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First person tried under New York terror laws passed in the wake of 9/11 is sentenced to 18 years 
Abdullah el-Faisal believed every word in a speech by Osama bin Laden was “like a gem,” and thought images of the coffins of US service members were laughable, New York prosecutors say.
Jamaican cleric sentenced to 18 years in NY terrorism case 
A cleric arrested in his native Jamaica and extradited to New York to face state terrorism charges on accusations of recruiting support for the Islamic State group was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison.
ISIS Matchmaker Gets 18 Years in First Trial Under N.Y. Terrorism Law 
After ISIS promised in 2014 that the world would “hear and understand the meaning of terrorism,” fervent western support came from a Jamaican preacher once imprisoned in Britain for urging violence, and later expelled from Kenya by officials fearing he would encourage radicalism
Türkiye announces repatriation of 12 antiquities from US 
Twelve antiquities smuggled out of Türkiye are coming back home, Türkiye's Consul General in New York announced Wednesday
First person tried under New York terror laws passed in the wake of 9/11 set to be sentenced Thursday 
Abdullah el-Faisal believed every word in a speech by Osama bin Laden was “like a gem,” and thought images of the coffins of US service members were laughable, New York prosecutors say.
Suspect Indicted For Following Woman Into Manhattan Home, Raping Her In Stairwell: DA 
The suspect in a brutal assault and rape in an Upper West Side stairwell in the early hours of a weekend morning has been indicted, prosecutors said. Jamel McIver, 30, of East Harlem, was indicted Wednesday on first-degree rape and criminal sex act charges, as well as second degree burglary, for the March 4 incident near West End Avenue and West 65th Street at 1 a.m.
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