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Trump loses appeals court bid to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case
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Trump loses appeals court bid to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Seth Wenig | Via Reuters A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday rejected a request by President-elect Donald Trump to delay his criminal sentencing Friday for his conviction in a case related to paying hush money to a […]

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Frontier plans new flights from JFK to big American Airlines hubs Miami, Los Angeles and Dallas
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Frontier plans new flights from JFK to big American Airlines hubs Miami, Los Angeles and Dallas

Frontier Airlines Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Discount carrier Frontier Airlines is beefing up service in New York, planning new routes to major American Airlines hubs with fares starting under $20. The airline plans to launch service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Miami International Airport on March 30. A roundtrip […]

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Trump lawyers seek to block sentencing in New York hush money case with appeal
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Trump lawyers seek to block sentencing in New York hush money case with appeal

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court on April 26, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump sought to block his scheduled sentencing later this week in a New York criminal hush money case, according […]

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Trump sentencing set for Jan. 10, judge leans toward no jail, no probation, no fine
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Trump sentencing set for Jan. 10, judge leans toward no jail, no probation, no fine

Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York on May 30, 2024. Justin Lane | Via Reuters A judge on Friday rejected a request that he dismiss the New York criminal […]

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DraftKings tests a subscription service as it looks to offset high New York taxes
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DraftKings tests a subscription service as it looks to offset high New York taxes

Sports betting company DraftKings’ logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images DraftKings is upping the ante. The sportsbook is testing out a new subscription service called DraftKings Sportsbook+ designed to provide paying customers a boost in odds. The $20 per month subscription service launched quietly on Dec. 28 […]

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Ukraine just stopped Russian gas flows to Europe. Here’s who’s most at risk
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Ukraine just stopped Russian gas flows to Europe. Here’s who’s most at risk

The Mitte Combined Heat and Power (CHP) natural gas power plant, operated by Vattenfall AB, in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukraine halted the flow of Russian gas to several European countries on New Year’s Day, bringing an end to Moscow’s decades-long dominance over Europe’s energy markets. […]

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NYC congestion pricing set to start as planned Sunday after ruling in final lawsuit
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NYC congestion pricing set to start as planned Sunday after ruling in final lawsuit

Cars pass under toll machines on Broadway Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City on November 14, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images With just days to go before the nation’s first congestion toll begins in New York City, the pricing plan may have passed its final hurdle in a ruling from a […]

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European markets expected to see muted open ahead of the New Year holiday
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European markets expected to see muted open ahead of the New Year holiday

European markets are expected to open flat to lower Tuesday ahead of the New Year holiday. London’s FTSE 100 index is expected to open 20 points lower at 8,100 and France’s CAC 40 is seen opening 5 points lower at 7,309. Both bourses will be closing early today. Markets in Germany and Italy are shut […]

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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of health insurance CEO
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of health insurance CEO

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down health insurance executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, pleaded not guilty on Monday to New York state murder charges that brand him a terrorist. Mangione, 26, was escorted into Judge Gregory Carro’s 13th-floor courtroom in the New York state criminal courthouse in lower Manhattan with […]

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MicroStrategy rides ‘red sweep’ to 477% gain in 2024, topping almost all U.S. stocks
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MicroStrategy rides ‘red sweep’ to 477% gain in 2024, topping almost all U.S. stocks

Michael Saylor, chairman and chief executive officer at MicroStrategy, during an interview at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Thursday, May 18, 2023.  Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images On the eve of MicroStrategy‘s stock market debut in June 1998, founder Michael Saylor stayed in a penthouse suite at […]

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