Disastrous Bahamas Fyre Festival Organizer Arrested For Wire Fraud

July 1, 2017 by

The tech entrepreneur behind a music festival in the Bahamas that was billed as a luxury getaway but collapsed in chaos in April has been arrested and charged with wire fraud, prosecutors said. William McFarland, 25, is due for a hearing before US Magistrate Judge Kevin Fox in New York on Saturday. He faces up … Read more

Obama Commutes Sentence of Wikileaks Source

January 18, 2017 by

Manning declared her new identity the day after sentencing US President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. She was sentenced to 35 years in 2013 for … Read more