By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two former investment executives from Japan have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas in what prosecutors have called a $1.5 billion international Ponzi scheme with 10,000 victims in the U.S. and abroad. Junzo Suzuki and his son, Paul Suzuki, entered their pleas Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two former investment executives from Japan have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas in what prosecutors have called a $1.5 billion international Ponzi scheme with 10,000 victims in the U.S. and abroad. Junzo Suzuki and his son, Paul Suzuki, entered their pleas Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Miembros de un grupo de viajeros juerguistas, que aparecen en un video bailando, bebiendo y vapeando sin mascarillas a bordo de un vuelo a Cancún, están varados en México después de que su vuelo de regreso a Canadá fuera cancelado y otras aerolíneas se negaran a llevarlos a casa. El
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates started off 2022 with a bang, as the average rate moved higher than at any point last year. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.22% in the week ending on January 6, up from an average 3.11% last week. A year ago the 30-year rate was 2.65%, the lowest
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon secretary of state: Former NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof ineligible to run for governor.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Most people safely evacuated from a fast-moving Colorado wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes last week. But dozens of homeowners either had pets who died, had to scramble to find them or still don’t know the fate of their dogs or cats. Many people
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose in the past week to start the new year. They reached their highest level since May 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, yet remained historically low. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan increased to 3.22%
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond has awarded a contract for removing the city’s last major Confederate statue, along with nine other pedestals whose monuments have already been taken down. The winning bidder is the same company that recently took down the city’s Robert E. Lee memorial. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the contract will be
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Heavy rain following this week’s snowfall is causing new travel issues, including a slide Thursday that closed Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden spoke from the US Capitol on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection and condemned former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. Read his remarks as released below: Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked
Continue ReadingCNN By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge in Washington, DC, is questioning former President Donald Trump‘s actions during his speech on January 6, 2021, as he considers for the first time whether Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol. During a court hearing Monday,
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Business Airlines continue to cancel and delay flights by the thousands as their operations struggle with an untold number of workers calling out sick with coronavirus. Carriers have canceled more than 1,620 flights as of Thursday afternoon and delayed more than 1,350 nationwide according to flight tracking site FlightAware. On Wednesday,
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The BMW Flow electric SUV concept can change hues at the press of a button, going from white to gray or black and back again in moments. While it can’t go beyond shades of gray and, even at that, it lacks the subtlety and depth of real car paint, the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers remain in the running for the NFC’s No. 2 playoff seed, so the defending Super Bowl champions are planning to rest healthy starters for the team’s regular-season finale against NFC South rival Carolina. The Panthers have lost six straight and 11 of their past
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. State Department says its special envoy to the Horn of Africa will end his appointment “in the coming days” after a year marked by deadly crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. Envoy Jeffrey Feltman plans to step down shortly after his current visit to Ethiopia, where more than a year
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain’s reliance on Kylian Mbappe keeps growing as he keeps scoring. This was illustrated again when he grabbed a hat trick in the French Cup on Monday night. It was against modest amateur side Vannes but the quality of his finishing stood out and took
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Montclair Bread Co. cerró el pasado fin de semana después de que una cuarta parte de sus empleados diera positivo al covid-19. La panadería perdió el 25% de sus ventas mensuales. “Básicamente abrimos durante la semana para prepararnos para el fin de semana”, dijo Rachel Wyman, propietaria de
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A Novak Djokovic lo están “tratando como un prisionero” las autoridades de Australia, dijo su madre, Dijana Djokovic, a periodistas este jueves durante una conferencia de prensa en Belgrado. Se cree que a Djokovic, tenista número 1 del mundo, lo transfirieron al Park Hotel en Melbourne, después de que se
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer This Alabama team seemed to bounce off the ropes this season when it seemed most vulnerable. This team is unlike some previous Nick Saban powerhouses that have been seemingly destined for the national title game _ barring a shocker along the way _ from start to finish. Alabama has
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — International humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says its teams assigned to Poland’s border with Belarus have left the country after repeatedly being denied access to the migrants and refugees they went to help. Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that it spent three months unsuccessfully seeking permission for its emergency response workers
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