Government ‘failures’ allowed Jeffrey Epstein to commit sex crimes after 2005 Florida arrest, House report finds

WASHINGTON — Late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein had “friends in high places” who helped him score a sweetheart plea deal in 2008 that paved the way for him to later abuse more victims, according to a damning House Oversight Committee report released Tuesday. “The Committee finds that the crimes committed by Epstein after 2005 [when he was first arrested] could have been prevented and justice served had it not been for the failures of investigators and federal prosecutors in South Florida and Washington, D.C,” the report concluded. “While some of these failures involved an exercise in poor judgement by the…

ZWO Seestar S30 Plus review

ZWO has just released the newest member of its smart telescope range: the Seestar S30 Plus. This all-in-one smart telescope is designed for beginners and hobbyists who want an affordable way into astrophotography that won’t leave you scratching your head, and lets you capture, process and share your images in…

Josh Johnson signs with 15th NFL team after crushing Gardnew Minshew injury

Wait, Josh Johnson hasn’t played for the Cardinals yet? Are we sure? The journeyman quarterback added Arizona to his long list of NFL teams Monday, signing with the team after Gardner Minshew suffered a potentially serious injury. Minshew appeared to get hurt late in the first half of the Cardinals’…

Mike Brown’s lineup experiments are paying dividends for Knicks

At this stage in the season, winning isn’t enough for the Knicks.  The champions care more about how they win.  “Obviously, we want to play well, we want to win, but we also want to continue to grow as a team and try not to plateau,” Jalen Brunson said after…

Ex-Trump admin official Calley Means wildly suggests Susie Wiles — a 69-year-old cancer survivor — ‘has the capacity to inflict physical harm’

Calley Means, a former senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wildly suggested Monday that Susie Wiles might “inflict physical harm” on him after he accused the former White House chief of staff of undercutting President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.  Means, who resigned his post last…

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