By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge has sentenced a Florida woman to more than four years in prison for swindling a Holocaust survivor out of his life savings after meeting him on a dating website. Peaches Stergo, 36, was sentenced Thursday, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Please disregard US–Media-Variety-Zucker, published on November 20, 2023, and datelined in NEW YORK. It is a story that originally moved on July 28, 2023, and was filed inadvertently.
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors urged a judge to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail to stop him from tampering with witnesses before his criminal fraud trial, saying there are likely no conditions that the cryptocurrency entrepreneur will abide by to satisfy their concerns. “The defendant’s attempts to tamper with witnesses and interfere with
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal trial for a man who fatally shot 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue is approaching its conclusion as the defense makes its case that mental illness spurred the United States’ deadliest antisemitic attack. Lawyers for Robert Bowers are trying to persuade a federal jury to spare his life. A defense
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police have renewed calls for the public’s help to try to solve the gruesome stabbing death of a woman who was walking her dog at a popular park two years ago. Forty-year-old Katherine Janness was found just inside an entrance to Piedmont Park around 1 a.m. on July 28, 2021. She
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, anticipó en su discurso a la nación por el Día de la Independencia que solicitará al Congreso facultades legislativas durante 120 días para combatir el crimen organizado y los efectos del fenómeno de El Niño. La mandataria señaló este viernes que “para combatir el grave desafío
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By Alex Bozarjian and David Kalman Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WXYZ) — Some people in metro Detroit are estimated to be in the dark until Sunday as many are bracing for extreme heat Friday. The timing of the storm was not ideal and could be potentially dangerous for people who
Continue Reading WXYZ By Alex Bozarjian and David Kalman Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WXYZ) — Some people in metro Detroit are estimated to be in the dark until Sunday as many are bracing for extreme heat Friday. The timing of the storm was not ideal and could be potentially dangerous for people
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two meteor showers, the Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, are both expected to peak during the evenings of July 30 and 31. They will have to compete with a bright moon that’s 95% full, but the Alpha Capricornids may still produce some scintillating fireballs that could outshine the moon.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Paperwork problems and procedural issues are the driving force behind a surge of people losing Medicaid health care coverage in states. Federal data released Friday show that procedural reasons accounted for 4 out of 5 people who lost Medicaid coverage in April, as some
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States and its Western allies are faced with a difficult conundrum as they navigate potential responses to the military takeover in Niger if democratic rule is not restored. Under US law, if the US State Department formally classifies that takeover as a coup, it would require the
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By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday proposed modest increases to fuel efficiency standards for the vehicles most Americans drive. The proposal fits alongside the administration’s push for increasing the share of electric vehicles on the roads. The US Department of Transportation is taking public feedback this summer and fall on
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By Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — The top-secret document that former President Donald Trump discussed at a 2021 meeting at his New Jersey golf club was included in the 15 boxes returned to the National Archives in January of last year, according to a source familiar with the matter. But Trump has denied it was
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito agreed on Friday to temporarily freeze a lower court order that bars the government from regulating so-called ghost guns – untraceable homemade weapons – as firearms under federal law. Alito acted alone because he has jurisdiction over the lower court
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By Kara Scannell and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is attempting to reverse court rulings in two of the many politically charged cases involving the former president. Friday, Trump filed a notice that he’s appealing a ruling that prevented him from moving the New York criminal case against him involving hush money payments
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of
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By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Congress should stay out of the Supreme Court’s business and stop trying to impose ethics rules on justices and clerks, Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview published by The Wall Street Journal editorial page Friday. “Congress did not create the Supreme Court,” Alito said. “I know this is
Continue ReadingManuela Castro (CNN) –– El actual ministro de Economía de Argentina, Sergio Massa, ya lo dijo en una entrevista con medios locales: “El problema hoy es que tengo los dos sombreros puestos, el de la campaña presidencial y el de la gestión”. Esto podría verse como una desventaja o como una posibilidad de mostrar con
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The weather team has extended our weather alert day into tomorrow due to strong heat hanging on. Temperatures will be slightly cooler, but because of morning rain chances, we’ll see an increase in humidity levels. These humidity levels play directly into the heat index, which will be in the 100-105 range, putting mid-Missouri in dangerous
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By Karol Suarez, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — The United Nation’s human rights commissioner on Thursday accused Mexico’s military of obstructing an expert investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in a bloody incident that shook that country nearly nine years ago. Last August, a Mexican truth commission report concluded that the students, who disappeared
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