Oberlin College professor Pipo Hieu Nguyen-Duy and his wife, Tran Thi Phong, were found shot dead in their home. Nguyen-Duy’s 31-year-old son faces murder and other charges; a motive remains unclear.
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A Harris County grand jury indicted ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales on an aggravated assault charge over an Oct. 10 collision that injured Miguel Parra Hernandez. Prosecutors allege Morales struck him deliberately; ICE denies it.
In her first public statement since surviving a Sept. 30 lethal injection, Christa Pike says she remains in constant physical and emotional pain. Tennessee has paused further executions pending an outside review, The Guardian reported.
Binance says a security breach affected about $6.3 billion in assets and that roughly $3 billion has been frozen. Two blockchain intelligence firms say a North Korean hacking unit was likely responsible.
James Comey’s lawyers are asking a federal judge to dismiss the Justice Department’s latest case against him, arguing that an unusual filing did not preserve charges tied to an alleged 2016 disclosure. Prosecutors say the filing is valid and the 10-year deadline has not expired.
Binance says it has frozen at least $2.54 billion in digital assets and suspended deposits and withdrawals while investigating a potential security issue. Founder Changpeng Zhao said the exchange appeared to have been hacked.
Binance says it is investigating a potential security issue and that customer funds are safe. Tether and Circle have frozen more than $2.3 billion in digital currency linked to the incident, while the exchange has not confirmed a theft.
The Justice Department has issued grand jury subpoenas to California election officials after a judge rejected its request to separate ballots from people it claims are noncitizens. Los Angeles election officials criticized the department’s approach.