Skip to Content

Month: September 2023

Russian students are returning to school, where they face new lessons to boost their patriotism

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Clad in white shirts and carrying bouquets, children across Russia flocked back to school Friday, where the Kremlin’s narratives about the war in Ukraine and its confrontation with the West were taking an even more prominent spot than before. Students are expected each week to listen

Continue Reading

Former prosecutor who resigned from Russia probe investigation tapped for state Supreme Court post

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A former top federal prosecutor who resigned from the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has been tapped to fill an open seat on the Connecticut State Supreme Court. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont announced Nora Dannehy’s nomination on Friday, calling his former general counsel “a woman of integrity

Continue Reading

Volkswagen, Renault shares hit by rare ‘sell’ rating as Chinese competition grows

By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Shares in Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen and its French rival Renault dropped sharply Friday after UBS analysts recommended investors dump the stocks, citing the growing threat to their business from Chinese competitors. Volkswagen was down 4.4% in late afternoon trade in Europe and Renault 5.6% lower, while the

Continue Reading

Finger-pointing and frustration over migrant crisis leads to a total breakdown between White House and NYC mayor

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The relationship between President Joe Biden’s White House and Eric Adams began breaking down in private months earlier than previously known – and long before the New York mayor started publicly blasting the president over the migrant crisis in his city. “There’s no leadership here,” Adams

Continue Reading

Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 found intact, miles off Wisconsin coastline

ALGOMA, Wis. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered the intact remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 and is so well-preserved it still contains the crew’s possessions in its final resting spot miles from Wisconsin’s coastline. Wisconsin maritime historians Brendon Baillod and Robert Jaeck found the 156-year-old Trinidad in July off

Continue Reading

Man gets 2-year prison sentence in pandemic fraud case to buy alpaca farm

BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts pizzeria owner has been sentenced to two years in prison for using over $660,000 in fraudulently obtained pandemic relief funds to buy an alpaca farm in Vermont. Federal prosecutors say in 2020, Dana McIntyre submitted a fraudulent application for a Paycheck Protection Program loan. He inflated information about employees

Continue Reading