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Owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud
DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court...
Search continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital
WASHBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine police officer accused of lying about a missing-person case was charged with several crimes, including falsifying a report in which he claimed he had taken the missing man to a hospital, police said. Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after...
German investigators seize fake US bills with a face value of over $103 million
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators said Friday they have seized counterfeit U.S. dollar bills with a face value of over $103 million, which apparently came from Turkey and were being stored ahead of transport to the United States. The criminal police office in Schleswig-Holstein,...
Judge delays case against Colorado funeral home owners accused of 190 counts of corpse abuse
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge on Thursday granted a defense request to delay the criminal case against two Colorado funeral home operators accused of letting nearly 200 corpses decay, in some cases for years, angering some families of the deceased who are eager for the case to...
Editorial Roundup: Tennessee
Kingsport Times News. March 14, 2024. Editorial: Former judge should reimburse taxpayers We should demand that those who would judge us observe the highest standards of conduct so that the integrity and independence of the judiciary are preserved. Any...
Wisconsin GOP leader calls the Trump supporters trying to oust him 'whack jobs and morons'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top Republican derided supporters of former President Donald Trump who are trying to recall him from office as “whack jobs and morons,” predicting Tuesday that their effort would fail and they would be subject to fraud charges. Assembly Speaker...
China's stock watchdog fines property developer Evergrande, slaps lifetime ban on its chairman
BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Group says Beijing’s stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other violations, as it conducts a deep clean of the troubled financial sector. The company...
Judge delays Trump’s hush-money criminal trial until mid-April, citing last-minute evidence dump
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal trial was delayed Friday until at least mid-April as the judge seeks answers about a last-minute evidence dump that the former president's lawyers said has hampered their ability to prepare their defense. Manhattan...
UK high court rules Australian computer scientist is not mysterious bitcoin founder as he claims
LONDON (AP) — Britain's high court ruled Thursday that an Australian computer scientist is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Craig Wright has for eight years claimed that he was the man behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the pseudonym that masked...
The New York Times is fighting off Wordle look-alikes with copyright takedown notices
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is fighting off Wordle “clones” — arguing that numerous games inspired by the mega-popular word-guessing game infringe on its copyright protections. Hundreds of copycats have emerged since Wordle skyrocketed to internet fame less than three...
