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Year: 2024

Ex-FBI official sentenced to over 2 years in prison for concealing payment from Albanian businessman

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced to more than two years in prison for concealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments from a businessman with ties to the Albanian government. Charles McGonigal supervised national security operations for the FBI in New York before his

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Hot seawater killed most of cultivated coral in Florida Keys in setback for restoration effort

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Researchers are finding that record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years. It was an effort to prop up a threatened species that’s highly vulnerable to climate change. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Oregon TV station apologizes after showing racist image during program highlighting good news

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A television station in Portland, Oregon, apologized Friday for inadvertently showing a racist image during a program aimed at highlighting positive stories. KGW-TV displayed the image Thursday evening during “The Good Stuff,” which includes a “Throwback Thursday” segment sharing “cheesy, silly, or memorable” photos submitted by viewers. “The image, seemingly from

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House Republicans seek to downplay FBI informant charges that undermine Biden impeachment inquiry

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden tried to downplay the importance of an FBI informant whose claims they once championed after he was charged with fabricating foreign bribery allegations involving the president and his son. Special counsel David Weiss charged the FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, with lying to the FBI and creating false

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NBA champion, ‘Survivor’ contestant Scot Pollard is feeling great after heart transplant, wife says

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard is “awake and feeling great” a day after a heart transplant, his wife said Saturday on social media. “Scot has a new heart!” Dawn Pollard posted Friday night on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Surgery went well and I’ve been told the

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