Truck driver in Texas smuggling attempt that resulted in the deaths of 53 migrants pleads guilty
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants who rode in a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning pleaded guilty Thursday over the 2022 tragedy that became the nation’s deadliest
FTC sues Greystar, saying the property manager used hidden fees to swindle renters out of millions
DENVER (AP) — U.S. property management company Greystar swindled renters across the country out of hundreds of millions using deceptive advertising and hidden fees, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and
A man with a stick killed 2 homeless people in Miami in an ‘unprovoked’ attack, police say
A man wielding a stick killed two people in Miami in an “unprovoked” attack on four homeless people, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was taken into custody following the beatings, which police say were carried out
Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga on star-studded list for wildfire relief concerts
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Musicians Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Joni Mitchell and Jelly Roll will take the stage with other big names at wildfire relief concerts in Los Angeles this month, organizers said on Thursday.
Supreme Court blog publisher Tom Goldstein, a high-stakes poker player, indicted on tax charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The publisher of a prominent blog about the Supreme Court was indicted Thursday in a multimillion-dollar scheme to evade federal income taxes and use money from his law firm to cover gambling debts from
Trump’s Treasury pick Bessent says US must keep oversight of Treasuries
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States should keep oversight of potential problems in the U.S. bond market, President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent told Congress on Thursday, referring to Wall Street billionaire Howard Lutnick’s
Biden weighing action aimed at prohibiting discrimination based on sex, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is weighing action aimed at advancing the Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination based on sex, before he leaves office on Monday, the Washington Post reported on Thursday citing
Biden administration moves to protect more of Alaska refuge from drilling
(Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday moved to put more of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits to oil and gas development, in a last-minute bid to complicate President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to boost
Walz urges lawmakers to end a power struggle upending the Minnesota Legislature
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz urged lawmakers Thursday to end a power struggle that has disrupted the first week of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session, but expressed support for House Democrats’ boycott of the chamber
Census officials defend the method that led to an increase in the count of multiracial people
The U.S. Census Bureau says improvements to the design of the 2020 census questions and the tabulating of answers led to an increase in the count of multiracial people in the United States, defending its method against
