SEC: Payday loan scheme bilks investors out of millions
MIAMI (AP) — Federal regulators say the owner of a Miami-based payday loan company bilked hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars and…
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Woman’s conviction in ’91 killing of 5-year-old son tossed
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Supreme Court has thrown out the 2016 conviction of a Florida woman…
Continue Reading Kuwait names new Cabinet amid political, financial troubles
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir has announced the formation of a new Cabinet. The move…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes jury finishes fifth day of deliberations
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes left…
Continue Reading Spain’s govt clears crucial labor reform and budget for 2022
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s left-wing ruling coalition is securing its hold on power with the approval of a landmark…
Continue Reading N.Macedonia: Police find 53 migrants hidden in a truck
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have found 53 people crammed into a truck, and have arrested the vehicle’s…
Continue Reading Save the Children staff confirmed dead in Myanmar massacre
BANGKOK (AP) — The humanitarian group Save the Children says it has confirmed that two of its staff were among at least 35 people who were killed…
Continue Reading US home prices surge 18.4% in October
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices surged again in October as the housing market continues to boom in the wake…
Continue Reading State legislatures in US poised to act on abortion rights
By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — An expected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming year to severely restrict…
Continue Reading Turkey: 1 hurt in knife attack on pro-Kurdish party office
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media reports say police have detained a man who wounded one person during a knife attack on a branch of a…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Would you relocate for $10K? Should you?
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Some cities and states are targeting remote workers as a way to boost the local tax base and combat decades of brain…
Continue Reading Advertisements draw flak in China over Asian stereotypes
BEIJING (AP) — Advertisements featuring some Chinese models have sparked feuding in China over whether their appearance and makeup are perpetuating…
Continue Reading World’s fair in Dubai warns of possible closures over virus
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The multibillion-dollar world’s fair in Dubai has warned that some venues on…
Continue Reading Lebanese premier expects draft deal with IMF within weeks
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prime minister says talks with the International Monetary Fund are inching closer to a…
Continue Reading Russian court shuts renowned rights group
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s highest court has shut down one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human…
Continue Reading Germany: 2 men charged in killing of their sister
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have charged two Afghan brothers with murder over the killing in July of their sister, whom they…
Continue Reading Indonesia arrests 5 people in methamphetamine smuggling
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested five people suspected of smuggling 29 kilograms…
Continue Reading Yemen rebels allow UN flights temporarily into Sanaa airport
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels say they’re temporarily allowing U.N. humanitarian flights to…
Continue Reading German court orders rules to protect the disabled in triage
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has ruled that officials must draw up rules to protect disabled people if hospitals end up having to triage…
Continue Reading Tutu: a man of empathy, moral ardor, and some silly jokes
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press Desmond Tutu was, for many around the world, an icon. A spiritual compass. A champion of the anti-apartheid…
Continue Reading Israeli PM says not opposed to ‘good’ nuclear deal with Iran
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says he doesn’t oppose a “good” nuclear deal…
Continue Reading First COVID-19 shot recipient in US now a vaccine activist
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer New York nurse Sandra Lindsay became a vaccine activist after being hailed as the first person in the United…
Continue Reading In eastern Germany, pastors push for shots despite protests
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — Lutheran pastors across Germany’s Saxony state have used their sermons and…
Continue Reading Undertakers, rabbis join global fight promoting COVID shots
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer From South African undertakers to ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbis, an unconventional cadre of people has joined…
Continue Reading Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews have yet to receive their…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly slip amid lingering omicron worries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower amid lingering worries about the omicron coronavirus variant’s…
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Police: Gunman in Denver who killed 5 targeted some victims
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage in several locations in the Denver…
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Fauci: US should consider vaccine mandate for US air travel
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for…
Continue Reading Evangelicals a rising force inside Argentine prisons
By GERMAN DE LOS SANTOS and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — Evangelical pastors have become increasingly influential inside…
Continue Reading Immigrants welcome Afghan refugees, inspired by own journeys
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area health clinic founded four decades ago to screen refugees from…
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