AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. The complaint filed Tuesday says San Francisco-based Visa penalizes merchants and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As the first St. Lucian to win an Olympic medal, sprinter Julien Alfred already has poetry, paintings and even a calypso song dedicated to her. On Tuesday, officials also announced that Sept. 27 would be Julien Alfred Day as the 23-year-old known as “JuJu” returned home to
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Ludman Click here for updates on this story September 24, 2024 (LAPost.com) — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sunday to ban the distribution of plastic bags at grocery stores. Supporters of the bill said on Monday it will help reduce a major source of waste. Senate Bill 1053, the bill
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An Orange County Superior Court judge accused of fatally shooting his wife had his $1 million bail revoked today for violating the terms of his release, and he was taken into custody in court. Prosecutors said Judge Jeffrey Malcolm Ferguson, 73, violated the terms of his release by drinking alcohol. Ferguson’s attorney denied the allegation,
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Three men’s lacrosse players at Tufts University remain hospitalized after a voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout with a Navy SEAL graduate left them with a dangerous condition called rhabdomyolysis, the university said. A spokesperson for the university previously said five remained hospitalized. The September 16 workout was instructed by a Tufts alumnus who is a “recent graduate of the BUD/S Navy SEAL
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another woman sued Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, the latest of several similar suits
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state lawmaker who was arrested last month is facing new charges after police say they suspect he was driving under the influence. The Wheeling News-Register reports that Republican Sen. Mike Maroney was arrested Monday in McMechen after police pulled him over. Maroney was arrested on suspicion of driving
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Up to 2,000 voters in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital of Madison were sent duplicate absentee ballots, but a city spokesperson says that none had been returned, all affected voters were being contacted and there were multiple safeguards in place to ensure only one ballot is counted. The error led
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after she apologized to everyone hurt by a fraud that stole billions of dollars from investors, lenders and customers. Ellison, 29, could have faced a much
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of child sex abuse at juvenile detention facilities in Illinois are hoping for justice. Hundreds of people have alleged they were abused as children while incarcerated at detention facilities across the state. One of them is 30-year-old Michael Moss. He says he has felt guilt and shame for years
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith this week will be allowed to file hundreds of pages of legal arguments and evidence gathered in the 2020 election subversion and January 6 US Capitol attack criminal case against former President Donald Trump, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The filing is likely to be the largest
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Decatur, Georgia (CNN) — Step into the Rebel Teahouse and look to the right: a stack of Kamala Harris campaign brochures on the shelf gives away a big change here. Owner Christine Nguyen has a candidate now and is not only excited to cast her vote but is also doing a
Continue ReadingCNN By John King, CNN Decatur, Georgia (CNN) — Step into the Rebel Teahouse and look to the right: a stack of Kamala Harris campaign brochures on the shelf gives away a big change here. Owner Christine Nguyen has a candidate now and is not only excited to cast her vote but is also doing
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Visa of illegally monopolizing the debit card market. For more than a decade, the department alleges, Visa has abused its dominant positionin the debit card market to force businesses to use Visa’s network instead of competitors’, and to stop new alternatives from entering the market. “We allege that
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former FTX cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison is sentenced to two years in prison for fraud.
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another woman sued Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, the latest of several similar suits
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — During his presidency, Donald Trump talked repeatedly about the terrorist attacks that occurred in the United States on his watch. He sometimes denounced these attacks in vivid detail. In his 2018 State of the Union address, he spoke of “two terrorist attacks in New York” in “recent weeks.”
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Two hikers were rescued from the Pushawalla Palms Trail, north of Thousand Palms. The call came out at around 9:30 a.m. this morning on the trail, which is located just off Thousand Palms Canyon Road. Authorities said one of the hikers was in need of medical aid. The hikers were airlifted off the trail. They
Continue ReadingAssociated Press An effort to prevent Donald Trump from losing a potentially crucial electoral vote from Nebraska appears dead. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday that he’s not planning to push for the necessary change in state law ahead of the November presidential election. Pillen said there’s not the two-thirds legislative majority necessary to pass
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the GOP’s most endangered House incumbents, reportedly gave both his lover and his fiancée’s daughter part-time jobs in his district office on Long Island, a potential violation of House ethics rules. D’Esposito hired the pair shortly after taking office in 2023, according
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