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A pillow with a “reddish/brown stain.” A “collection of dark red spotting.” A disposable glove. At least a dozen strands of hair.These are just some of the items that investigators seized from the apartment of 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger, the former doctoral student charged with killing four University of Idaho college students, according to a search warrant released Wednesday.The warrant was served Dec. 30, the same day Kohberger was arrested at his family home in Pennsylvania.Included in the items taken from Kohberger’s apartment in Pullman, Washington, according to the warrant, were a stained mattress cover, a computer tower, various receipts, the…

A reputed Gambino captain was among two dozen people busted in a sprawling, multi-million dollar construction kickback scheme that affected several significant high-rise construction projects in Manhattan, authorities said Wednesday.  Frank Camuso, 59, was busted alongside ringleader Robert Basilice, who as the vice president of a construction management firm illegally steered property developers to subcontractors he was conspiring with, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.  As part of the plot, Basilice gave inside info about competitors’ bids to his co-conspirators and directed subcontractors to raise their offers to an amount that would allow him to pocket a kickback.  A portion…

A source familiar with the near-collision of two airliners on a John F. Kennedy International Airport runway tells CNN that special flashing lights which warn pilots against taxiing across a runway were in fact working. The new development further raises the possibility that human error contributed to the Friday evening incident. The incident involved an American Airlines 777 that improperly crossed an active runway at the busy airport. “S**t!” an air traffic controller called out over the radio, urgently directing a Delta Air Lines 737 to stop its takeoff from the same runway where the American plane rolled across its…

William Sandeson’s first-degree murder retrial heard from a Halifax Regional Police officer on Wednesday who searched a farm in Lower Truro, N.S., as well as his brother’s Halifax apartment and a vehicle linked to Sandeson in 2015. Sandeson, now 30, stands accused in the death of fellow Dalhousie University student Taylor Samson, 22, who went missing in August 2015.He is accused of fatally shooting Samson during a drug deal and later disposing of his body.Det. Const. Illya Neilsen testified that on Aug. 21, 2015, he attended Adam Sandeson’s Chestnut Street apartment to execute a controlled drugs and substances search warrant.…

The Supreme Court rejected a bid by New York gun retailers on Wednesday to block a slew of new gun control laws in the state, which they argued violate their Second Amendment rights and hurt their businesses. There were no noted dissents in the order or explanations from the justices for their decision. “We are disappointed that not one of the nine justices saw fit to grant the plaintiffs some stay of enforcement of the new laws against them,” Paloma Capanna, the lead attorney for the New York gun retailers, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. “We are challenging the ability of the…

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has said he will take some time to make a decision on his future in the NFL but during his final postgame presser of the season, fans got the impression that he may have already played his final game. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is one of them.  “I don’t know. When it happened last year and he retired, I told people ‘I’ll believe it when he’s not playing the first game,’” Allen said on the “Kyle Brandt’s Basement” podcast Tuesday.TOM BRADY UNDECIDED ON FUTURE AFTER PLAYOFF LOSS AS NFL WORLD AWAITS SUPERSTAR QB’S NEXT…

Chesapeake Energy, a prime mover in the US shale energy revolution, has struck a $1.4bn deal to offload the bulk of its Texas oil assets as it ditches crude production in favour of drilling for natural gas.The company said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell roughly 60 per cent of its land in the Eagle Ford basin of south Texas to Wildfire Energy. The sale marks Chesapeake’s first concrete deal in a strategic pivot out of oil. Future production will be concentrated in the gas-rich shale regions of the Haynesville basin in Louisiana and the Marcellus in Appalachia. Oklahoma-based…

CNN  —  North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein on Wednesday launched his campaign to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and sought to portray himself as an alternative to politicians who “spark division” and “ignite hate.” The Democrat’s announcement video highlighted homophobic remarks made by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a potential Republican rival, as well as comments by Robinson suggesting he believes women are inferior to men. “Robinson wants to tell you who you can marry, when you’ll be pregnant and who you should hate. I’m running for governor because I believe in a very different North Carolina,”…

Explaining her preferences. Lucy Hale opened up about why she likes dating older men after her split from Skeet Ulrich, who is nearly 20 years her senior. “I haven’t really had rules with dating,” the Pretty Little Liars alum, 33, explained earlier this month during an episode of Rachel Bilson‘s “Broad Ideas” podcast. “I’ve dated all the way up to 52 — [from] 27 to 52. I’m 33 and I feel like I’ll probably end up with someone around my age or older, just because of the non-negotiables. I feel like a lot of people in that older age bracket…

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence revealed his two-point conversion play in Saturday’s historic comeback win was off script.The second-year quarterback said once he saw the Chargers defensive formation, he determined he could get the football across the goal line by lunging, even though his coaches had called a different play. “I just saw the opportunity and figured that’d be a lot easier. I didn’t think there was any risk. I knew I could get it in, so I just took it,” Lawrence said. Lawrence threw for 288 yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions and led Jacksonville to a second-half comeback after being…