A judge’s February ruling that found former President Donald Trump and his company committed hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud should be tossed out, attorneys for Trump said in an appeal filed Monday. Trump’s lawyers called the $454 million judgment “draconian” and complained that the “case violates centuries of New York case law.” Judge Arthur Engoron found that Trump, …
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A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit. The ruling is likely to free Dunn from prison, but it wasn’t immediately clear when that would happen. He has been serving a sentence of life without parole. St. Louis …
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Interest in gold investing has been steadily climbing over the last few years — and investors have had their eyes locked on gold for the last few months in particular. One driver in that equationhas been inflation, which has led investors to seek out safe-haven assets, like gold, to help preserve their wealth. And, gold’s price has been on an …
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Daruvar, Croatia— An armed assailant entered a care home for older people in a quiet central Croatian town Monday and opened fire, killing six people and wounding six others, police said. Croatia’s prime minister said the victims were mostly in their 90s. Croatia’s police chief, Nikola Milina, said five people died immediately while one more person died in a hospital. …
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InVice President Kamala Harris‘ first remarks sincePresident Biden dropped out of the 2024 raceandendorsed her for the Democratic nomination, she said she is “deeply, deeply grateful” to Mr. Biden for his “service to our nation.” “I am a firsthand witness that every day, our president Joe Biden fights for the people, and we are deeply, deeply grateful for his service …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Monday for a scheduled visit to Washington, one day after President Biden announced he would not be running for a second term and amid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Ahead of his departure, Netanyahu said Israel will remain a key ally of the U.S. in the Middle East no matter …
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A certificate of deposit (CD) is typically a smart way to grow and safeguard your money, regardless of the economic climate in which you open it. But, in recent years, these sorts of accounts have seen their benefits surge thanks to inflation and an elevated interest rate climate, causing returns on CDs to grow exponentially. In recent years, savers haven’t …
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A Russian court has convictedAlsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday. The conviction in the city of Kazan came on Friday, the same day that a court in …
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President Biden’s exit from the presidential race and move to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic party’s candidate has prompted investors and economists to reassess the campaign’s impact on everything from the stock market to the so-called “Trump trade.” So far, U.S. markets are taking Biden’s announcement to leave the campaign in stride, with thebroad-based S&P 500 index …
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Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice PresidentKamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been running hot since Sunday when President Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, but the “SNL” alum is a busy actor these days. Rudolph earned four Emmy nods last week for her work on three different shows: “Loot” (just …
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