Woman gets 20 years for bilking Chinese in $26M hotel fraud Posted December 28, 2022 A woman who bilked investors in a Southern California hotel and condominium project out of at least $26 million was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Ru…
Burst sewage pipe adds to infrastructure woes at COP27 Posted December 16, 2022 First there was no water. Then there was too much of the wrong kind. Attendees of this year’s U.N. climate conference in Egypt found themselves stepping over streams of foul-sm…
Americans convicted in Japan on Ghosn’s escape return home Posted December 8, 2022 An American father and son convicted in Japan on charges of helping Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape to Lebanon, hiding in a box, have been returned to the U.S., their l…
Woman sues over ban on feeding homeless people in parks Posted November 30, 2022 A woman who was arrested for feeding homeless people in northwest Arizona is suing over a local ordinance that regulates food-sharing events in public parks. N…
Mexican medical inspectors required to use body cameras Posted November 23, 2022 Medical regulatory inspectors in Mexico have earned such a reputation for corruption that starting Oct. 23, they have been required to wear body cameras to guard …
French leader vows to raise retirement age to 65, up from 62 Posted November 21, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to implement a pension reform that would eventually push up the retirement age by three years to 65, making younger generat…
Turkey’s opposition seeks stay of ‘disinformation’ law Posted November 15, 2022 Turkey’s main opposition party applied to the country’s supreme court seeking a suspension of the enforcement of a newly-approved media law that mandates prison t…
Smacked asteroid’s debris trail more than 6,000 miles long Posted October 31, 2022 The asteroid that got smacked by a NASA spacecraft is now being trailed by thousands of miles of debris from the impact. Astronomers captured the scene millions of miles away w…
Kenya ‘effectively’ lifts ban on genetically modified crops Posted October 30, 2022 Kenya’s new president says the Cabinet has “effectively” lifted the country’s ban on openly cultivating genetically modified crops, reversing a d…
Hawaii fines US Navy for unauthorized sewage release Posted October 23, 2022 The Hawaii Department of Health said it has fined the U.S. Navy $8.8 million for repeatedly discharging untreated or partially treated sewage int…