Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City official who helped coordinate the city’s response to the pandemic was fired from his private-sector job after a recording showed him talking about attending a sex party and other private gatherings when the city was urging people to practice social distancing. Dr. Jay Varma
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AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “League of Legends” is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a strike against “League of Legends” on Tuesday,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. The complaint filed Tuesday says San Francisco-based Visa penalizes merchants and
Continue Reading AP Business Writer The nation’s largest owner of single-family homes for rent has agreed to pay $48 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission. The commission had alleged that Invitation Homes reaped millions of dollars via deceptive business practices, including forcing tenants to pay undisclosed fees on top of their monthly rent. The
Continue Reading AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund the federal government, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar fate. Johnson is preparing to lead the House on Wednesday in passing legislation to fund
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another woman sued Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, the latest of several similar suits
Continue Reading CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state lawmaker who was arrested last month is facing new charges after police say they suspect he was driving under the influence. The Wheeling News-Register reports that Republican Sen. Mike Maroney was arrested Monday in McMechen after police pulled him over. Maroney was arrested on suspicion of driving
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Up to 2,000 voters in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital of Madison were sent duplicate absentee ballots, but a city spokesperson says that none had been returned, all affected voters were being contacted and there were multiple safeguards in place to ensure only one ballot is counted. The error led
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after she apologized to everyone hurt by a fraud that stole billions of dollars from investors, lenders and customers. Ellison, 29, could have faced a much
Continue Reading Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of child sex abuse at juvenile detention facilities in Illinois are hoping for justice. Hundreds of people have alleged they were abused as children while incarcerated at detention facilities across the state. One of them is 30-year-old Michael Moss. He says he has felt guilt and shame for years
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former FTX cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison is sentenced to two years in prison for fraud.
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another woman sued Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, the latest of several similar suits
Continue Reading Associated Press An effort to prevent Donald Trump from losing a potentially crucial electoral vote from Nebraska appears dead. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday that he’s not planning to push for the necessary change in state law ahead of the November presidential election. Pillen said there’s not the two-thirds legislative majority necessary to pass
Continue Reading Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing is giving the union representing striking factory workers more time to consider a revised contract offer with bigger pay increases and more bonus money, but it was unclear Tuesday whether the union would schedule a ratification vote on the proposal. On picket lines in the Pacific Northwest, strikers said
Continue Reading AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court. The antitrust complaint
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According to a press release obtained by NBC News, the press conference is to announce “criminal charges against individuals and the seizure and shutdown of the Royal Inn for violations of the federal Travel Act and money laundering offenses.”
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The big play is back in a big way for No. 17 Clemson. The Tigers (2-1, 1-0 ACC) and frequently maligned passer Cade Klubnik have made an early, explosive statement about their chances in the Atlantic Coast Conference. “Explosive. Explosive and consistent,” coach Dabo Swinney said this week.
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La patrulla Fronteriza Sector El Centro logró el rescate de dos menores de edad que había sido sedados para cruzar la frontera por traficantes de personas en dos casos distintos.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American quarry company says the Mexican government has carried out a de facto expropriation of its properties on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The government issued a decree declaring the firm’s seaport and quarries to be a natural protected area, in effect prohibiting the company’s activities on its own land. Alabama-based Vulcan
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer UCLA will play Baylor and Texas will face Maryland in a women’s basketball doubleheader in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic in January. The games will be played in New Jersey at the Prudential Center on Jan. 20, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Coretta Scott King Classic was formed
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