A Rhode Island woman who pleaded guilty to carrying out what prosecutors said was a massive fraud — pretending to be a Purple Heart recipient and Bronze Star-decorated U.S Marine — was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Tuesday. Sarah Cavanaugh told people she defrauded she was injured […]
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Man defaced NYC’s Charging Bull statue with antisemitic symbols: Prosecutor
The Colorado man is accused of drawing swastikas and writing racial slurs. March 15, 2023, 1:43 PM A Colorado man was indicted on hate crime charges Wednesday for allegedly defacing public spaces in New York City — including the iconic Charging Bull statue — with Nazi symbols and racial slurs […]
WATCH: Magpies annoy panda by plucking her hair to warm their nests
Magpies annoy panda by plucking her hair to warm their nests Female giant panda Zheng Zheng was enjoying a relaxing day in the sun at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center in China — until magpies teamed up to pluck her hair for nesting. March 15, 2023 Free America Network […]
What to know about the Trump-era rollback of bank rules and SVB’s demise
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is putting deregulatory reforms implemented under former President Donald Trump back in the spotlight. The abrupt implosion of the country’s 16th-largest bank last week resulted in swift finger-pointing in Washington. President Joe Biden and many progressive Democrats have blamed, in part, a 2018 law […]
Suspect crashes helicopter after trying to steal it from airport: Police
The incident happened in the early morning hours Wednesday. March 15, 2023, 3:40 PM Authorities are looking for a suspect who crashed a helicopter after trying to steal it from Sacramento Executive Airport in California early Wednesday. No one was injured in the crash and no one is in custody, […]
2 dead in shooting at airport hotel: Police
The incident occurred at a hotel near the Portland airport. March 15, 2023, 12:42 PM Two people are dead after a shooting at a hotel in Portland, Oregon, police said. Port of Portland responded to a shooting at the Embassy Suites Portland Airport Hotel around 2 a.m. local time Wednesday. […]
Garcetti confirmed as India ambassador after 20-month fight
WASHINGTON — Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was confirmed Wednesday by a divided Senate as the nation’s next ambassador to India, 20 months after he was first nominated by President Joe Biden and after weathering doubts about his truthfulness in a sexual harassment scandal involving a top adviser during […]
Experts call cryptocurrency a ‘bystander’ in SVB, Signature Bank collapses
In the wake of last year’s collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the collapse this week of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — representing the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history — has renewed lingering questions about what role cryptocurrency is playing in financial sector failures. Signature […]
7 deputies charged with murder in death of inmate
Irvo Otieno died on March 6 while in police custody. March 15, 2023, 12:19 PM Seven sheriff’s deputies from Henrico County, Virginia, have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of inmate Irvo Otieno. Otieno died while in police custody earlier this month. Otieno, 28, was being […]
T-Mobile acquires Mint, partially owned by Ryan Reynolds
T-Mobile will acquire Mint Mobile, partly owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, as part of a cash-and-stock deal worth as much as $1.35 billion ByMICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer March 15, 2023, 10:24 AM Mint Mobile, partly owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, is being acquired by T-Mobile as part of a […]