DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire has begun her two-year prison sentence. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says Caroline Ellison reported Thursday to the federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. She had pleaded guilty for her role in a massive fraud that cost investors, lenders and customers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish,” Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning. The Rhesus macaque
Continue ReadingAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating the fate of an Indiana man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike near their small hometown. The jurors got the case after hearing closing arguments Thursday from a prosecutor and then an attorney for former drugstore worker Richard
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle has won reelection in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran who has never held elected office and pitched herself as an “outsider” candidate. The district, which hasn’t elected a Republican to the House since 1972, was seen
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle has won reelection in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran who has never held elected office and pitched herself as an “outsider” candidate. The district, which hasn’t elected a Republican to the House since 1972, was seen
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in about two hours of flying than the average person does in about a year, a new study finds. About a quarter million of the super wealthy — worth
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die. But new DNA evidence
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe, the corpse of a young woman found in northern Poland would have been unable to rise from her unmarked grave, according to local 17th century folklore. But her identity and how she ended up in
Continue ReadingBOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky police officers who were injured in a shooting fatally shot a suspect when he gained control of an officer’s weapon. Kentucky State Police say it happened early Wednesday morning during an altercation at a mental health crisis center. The Bowling Green Police officers were called to the LifeSkills
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Strong wind gusts ripped through Northern California overnight and into Wednesday, causing some damage and keeping fire crews on alert. The National Weather Service said offshore winds were in the 30 to 40 mph range with gusts up to 60 mph.
Continue ReadingKPIX By Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Strong wind gusts ripped through Northern California overnight and into Wednesday, causing some damage and keeping fire crews on alert. The National Weather Service said offshore winds were in the 30 to 40 mph range with gusts up to 60
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero have found 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway. The bodies were apparently left in an abandoned pickup truck on the main thoroughfare of the city of Chilpancingo, which has been the scene of gruesome drug gang violence. Two rival
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Val Hoyle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday. Hoyle, a first-term congresswoman, defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran. She succeeded longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in 2022. The 4th District runs along the western portion of the state and includes Eugene. The Associated Press declared
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Val Hoyle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday. Hoyle, a first-term congresswoman, defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran. She succeeded longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in 2022. The 4th District runs along the western portion of the state and includes Eugene. The Associated Press declared
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Val Hoyle wins reelection to U.S. House in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingWEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Christmas tree was en route to New York City on Thursday from its tiny Massachusetts hometown. The 74-foot-high (23-meter-high) conifer, donated by a family that owned it, was cut down Thursday morning in West Stockbridge and hoisted onto a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, dijo este jueves que Europa necesita tomar el control de su propio destino en un momento crucial para el continente y dejar de “externalizar” su seguridad en Estados Unidos. Sus comentarios se producen en medio de temores de que el presidente electo de EE.UU., Donald Trump,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Lopez is keeping it professional. A video making the rounds on social media shows Lopez on a red carpet for her latest project, the film “Unstoppable,” where she was asked about her former husband Ben Affleck’s praise of her performance. Affleck is one of the producers of
Continue ReadingBy Mike Hellgren and Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Seven Salisbury University students, including four from Anne Arundel County, are charged with a hate crime for an alleged brutal attack on a victim because of his sexual orientation, according to authorities. The defendants had court hearings Wednesday morning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned policy of “hugs, not bullets,” in which the country’s leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country. Social programs, not shootouts, they said, would gradually drain the pool of cartel
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