Ex-Goldman Sachs investment banker convicted of insider trading charges
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs investment banker has been convicted of insider trading and obstruction of justice charges. The conviction…
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Biden’s 3 Federal Reserve nominees appear likely to win Senate approval
BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and KEN SWEET AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s three nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board…
Continue ReadingOusted incumbents, key matchups set: Takeaways from Virginia’s primary election
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A historic number of state lawmakers were ousted in this week’s Virginia primary, which…
Continue ReadingAtlanta clerk sued for denying ‘Stop Cop City’ petition lets effort move forward
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta official facing a lawsuit has approved a petition from activists who want voters to reject…
Continue ReadingGeorgia officials lay out obstacles to updating election system before 2024
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia election officials say they would need six to nine months to install new software and hardware…
Continue ReadingProsecutors seek at least 25 years in prison for gynecologist who abused dozens of women
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a gynecologist should face at least 25 years in prison for assaulting…
Continue ReadingPentagon documents leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking…
Continue ReadingTel Aviv University removes Sackler family, makers of OxyContin, from medical school’s full name
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tel Aviv University says it has removed the Sackler family — known as the makers of OxyContin — from the full name of its…
Continue Reading3 hurt when Google critic crashes car into building near company’s NYC headquarters, police say
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a man who has claimed for years that Google was torturing users with flashing lights crashed a car into a building…
Continue ReadingJustice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two…
Continue ReadingNew York lawmakers OK bill removing medical debt from credit reports
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hospitals and other health care providers in New York would be banned from…
Continue ReadingBiden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina prosecutor won’t charge officers involved in death of man during arrest
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prosecutor says she won’t seek charges against police in North Carolina’s capital…
Continue ReadingHomicide detective weeps in trial of deputy who failed to confront Parkland high school shooter
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A veteran homicide detective wept in court as he testified about the 2018 massacre…
Continue ReadingAt least 8 die in Russian traffic accident
MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities say at least eight people have died in the crash of a passenger bus, a truck and an automobile in Russia’s Dagestan…
Continue ReadingFoundations buoy a new movement of renters’ activism
By SARA HERSCHANDER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy After years of rising rents, a group of Kansas City, Missouri, renters…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Lula sees Pope Francis in ‘very friendly’ encounter on busy day in Rome
ROME (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has given Pope Francis a warm hug as he arrived for a meeting. The Vatican termed the…
Continue ReadingTelevision veteran Geraldo Rivera says he’s quitting Fox News’ political combat show ‘The Five’
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News’ popular political…
Continue ReadingProposed Minnesota nickel mine begins environmental review, would supply Tesla if approved
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Talon Metals Corp. has filed papers with Minnesota regulators to launch the environmental…
Continue ReadingMeat grown from animal cells? Here’s what it is and how it’s made
By LAURA UNGAR and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press The U.S. government is allowing the sale of chicken made from animal cells. California companies…
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