WASHINGTON (AP) — Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Monday.
The plea deals for Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero and Sean McKinnon were disclosed nearly six years after the 89-year-old gangster was beaten to death in his cell at a troubled West Virginia prison.
Geas, a onetime Mafia hitman, and DeCologero, a Massachusetts gangster, were accused of repeatedly hitting Bulger in the head while McKinnon served as a lookout. Read More...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Northwestern University was in the hot seat this week as President Michael Schill came before the U.S. House Committee on Education. These universities are not only heavily subsidized by taxpayers but also by foreign entities and governments.
Open the Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski joined The National Desk’s Angela Brown to break it down.
“They're heavily funded by taxpayers so we broke the story this week. Our auditors at Open the Books found $4 billion of taxpayer funds, federal government contracts and grants flowed to Northwestern since 2018,” he said. Read More...