Robert Mueller, the former FBI director known for leading the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has died at age 81. He served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013, transforming the bureau’s focus toward counterterrorism after 9/11, and later led a nearly two-year special counsel investigation that charged 34 individuals but did not establish conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. Mueller was widely respected for his integrity, served as a Marine in Vietnam, and had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease before his death.
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In February 2020, a 20-year-old man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery in connection with the killing of rapper Pop Smoke. The 20-year-old was 17 at the time of the shooting and was one of four men charged in the incident. Pop Smoke's death has been mourned by many in the music industry, and his posthumous album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in July.
Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, a former social worker at a Rhode Island veterans' hospital, has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for fraudulently posing as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and collecting nearly $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations. She was exposed when a charity she applied to for funds became suspicious and started checking her background. Her sentence serves as a reminder of the importance of verifying the credentials of those claiming to be veterans, and of the consequences of fraudulently posing as a veteran.