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Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer of Indiana sentenced to 22 months in prison for insider trading

Sep. 19, 2023 16:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. congressman from Indiana was sentenced Tuesday to 22 months in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information while working as a consultant and lobbyist after he left office. Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer, 64, a House Republican from...

Republican presidential candidates mostly overlook New Hampshire in an effort to blunt Trump in Iowa

Sep. 16, 2023 10:58 AM EDT

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Once upon a time, the moderates, the mavericks and the underdogs in presidential politics had a chance to break through in New Hampshire. Former Sen. John McCain, an independent-minded Republican, resurrected his anemic campaign with a victory in the state's...

Former North Carolina US Sen. Lauch Faircloth dies at 95

Sep. 14, 2023 23:02 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina, a onetime conservative Democrat who switched late in his career to the Republicans and then got elected to Congress, died Thursday. He was 95. Faircloth, who served one Senate term before losing to...

Clarence Avant, ‘Black Godfather' of entertainment, and benefactor of athletes and politicians, dies

Aug. 14, 2023 18:47 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as the "Black Godfather" of music and beyond, has died. He was 92. Avant, inducted...

Ex-millionaire who had ties to corrupt politicians gets 5-plus years in prison for real estate fraud

Jul. 31, 2023 19:25 PM EDT

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A one-time millionaire real estate developer with past ties to corrupt Connecticut politicians was sentenced to more than five years in prison on Monday for fraud involving a failed hotel-condominium project in Florida and properties elsewhere. Robert...

July Fourth for presidents has been a day for golf, fishing, speeches and one perilous stomachache

Jul. 04, 2023 11:36 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public. They’ve bailed to the beach, the mountains, the golf course, the farm, the ranch. In the middle of the Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sailing to Hawaii...