By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former COO of failed blood testing startup Theranos and ex-boyfriend of founder Elizabeth Holmes, was found guilty of defrauding investors and patients. Jury deliberations stretched for four full days following a lengthy trial that got underway in March with opening statements. A jury
Continue ReadingBy OUMAR ZOMBRE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore returned to the West African country Thursday, the first time since being ousted in a popular uprising eight years ago. Compaore, who’s been in exile in neighboring Ivory Coast since 2014, came back to be part
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Until last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the highest of stakes. Now the 83-year-old retiree has no briefs to read and no opinions to write. As a
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — With Russia’s military action in Ukraine in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Kyiv that it should quickly accept Moscow’s terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action. Speaking at a meeting with leaders of the Kremlin-controlled parliament, Putin accused Western
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties of plants and carry diseases that affect humans have been detected once again in Florida, where officials said Thursday work has begun to eradicate the pests. The snails, which
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Fielding a call from a woman seeking an abortion, the director of Hope Medical Group for Women tried to answer as best she could. Yes, federal protections for abortion had been overturned, she said. The clinic was still open — but there’s a waiting list and
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta has denied bond for rapper Gunna, who’s charged with racketeering along with rapper Young Thug and more than two dozen other people. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville had previously denied bond for Gunna, and on Thursday held a hearing on his
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as both the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82. His manager Matt
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El titular de la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF) de México, Pablo Gómez Álvarez, pidió este jueves a la Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) que investigue al expresidente Enrique Peña Nieto por posibles operaciones con recursos de procedencia ilícita. “Se detectó un esquema donde un exmandatario obtuvo beneficios económicos,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German parliament has elected as the government’s new anti-discrimination commissioner a journalist whose nomination last month had sparked controversy. 42-year-old Ferda Ataman had written an op-ed defending calling Germans without immigrant roots “potatoes,” which can be derogatory. She was elected on Thursday. Members of the Free Democrats, who are part of the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer MONTREAL (AP) — Colorado, Chicago and Pittsburgh all made key moves ahead of the NHL draft with the Stanley Cup champion Avalanche making a deal to shore up their goaltending situation and the Penguins ensuring a long-time defenseman was sticking around. The Avalanche acquired goaltender Alexandar Georgiev from the
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner’s guilty plea has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive from her WNBA peers. The Phoenix Mercury All-Star pleaded guilty to drug possession charges on the second day of her trial in a Russian court in a case that could see her sentenced
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business American Airlines has agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after a computer scheduling glitch left thousands of flights with understaffed cockpits. The malfunction in the scheduling program occurred early Saturday morning and allowed pilots to drop flights the airline was counting on them to fly throughout the
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A high school in Waldorf was evacuated Wednesday morning after a student set off a firework in the lobby, authorities said. Shortly before 10 a.m., a student attending summer school lit the firework in the lobby of Westlake High School, the Charles
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN The head of the Internal Revenue Service has asked a watchdog to investigate the decision to conduct rare tax audits of former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the agency announced Thursday. “The IRS has referred the matter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA OLSON Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A benefit over the weekend meant to raise money for a local family whose mother has been in a coma for nearly seven years ended in success thanks to the community that rallied together and helped. “It will never stop
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OCEAN ISLE BEACH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A fish caught near Ocean Isle Beach in June may break a world record for size, according to the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. Edward J. Tait of Little River, S.C., caught the 3-pound fish on June
Continue ReadingBy ERIC MILLER AND SYDNEY FRANKLIN Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Fayetteville church is accused of defrauding veterans across the country and was raided last week by the FBI. House of Prayer Christian Church is less than two miles from Fort Bragg. Veterans Education Success, an advocacy
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON (WBZ) — A group classified by the Anti-Defamation League as neo-Nazi distributed their flyers throughout the communities of Ipswich and Hamilton over the weekend, police in both towns said. The Nationalist Social Club, which calls itself a “pro-white, street-oriented fraternity” left flyers in plastic
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story STAMFORD, Connecticut (WABC) — A 28-year-old woman who was struck by a bus and pinned underneath it is recovering after she was rescued by firefighters in Connecticut Tuesday. It happened around 3 p.m. at the intersection of Broad and Atlantic streets in Stamford, as the
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