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Month: April 2024

Former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani faces bank fraud charges in sports betting case

By STEPHANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is being charged with federal bank fraud for crimes involving gambling debts and theft of millions of dollars from the Japanese sensation, federal authorities said Thursday. U.S. Attorney Marin Estrada announced the charges Thursday. Ippei

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Former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani faces bank fraud charges in sports betting case

By STEPHANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is being charged with federal bank fraud for crimes involving gambling debts and theft of millions of dollars from the Japanese sensation, federal authorities said Thursday. U.S. Attorney Marin Estrada announced the charges Thursday. Ippei

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Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring two-person crews on trains

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances. The identical challenges were filed this week in appellate courts across the country. They call the Federal Railroad Administration’s new rule arbitrary, capricious and an illegal abuse

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Muslim leaders are ‘out of words’’ as they tire of the White House outreach on the war in Gaza

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Muslim and Arab American leaders have grown frustrated with the outreach from President Joe Biden’s White House as the war in Gaza drags on. They say private meetings with officials at all levels of the administration have failed to lead to meaningful changes

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