Federal COVID aid OK’d to pay for roads, natural disasters Posted February 4, 2023 State and local governments will soon gain new flexibility to spend billions of federal coronavirus relief dollars on things not directly related to the pandemic, including new ro…
Con artist pleads guilty in phishing plot that duped authors Posted February 3, 2023 A yearslong saga that ensnared the publishing world culminated in a New York courtroom when a con artist pleaded guilty to a plot that defrauded …
Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life Posted February 2, 2023 The newly restored remains of an opulent house in Pompeii that likely belonged to two former slaves who became rich through the wine trade offer …
Air traffic outage in Philippines causes long flight delays Posted February 1, 2023 Nearly 300 domestic and international flights at the airport in Manila, Philippines, were either delayed, canceled or diverted January 1, causing misery for over …
Djokovic says no hard feelings over Australian deportation Posted January 31, 2023 Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subs…
Florida sheriff: Burglars call 911 to get help moving stuff Posted January 30, 2023 Two people in Florida were arrested after one of them made a 911 call to get help with moving their belongings from a home they were burglarizing, authorities sai…
Cameraman hurt on New Mexico film set gets $66M in lawsuit Posted January 29, 2023 A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the…
Coinbase to pay $100M in settlement with New York regulators Posted January 28, 2023 New York announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase over what state officials called significant failures in the cryptocurrency trading platform’s systems for spotting pote…
No cash, no bank heists in Denmark; criminals now go online Posted January 27, 2023 For the first time in years, Denmark hasn’t recorded a single bank robbery. There wouldn’t have been much point. Cash transactions in the Nordic country have b…
NY Rep. elect Santos admits lying about career, college Posted January 26, 2023 Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House…