SPRING VALLEY, Wis. — A nurse in Wisconsin has been charged with elder abuse, accused of amputating a hospice patient’s frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor’s orders. After she cut off the man’s right foot last spring, Mary K. Brown, 38, of Durand, told her colleagues that she […]
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Trump Org. executive says he helped colleagues dodge taxes
NEW YORK — One of Donald Trump’s top moneymen admitted Thursday to breaking the law to help fellow Trump Organization executives avoid taxes on company-paid apartments and other perks, including by preparing misleading tax returns and failing to report the benefits to tax authorities. Senior Vice President and Controller Jeffrey […]
Jury: Filmmaker Paul Haggis liable for $7.5M in rape suit
NEW YORK — A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape in one of several #MeToo-era cases that have put Hollywood notables’ behavior on trial this fall. The jury also plans to award additional punitive […]
DC attorney general sues Washington Commanders, owner, NFL
The District of Columbia filed a consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, team owner Daniel Snyder, the National Football League and the league commissioner Roger Goodell, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Thursday. The defendants are being sued “for collusion to deceive residents of the District of Columbia about […]
Wall Street surges, Dow up 1,200 points on cooling inflation
NEW YORK — Wall Street surged to its best day since April 2020 as markets cheered a government report that inflation cooled more than expected last month. The S&P 500 jumped 5.5% Thursday and the Dow rose nearly 1,200 points as traders took the data as a sign the worst […]
Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families
HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars host Alex Jones and his company were ordered by a judge Thursday to pay an extra $473 million for promoting false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre, bringing the total judgment against him in a lawsuit filed by the victims’ families to a staggering […]
Police officer killed in suspected Brussels terror attack
BRUSSELS — One police officer died and another was injured following a stabbing attack in Brussels Thursday, which a Belgian judicial official said was suspected to be terrorism-linked. The suspected attacker was shot and “neutralized” after the stabbing and taken to hospital, Belgian police said, quoted by Le Soir newspaper. […]
Musk ends remote work at Twitter, warns of troubles ahead
Elon Musk has emailed Twitter employees, most working remotely, ordering them to return to the office immediately for at least 40 hours a week and warning of “difficult times ahead.” A pair of Wednesday night missives seen by The Associated Press marked Musk’s first companywide message to employees who survived […]
9 dead, including 4 women, in attack on bar in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Nine people are dead, including four women, after gunmen burst into a bar and opened fire in the violence-wracked Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities said Thursday. It was at least the third such bar massacre in as many months in Guanajuato, where a local gang is fighting […]
18-year-old arrested for threat that prompted FBI warning for synagogues
An 18-year-old was arrested Thursday for allegedly transmitting an online threat that prompted warnings from the FBI of a broad threat to the Jewish community in New Jersey. Last week’s threat — which the FBI later said had been “mitigated” — sent police scrambling to add extra patrols at New […]