardons

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A man who was accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack in 2021 is asking a judge to dismiss the criminal charges against him, arguing he is covered by President Trump’s sweeping pardons of alleged Jan. 6 rioters. Monday’s … Read more