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Two Minnesota fraudsters allegedly swindled more than $21 million in funding earmarked for autism services through two bogus companies and then spent it lavishly on overseas property, officials said.

Eleanor Ross, a married judge of the Atlanta-based US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, allegedly had sex with a prominent cop in her courthouse.

David Rush made a series of requests to the agency to obtain “a significant quantity” of foreign currency and hundreds of gold bars between November and March, according to a staggering federal affidavit.

The Town of Rutland announced this week that it had scrapped the majority of its festivities for the nation’s 250th birthday, including the annual fireworks display, parade and concert, over safety concerns due to its law enforcement shortage.

A 14-year-old girl was attacked by a repeat sex offender, John Moore, who pulled up on her in a black SUV while she was walking to her home in Kentwood from school in a quiet Michigan neighborhood.

“Hell on Wheels” murderer Mackenzie Shirilla whined to her mother because she missed her iPad and wasn’t satisfied with the quality of prison food, demanding a cushier lifestyle while locked behind bars.

Danielle Uskiwich, 28, died on Tuesday, 10 days after another concertgoer accidentally struck her in the head while listening to the rock band Sleep Theory perform at Pointfest in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on May 16, her family said.

A former high-ranking CIA official was reportedly busted by the FBI after agents found a mind-blowing fortune that included $40 million worth of gold bars hidden inside his Virginia home.

Transgender high schooler Becky Pepper-Jackson, 15, won a West Virginia state championship competing on a girls’ track team before the Supreme Court announces its ruling on a state law that would bar biological boys from female sports.

New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of the priciest airports in the country — with average plane tickets topping $400 as a majority of Americans say increasing costs are keeping them out of the air, a new study showed.