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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology. Holmes’ sentencing in the same San Jose, California, courtroom where she was convicted on four counts of investor
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By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN One US Customs and Border Protection agent is dead and two others injured after a shootout with suspected drug smugglers off the coast of Puerto Rico, according to agency spokesperson Jeffrey Quiñones. “An agent that was transported directly to a hospital in Mayagüez, we were told just a
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Indian Health Service announced Thursday that all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment when appropriate, under a new vaccine strategy. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, American Indians and Alaska Natives have had some of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates across the country. But
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Government prosecutors and defense attorneys on Thursday announced they have finished presenting evidence in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, wrapping up a seven-week effort to argue whether five alleged members of far-right militia plotted to stop Joe Biden from assuming the presidency. For five weeks, prosecutors showed
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Tesla board of directors that created the largest compensation package in history for CEO Elon Musk was stocked with friends of Musk, according to court testimony this week. “Yes we’re friends,” former Tesla board member Antonio Gracias said after a long line of questions about his
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The Tesla board of directors that created the largest compensation package in history for CEO Elon Musk was stocked with friends of Musk, according to court testimony this week. “Yes we’re friends,” former Tesla board member Antonio Gracias said after a long line of questions about his relationships with Elon
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A defendant accused of vicious sex-trafficking in Seattle pleaded not guilty Thursday in a case that came to light after prosecutors say a 20-year-old woman was rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man. Winston Burt, 30, who uses the street name
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The American Express donated money to 37 Coachella Valley organizations on Thursday that was raised during the 2022 PGA Tour Golf Tournament. Each organization received a check of different amounts, all of them together totaling $1,000,000. The funds are raised through sponsorships, ticket sales, and various other outlets surrounding the PGA Tour. The recipients are
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Another employee exodus appears to be underway at Twitter as many workers rejected Elon Musk’s terms for staying with the company, choosing instead to depart, according to multiple current and former employees. As the deadline approached for Twitter employees to respond to Elon Musk’s ultimatum to commit
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Alejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN Negocios) — Cualquiera que busque comprar un boleto para la nueva gira de Taylor Swift puede correr con porca suerte. Ticketmaster dijo el jueves que “debido a las demandas extraordinariamente altas de los sistemas de emisión de boletos y al inventario de boletos restante insuficiente para satisfacer esa demanda, la
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SARALAND, Alabama (WALA) — A Semmes man was extradited back to Alabama today from the Escambia County Florida Sheriff’s Office. Justice Clyde Morgan had a warrant for making terroristic threats back on October 07, 2022. According to authorities, a warrant was issued for Morgan after
Continue ReadingBy Frederik Pleitgen, Kylie Atwood, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Rob Picheta, CNN American basketball star Brittney Griner has been transferred to a penal colony in Yavas, in the western Russian region of Mordovia, her lawyers said Thursday, ending days of speculation over her whereabouts. Her lawyers, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, thanked everyone who has
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and agent said Thursday. Griner was transferred to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 kilometers (210 miles) east of Moscow, after a Russian court last month
Continue ReadingBy Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Military papers from over 50 years ago unexpectedly turned up in a Theodore neighborhood. Now, the woman who stumbled upon them needs help tracking down the recipient. They belong to a Robert N. Kestner, and according to the papers, he was
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Justice released new guidance Thursday that aims to make it easier to have federal student loan debt discharged in bankruptcy — a particularly difficult legal process under the previous policy. Unlike credit card, medical and other consumer debts, student loan borrowers must show that paying off the debt
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La estrella de la WNBA Brittney Griner fue trasladada a una colonia penal en Yavas, en la región occidental rusa de Mordovia, dijeron este jueves sus abogados, poniendo fin a días de especulaciones sobre su paradero. Sus abogados, Maria Blagovolina y Alexander Boykov, agradecieron a todos los que se acercaron en
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business The trade group representing the nation’s freight railroads is confident that a strike by more than 100,000 union members can be avoided, even after rank-and-file members rejected the tentative labor deals reached earlier this fall. So far three rail unions have rejected the proposed agreements and are
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky and Frank Pallotta, CNN Anyone looking to buy a ticket to Taylor Swift’s new tour may be out of luck. Ticketmaster said on Thursday that “due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand,” Friday’s public ticket sales for Swift’s Eras Tour has been
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Brown Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — A mother and father have been charged after their 10-week-old, who was born at home, died from malnutrition. According to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, 19-year-old Austen M. Taub Hack and 20-year-old Sarah Stone have been charged with felony abuse or
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Students at Rancho Mirage High School were temporarily confined to their classrooms after what staff called a situation involving an individual student’s safety. PSUSD spokesperson Joan Boiko told News Channel 3 shortly before 12:30 p.m. that the “brief lockdown” was lifted. PSUSD sent out an email to parents and guardians notifying them of what happened:
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