By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A prominent 91-year-old psychiatrist who was once close friends with Jeffrey Epstein was sued on Monday by a onetime model who said he enabled the late financier’s sex trafficking, and turned her into his “modern-day sex slave.” In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, the plaintiff, using […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The 2024 primary season is roughly halfway over and there have been few shakeups so far, with just one U.S. House member defeated and incumbents widely prevailing in state Capitols. But the runoffs in Texas on Tuesday are a test for two prominent Republicans: U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, who has broken […]
(Bloomberg) — There’s just one big bear left in Wall Street’s forest of stock market opinions after Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson capitulated on Monday while JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Marko Kolanovic held firm in his gloomy outlook on equities. Most Read from Bloomberg Kolanovic reiterated his view in a note to clients late Monday, urging […]
A court has convicted one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party of using a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Bjorn Hocke’s trial comes months before a regional election in the eastern state of Thuringia in which he plans to run […]
Indiana’s chief legal officer is taking former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel to court in an effort to get the prominent Republican political figure to pay back the agencies he allegedly took public funds from to pay for personal items. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita stated Noel, who served as […]
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities were searching the European parliament office of a prominent German far-right lawmaker in Brussels on Tuesday, Germany’s top prosecutor’s office said. Maximilian Krah, the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has been under scrutiny after an assistant of his was arrested last month on suspicion […]
May 6—OLYMPIA — Monday marked the beginning of candidate filing week in the state, opening the doors for Washingtonians to officially throw their hats in the ring for more than 400 federal, state, judicial, legislative and county offices up for grabs in the November election. Two of the top contenders for state governor declared candidacy […]
Since the advent of the internet roughly 30 years ago, there hasn’t been an innovation or trend that’s excited professional and everyday investors quite like artificial intelligence (AI). The lure of AI is the ability of software and systems to learn over time without human intervention (what’s known as “machine learning”). Having these systems become […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina formally requested on Thursday to join NATO as a global partner, a status that would clear the way for greater political and security cooperation at a time when the right-wing government of President Javier Milei aims to boost ties with Western powers and attract investment. The request came as […]
Argentina formally requested to join NATO on Thursday as a global partner, a status that would facilitate greater political and security cooperation. President Javier Milei’s right-wing government aims to boost ties with Western powers and attract investment. The request came as Nato’s deputy general secretary Mircea Geoana discussed regional security challenges with Argentine defence minister […]
HALLE, Germany (AP) — One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party is going on trial Thursday on charges of twice using a Nazi slogan, months before a regional election in which he is running to become his state’s governor. Björn Höcke, 52, is the leader of the regional branch […]
BERLIN (AP) — A prominent British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals during the first weeks of the Israel-Hamas war said he was denied entry to Germany Friday to take part in a pro-Palestinian conference — an event that police later ended early. Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta said he arrived at Berlin airport on Friday […]