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ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos Paula Lobo | ABC | Getty Images ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. According to settlement documents made […]
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Jay-Z rape accuser comes forward to NBC News, acknowledges inconsistencies in her allegations
HOUSTON — An Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13 years old sat down with NBC News to recount what she called a “catastrophic event”: a limo ride to a white house, a drink that made her feel woozy, a sexual assault by rap stars that would ruin […]
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McKinsey & Co. to pay $650 million to settle opioid consulting probe, ex-partner to plead guilty
The McKinsey & Company logo is displayed at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 21, 2023. Benoit Tessier | Reuters McKinsey & Co. agreed to pay $650 million in a deferred prosecution agreement that will resolve a federal criminal probe into the company’s consulting work advising Purdue Pharma […]
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SEC charges Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Trump’s Commerce pick, with breaking securities laws
Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of BGC Partners Inc., speaks during the Piper Sandler Global Exchange and FinTech Conference in New York City, U.S., June 8, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald with violating laws related to disclosures by so-called […]
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New Jersey drones don’t appear to pose national security or public safety threat, FBI says
Unidentified drone in New Jersey. Source: MSNBC The FBI and Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that they had seen “no evidence” that mysterious drone sightings over New Jersey and adjacent areas in recent weeks “pose a national security or public safety threat.” The agencies also said they had no evidence of a “foreign nexus” […]
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FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office
FBI Director Christopher Wray walks into a secure information area ahead of a closed-door security meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 25, 2024. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray announced Wednesday that he will resign by the end of the Biden administration next […]
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Murder suspect Luigi Mangione’s notebook called ‘wack’ of CEO ‘targeted, precise’
A notebook found with Luigi Mangione contains a description of killing a CEO that matches details of his alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in New York last week, NBC News reported Wednesday. “What do you do?” a section of the notebook says. “You wack the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention,” the notebook says. […]
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Yellen discusses South Korean political crisis with country’s finance minister
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke to South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday and discussed South Korea’s political turmoil following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt last week to impose martial law. Yellen “expressed appreciation for the close […]
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Luigi Mangione rages about ‘insult to the American people’ before UnitedHealthcare murder extradition hearing
Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen | Getty Images An agitated Luigi Mangione yelled at reporters outside a Pennsylvania courthouse before a hearing on his possible extradition to New York to face a murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare […]
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Trump wants $480 million New York fraud case dropped for the ‘greater good’ — AG says no
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York City, U.S., October 3, 2023. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The New York Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday rejected […]
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