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Memphis receives two-year probation, fine from NCAA due to academic integrity violations
The University of Memphis was placed on two years probation and fined as a result of academic-integrity violations involving a counselor, softball players and men's basketball players, the NCAA announced Wednesday. The punishments were handed down after the NCAA determined former academic counselor Leslie Brooks paid two softball student-athletes to complete course work and provide quiz and test answers to a player on the men's basketball team. As a result of those findings, the school was placed on two years of probation, and received a fine of $30,000, The university was also fined one percent of the combined men's basketball and softball budgets. Brooks received a 10-year show-cause order for her involvement in the scandal. The school will also vacate all records for the games in which the men's basketball player competed while he was ineligible. This story will be updated.
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Former Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon alleges corruption, misconduct in top ranks at NYPD
NEW YORK — Thomas Donlon, a former federal agent who served as police commissioner last fall, sued Mayor Adams and top current and former NYPD officials Wednesday, alleging they operated a 'corrupt enterprise' that rewarded cronies and punished enemies at the expense of both the public and rank-and-file police officers, a copy of the suit shows. Donlon, 71, who was brought in in September 2024 after Edward Caban resigned amid a federal investigation, alleges in the 251-page complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan the department's former top spokesman Tarik Sheppard threatened to 'kill' him at the NYC Marathon after he discovered Sheppard had improperly used Donlon's rubber signature stamp to approve Sheppard's own promotion to three-star chief. 'I will f—–g kill you,' Sheppard allegedly said, according to the suit. Donlon claims former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey manipulated his daily schedule, planted 'spies' in his office to keep track of what the new commissioner was doing and blocked attempts to initiate misconduct probes. Maddrey has since resigned under the cloud of a sex for overtime scandal. And Donlon claims Maddrey and Sheppard secretly switched out the names of officers he selected for promotion and replaced them with their own favorites while doctoring records to make it appear Donlon had signed off. He also alleges that after a warehouse fire in 2022 destroyed decades of evidence and exposed sloppy practices, the NYPD promised to compile a comprehensive report on evidence storage. But, Donlon alleges, no report was done and when he toured warehouses in late 2024, he found the same sloppy practices. Mayor Adams, Donlon alleges, either ignored his complaints or sided with Maddrey and his other loyalists – a major break from the past when mayors tended to back their police commissioners ahead of underlings. 'This lawsuit is not a personal grievance; it is a statement against a corrupt system that betrays the public, silences truth, and punishes integrity,' Donlon said in a statement. 'The goal is to drive real change, hold the corrupt, deceitful, and abusively powerful accountable, and restore the voice of every honorable officer who has been silenced or denied justice.' Adams appointed Donlon Sept. 13 after Edward Caban hastily resigned following a visit from federal agents involved in the then-mushrooming corruption probe. On Nov. 20, Adams summarily dismissed Donlon in favor of Jessica Tisch. Donlon was shunted to a quiet role at City Hall before he was fired in April. The lawsuit names Adams, Sheppard and seven other current and former top NYPD officials, including Maddrey, Chief of Department John Chell, First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, and now Deputy Mayor Kaz Daughtry. The suit cites federal racketeering statutes in alleging the named defendants engaged in a criminal enterprise that included obstruction of justice, honest services fraud and retaliation against a whistleblower. 'The lawsuit asserts that Adams and his deputies weaponized the NYPD's hierarchy to consolidate political control, shield sexual misconduct, and retaliate against anyone who challenged their authority,' Donlon's lawyer John Scola said. 'Donlon's refusal to play along made him a target—and the Department's values, its officers, and the public all paid the price.' Scola said the suit demands the creation of an independent federal monitor to oversee the NYPD's system of promotions, assignments, and discipline which Donlon claims are corrupted by politics It follows four lawsuits filed by top chiefs who similarly allege promotions were manipulated to benefit Adams NYPD cronies. Spokespeople for the NYPD and the Mayor's office did not immediately reply to requests for comment. ____
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Southend Airport partially reopens after plane crash killed four people
Southend Airport has partially reopened after being closed following a plane crash that killed four people. Flights to and from the airport in had been suspended since Sunday afternoon when moments after taking off. A statement from the airport on Wednesday read: "London Southend Airport is today partially reopening for a small number of flights, following Sunday's tragic air accident and subsequent closure. "Four easyJet flights will land at London Southend Airport this evening (Wednesday 16 July). Eastern Airways will also operate an empty positioning flight. "Normal airline operations resume from the morning of Thursday 17 July." The crash saw a medical flight, chartered for a patient to be brought to the UK for treatment, come down within the airport boundary shortly after take off. It is understood the patient had been dropped off and the 12-metre plane was bound for its base in the Netherlands. The four people who died were two male pilots, understood to be Dutch, a female nurse and a male doctor. Reports have named the nurse as Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, a 31-year-old German national originally from Chile, and as German national Dr Matthias Eyl, 46. "Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of those who tragically lost their lives on Sunday," the Southend Airport statement continued. "Throughout the course of this week, we have continued to support the air accident investigation team as they carry out their work." Read more: Essex Police said it had recovered three bodies on Tuesday, and the fourth was expected to be recovered "within the next 24 hours". The force added that it is working with the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), which is involved in "victim recovery activities, examination of the wreckage and evidence gathering". One witness, who was at the airport with his wife and children, said he saw a "big fireball" exploding across the sky as the plane plunged "head first into the ground". The pilots had waved at his family moments earlier as they taxied the plane to the take-off position, John Johnson said.
