Financial regulators permanently banned the accounting firm that the parent company of Donald Trump’s media platform hired in an enforcement action after an investigation revealed that the firm wasn’t really conducting audits and instead just pasted old work into new papers and forged the date. The investigation results did not include work performed for the […]
Prosecutors have charged a 21-year-old Kansas City man with adulterating food at the Hereford House restaurant in Leawood. Jace Christian Hanson of Kansas City was charged with one felony count of unlawfully adulterating or contaminating food at the restaurant at 5001 Town Center Drive in Leawood. Prosecutors haven’t detailed how Hanson allegedly contaminated the food. […]
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -Moderna on Thursday reported quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street estimates but came in dramatically lower than the previous year when demand for COVID-19 vaccines was higher. Sales of Moderna’s COVID-19 shot Spikevax, its only marketed product, dropped 91% from the previous year to $167 million for the quarter but surpassed […]
During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. But the cagey chief justice made some points abundantly clear. A lower court ruling denying Donald Trump absolute immunity will not stand. The court cannot rely on the good faith of prosecutors. And whatever the staggering facts of the election subversion allegations […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prosecutor general told the parliament on Wednesday that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people under the former government in Poland, among them elected officials. Adam Bodnar told lawmakers that he found the scale of the surveillance “shocking and depressing.” “It is sad for me that even in […]
The House is one step closer on Friday to reauthorizing a key U.S. spy program considered crucial to national security. After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday by tanking a routine procedural vote on the bill, the House passed the rule on Friday morning — teeing up debate, consideration of […]
Bellingham Police have a new look, including a redesigned logo and badges that feature the 1892 Old City Hall, one of the city’s most recognizable buildings. Badges with the new image hit the streets Nov. 1, 2023, and officers were gradually getting new badges to replace the previous badge, which was an eagle perched atop […]
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) -At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated by environmental agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution and consumer safety. While the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) had previously identified around 13,000 plastic […]
President Biden heads to Milwaukee on Wednesday to highlight an economic strategy aimed at revitalizing communities that for decades have been cut off from the nation’s growing prosperity. Biden is scheduled to speak at a Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee in a largely Black and Latino neighborhood where 17,000 homes and 1,000 businesses […]
Israel has unveiled their new entry for the Eurovision Song Contest after the country faced push back to the lyrics of their previous song. The new song, titled Hurricane, will be performed by singer Eden Golan during the international song competition in Malmo, Sweden in May. Her original track, October Rain, caused controversy as the […]
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has tied the knot a total of four times, with his most recent marriage ending two years ago. He stepped down last year as chairman of his Fox and News Corp businesses after almost seven decades at the helm of his sprawling media empire. Mr Murdoch’s son Lachlan Murdoch has since […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management are upping their offer to acquire Macy’s in a deal now valued at $6.6 billion. The investment firms announced Sunday that they had submitted an all-cash proposal of $24 for each of the remaining shares in Macy’s they don’t already own — up from a […]