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By JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Manhattan criminal defense attorneys was so concerned about prosecutor Emil Bove’s professionalism that they banded together to send an email to his bosses. One lawyer complained in the 2018 email that Bove was “completely reckless and out of control” in how…
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Apple announced Monday that it plans to invest more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, including plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in Texas. Related Articles Business | Robinhood says SEC has closed its investigation into the company…
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By YAYAN ZAMZAMI BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. Related Articles World News | A French surgeon is on trial accused of raping or abusing 299 people, mostly child patients World News | Xi tells…
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By JADE LE DELEY and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY VANNES, France (AP) — A former surgeon went on trial in France on Monday for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children who were his patients, in what investigators and his own notebooks describe as a pattern of violence spanning over three…
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NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s veteran Lester Holt will step down as anchor of the network’s flagship “Nightly News” broadcast. Related Articles National News | Robinhood says SEC has closed its investigation into the company National News | Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle to replace their old ones National News |…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — Chase Silseth could tell a difference immediately when he began throwing again after last year’s surgery. “From the first throw, it was like 110% better,” the Angels right-hander said. Silseth had an arthroscopic cleanup of his right elbow last year, ending a season in which he’d pitched for months through various levels…
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An Arizona grandmother who was seriously injured on a Harry Potter ride at Universal Studios Hollywood that left her suffering from debilitating back pain has won a multimillion-dollar jury verdict, according to court documents. A California federal jury unanimously awarded $7.25 million to Pamela Morrison on Feb. 14 for injuries sustained on the Harry Potter…
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The U.S.-based operator of fashion retailer Forever 21 plans to lay off 358 people as it closes its Fashion District headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, the company said in a regulatory filing with the state’s Employment Development Department. Forever 21 Chief Financial Officer Bradley Sell wrote in a Feb. 18 letter filed with EDD that…
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BELVEDERE, Calif. (AP) — Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of President John F. Kennedy’s limousine after the president was shot, then was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination, died Friday. He was 93. Hill died at home in Belvedere, California, according to…
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In Newport Beach, surfing instructor Jason Murchison is being treated like “this Jesse-James-style criminal,” as he puts it. The city has been in a legal dispute with Jason — a 41-year-old former Navy diver turned business owner — for a decade. He has seen code enforcement officers watching him from a boat. He has received…
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