NEW YORK—Sayfullo Saipov, the man convicted of killing eight people in an attack on a Manhattan bike path in 2017, was spared the death penalty on Monday after a federal jury deadlocked on whether he should be executed. As a result, Saipov will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. A unanimous decision had […]
NEW YORK—A federal judge barred the general public and media from a courtroom Tuesday where defense lawyers claim emotional testimony from victims has spoiled the death penalty phase of the trial of a man who admits that he killed eight people on a bike path on behalf of a terrorist group. Judge Vernon S. Broderick […]
NEW YORK—A federal prosecutor urged a New York jury to sentence Sayfullo Saipov to death as the penalty phase of his trial began on Monday, saying his execution would be the only just punishment after he killed eight people in his 2017 attack on a Manhattan bike path. It marked the first time jurors have […]
NEW YORK—An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path was convicted Thursday of federal crimes and could face the death penalty. Sayfullo Saipov bowed his head as he heard the verdict in a Manhattan courtroom just a few blocks from […]
NEW YORK—A man charged with using a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path in 2017 believes his attack was justified and sought to die a martyr for Islam, his defense counsel told the jury at his terrorism trial on Monday. At the first federal death-penalty trial since President Joe Biden took […]
NEW YORK—The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it plans to seek the death penalty for the man charged with using a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path on Halloween in 2017. In a letter filed late Friday in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said Attorney General Merrick Garland “decided to continue to […]
Another TV show character experienced a heart attack on Peloton’s interactive bike—this time its Mike Wagner (David Costabile) on the season 6 premiere of Showtime’s “Billions.” Last month, Peloton saw an 11 percent stock drop immediately after an actor died after riding a Peloton on the show’s HBO Max streaming reboot. Peloton said in a […]
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police arrested a 19-year-old homeless man on Wednesday, April 3, on suspicion he is the “slasher” who has cut the faces of at least nine people, seemingly at random, as he rode through the city on a bicycle, police said. Police said the man was detained on suspicion of attempted murder. A […]
Daylin Campbell got a mountain bike for Christmas, but he wasn’t able to ride it because he’s been battling leukemia. The 13-year-old had been building up his strength and looking forward to taking the bike out for a spin. On Monday, somebody stole it off the porch of his home in Lake Wales, Florida. “I […]
