While many automakers predicted a looming all-EV future, Toyota made gains by emphasizing hybrids over fully electric vehicles—a move that earned it derision before being vindicated over the past year as EV sales sputtered. Now it’s now doubling down with a new take on the traditional car engine. The world’s largest carmaker said Tuesday that […]
An Arizona Republic investigation uncovered violence and neglect inside assisted living facilities around Arizona. The investigation prompted various attempts to reform the system that allowed misconduct and unaccountability at the facilities, resulting at times in patient deaths. In this week’s episode of The Briefing, hear directly from the reporters behind the investigation that prompted a […]
Mar. 15—After a six-year criminal and civil legal battle stemming from a complaint by her father, Danielle Kolashuk of Oakdale says she’s finally been vindicated. The New London County State’s Attorney’s Office last month dropped first-degree larceny and third-degree larceny charges against the 55-year-old mother of three. Norwich police, who investigated the case, alleged Kolashuk […]
The Justice Department’s assertions this week that a longtime FBI informant was seeking to “spread misinformation” designed to hurt President Joe Biden after speaking to Russian intelligence operatives has put a new spotlight on an old debate: To what extent, if any, has the Russian government manufactured or amplified unproven allegations of corrupt Ukraine dealings by Joe […]
Jan. 12—TRAVERSE CITY — It took 45 minutes for a jury to acquit former state Rep. Larry Inman, R-Williamsburg, of the public corruption charges he’d fought for five years. Inman, 69, previously had served as a Grand Traverse County commissioner for 22 years — from 1992 to 2014. On Thursday, he was exonerated of federal […]