A New York businesswoman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that prosecutors say ripped off more than $30 million from foreign investors and funneled some of the stolen funds to U.S. political campaigns, includin...
Los Angeles school superintendent placed on paid leave during federal probe
Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles public schools, is being placed on paid leave two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters
Sleepy owl found resting among items on a New York antique store shelf
Shoppers in upstate New York month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: a live owl resting peacefully among items on a shelf
ICE agents said to have posed as police, a tactic some fear could erode trust in real cops
Federal immigration agents arrested a Columbia student after allegedly gaining access to her apartment by posing as police in search of a missing child
Former MLB pitcher sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting in-laws
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Daniel Serafini has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2021 shooting of his wife's parents
Joe Biden returns to bask in ‘thank you’ event from South Carolina Democrats
Former President Joe Biden returned to South Carolina on Friday for a warm homecoming from the Democrats who resurrected his 2020 presidential campaign
Cuba unveils new details in fatal US boat shooting and says a 2nd boat on mission failed
Top officials with Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior have unveiled for the first time the items they said were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that opened fire against troops in waters off the island’s north coast this week, with soldiers responding a...
Researchers praise ‘stunning’ results of new prostate cancer treatment
Early trials of the drug VIR-5500 showed it shrinking tumours in some patients A new drug for advanced prostate cancer has shown promise in early trials experts have said, with the medication shrinking tumours in some patients. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in many countries, including...
Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon
Plans to return humans to the moon will come in later mission as agency grapples with delays and glitches Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with technical glitches and criticism that...
Research suggests mating direction bias between Neanderthals and humans
Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite Tens of thousands of years ago, as modern humans migrated into northerly territories inhabited by our ancient cousins, the Neanderthals, the two species met – and sometimes mated. Now, genetic evidence has revealed a striking...