Alvin Hellerstein, federal judge who handled cases on Trump, Maduro and 9/11, dies at 92
Topics: Venezuela
3 outlets (PBS NewsHour, CBS News and Fox News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 3 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Maduro”, “judge”, “cases”, “federal”. Distinct wording: PBS NewsHour uses “handled”; Fox News uses “oversaw” and “dead”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- PBS NewsHour reports: “Just two weeks ago, Hellerstein presided over the arraignment of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, on torture charges that were added to their ongoing narc…”
- CBS News reports: “Alvin Hellerstein, a federal judge who for decades oversaw some of the country's most high-profile cases, has died.”
- Fox News reports: “Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who denied Cilia Flores' bond request and oversaw the Nicolas Maduro torture case, died at age 92 of natural causes.”
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- PBS NewsHour: Alvin Hellerstein, federal judge who handled cases on Trump, Maduro and 9/11, dies at 92
- CBS News: Alvin Hellerstein, judge in Maduro and Trump cases, dies at 92
- Fox News: Federal judge who oversaw Maduro, Trump cases dead at 92
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