Crime·2026-04-28T21:14:58+00:00
Soldier Pleads Not Guilty in $400,000 Betting Case Over Maduro’s Ouster
Prosecutors allege Gannon Van Dyke won $400,000 using insider information to bet on Maduro raid on Polymarket Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The US army soldier charged with winning $400,000 by using insider information to bet on the removal of the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday. Van Dyke was arrested on 23 April on a federal indictment charging him with placing $33,000 in bets on prediction market Polymarket between 27 December 2025 and 2 January 2026 that Maduro would soon be out of.
The Guardian · The New York Times Local
National·2026-04-28T23:24:00+00:00
Port Authority to Install Tracker Not Used During Deadly LaGuardia Crash
Federal investigators had said that the lack of a transponder on a fire truck played a role in a deadly collision with an Air Canada Express jet at LaGuardia. Crews remove wreckage of an Air Canada aircraft from the runway at LaGuardia Airport following a deadly collision with a fire truck earlier in the week in New York, United States, on March 25, 2026.
Gothamist · The New York Times Local
Local·2026-04-28T12:21:18+00:00
15-year-old boy shot and injured on A train near Queens subway stop, officials say
OZONE PARK, Queens (WABC) -- Police say they are looking for three teen suspects after shots were fired on a Manhattan-bound A train, critically wounding a 15-year-old boy as the train neared the 80th Street station Monday evening. Some people saw the guys who did it and identified to police how they looked." Police say the 15-year-old victim was shot at least one time in the chest. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz stopped by the scene as police collected evidence, including any video at the 80th Street station and on the stopped train.
ABC7 New York · Gothamist
