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NFL gets a warning from state attorneys general: Address women’s hostile-workplace claims, or face investigations
Roger Goodell Catalina Fragoso | USA TODAY Sports | Reuters Attorneys general of six states warned the National Football League on Wednesday to take “swift action” in responding to recent allegations a “workplace culture that is overtly hostile to women,” or face investigations and possible legal charges. The coalition told NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in […]
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Ivanka Trump ends 8 hours of testimony to House committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Ivanka Trump testified for around eight hours Tuesday to the select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that began after her father, former President Donald Trump, spent weeks falsely claiming he was being deprived of a second White House term because of widespread ballot fraud. Ivanka’s testimony, which was conducted via a remote […]
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World’s biggest darknet marketplace, Russia-linked Hydra Market, seized and shut down, DOJ says
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the press at the Justice Department after all three defendants were found guilty of federal hate crimes for murder of a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbrey in Washington, DC, U.S., February 22, 2022. Nicholas Kamm | Reuters Hydra Market, which was considered to be the world’s largest and […]
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Ivanka Trump to testify Tuesday before House Jan. 6 committee
Ivanka Trump arrives to introduce her father, US President Donald Trump during a “Make America Great Again” rally at Total Sports Park on November 1, 2020, in Washington, Michigan. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump, the daughter and senior White House adviser of former President Donald Trump, is set to […]
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Supreme Court pick Jackson’s confirmation likely after she clears key Senate hurdle, gains more GOP support from Romney, Murkowski
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to cruise to Supreme Court confirmation after she cleared a key Senate hurdle and gained the support of two more Republican senators on Monday. Senators voted 53-47 Monday afternoon to move Jackson’s nomination out of the Judiciary Committee and onto the full Senate floor, clearing the path for a […]
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How Walmart thwarted $4 million in elder gift card scams
A gift card display stands at a Walmart Inc. store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Technology developed by Walmart helped the retail giant identify and freeze nearly $4 million in gift cards that had been bought by thousands of primarily elderly victims at the direction of con artists who […]
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U.S. authorities accuse Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg of bank fraud, money laundering as his yacht is seized
The yacht called “Tango” owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who was sanctioned by the U.S. on March 11, is seen at Palma de Mallorca Yacht Club in the Spanish island of Mallorca, Spain March 15, 2022. Juan Medina | Reuters U.S. authorities accused Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg of conspiring to commit bank fraud and […]
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Sri Lankan president tries to preempt protests with nationwide curfew
“I don’t know why a curfew has been declared. What we need now is not a curfew, we need food, gas, fuel and the freedom to express ourselves,” said one protest organizer in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ishara S. Kodikara | Afp | Getty Images Sri Lanka imposed a countrywide curfew starting Saturday evening until Monday […]
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Sri Lanka’s president declares emergency as police clash with angry protesters
Protestors in Colombo on April 1, 2022. Inflation has wracked Sri Lanka, rising to 17.5% in February from 16.8% a month earlier, according to the country’s central bank. Ishara S. Kodikara | AFP | Getty Images Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency in the island nation Friday, a day after angry protesters demonstrated […]
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Solomon Islands says security deal with China won’t include military base
Smoke rises from the Chinatown district of Honiara last November. Riots struck the country after Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of China. Charley Piringi | AFP | Getty Images Seeking to counter international fears over its new security alliance with China, the Solomon Islands said Friday it won’t […]
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