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FILE - Rapper Sheff G, also known as Michael Williams, right, joins then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in the Bronx borough of New York on May. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

New York rapper who joined Trump at campaign rally sentenced to 5 years for attempted murder

October 1, 2025

A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges. Sheff G, whose legal name is Michael Williams, had agreed on the sentence with the judge when the rapper pleaded guilty earlier this year. He was sentenced Wednesday. Prosecutors say Sheff G used his music earnings to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn. They say Sheff G also acted as a getaway driver in one shooting and lavished money, jewelry and other rewards on gang members.

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FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)

NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak linked to two city-run buildings, including Harlem Hospital

August 29, 2025

A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others. City health officials said Friday that bacteria in cooling towers atop Harlem Hospital and a construction site where the city’s public health lab is located matched samples from some of the ill patients. The agency also said the bacterial cluster is officially over since the last day anyone reported symptoms was Aug. 9. Friday’s announcement came a day after officials said they had determined that a seventh person who died earlier this month was associated with the cluster.

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