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North Korean nationals indicted in scheme using IT workers to funnel money for weapons programs

Dec. 12, 2024 15:16 PM EST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fourteen North Korean nationals have been indicted in a scheme using information technology workers with false identities to contract with U.S. companies — workers who then funneled their wages to North Korea for development of ballistic missiles and other weapons, the head of...

Companies tighten security after a health care CEO's killing leads to a surge of threats

Dec. 12, 2024 15:02 PM EST

“Wanted” posters with the names and faces of health care executives have been popping up on the streets of New York. Hit lists with images of bullets are circulating online with warnings that industry leaders should be afraid. The apparent targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO...

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass

Dec. 06, 2024 12:33 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — He’s one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it’s the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about. In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the...

Forget downtown or the ’burbs. The far-flung exurbs are where people are moving

Nov. 16, 2024 00:13 AM EST

HAINES CITY, Fla. (AP) — Not long ago, Polk County’s biggest draw was citrus instead of people. Located between Tampa and Orlando, Florida’s citrus capital produces more boxes of citrus than any other county in the state and has devoted tens of thousands of acres to growing millions of trees....