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Chipmaker Intel Corp. blames internal error on data leak
BOSTON (AP) — The computer chipmaker Intel Corp. on Friday blamed an internal error for a data leak that prompted it to release a quarterly earnings report early. It said its corporate network was not compromised. The company’s chief financial officer, George Davis, had earlier told The Financial...
Philly man charged in $700K protective equipment scheme
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man is accused of scamming $700,000 from two New York-based companies by falsely promising to sell personal protective equipment. New Jersey Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Wednesday that Gauravjit Singh is charged with wire fraud. Singh allegedly entered...
NAACP files suit over virus outbreak at Georgia prison
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The NAACP has filed suit against Georgia prison officials, blaming a lack of COVID-19 testing and insufficient safeguards for an outbreak that infected nearly 1-in-10 inmates with the coronavirus at one prison. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order officials at Coffee Correctional...
Former Make-A-Wish Iowa CEO charged with embezzling funds
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has been arrested on felony charges alleging she embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from the charity that supports sick children, the group confirmed Friday. Jennifer Woodley, 40, turned herself in to authorities in Des Moines on Thursday to...
Trump pardons ex-Arizona congressman in corruption case
PHOENIX (AP) — Rick Renzi, the former three-term Republican congressman in Arizona who served nearly two years in prison for extortion and money laundering convictions and complained that he was treated unfairly by federal law enforcement authorities, was among the 73 people pardoned by President Donald...
Insider trading sentence of Vegas gambler commuted by Trump
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas professional gambler, real estate mogul and philanthropist who was convicted in an insider trading case said Wednesday he's grateful his prison sentence was commuted by former President Donald Trump. William “Billy” Walters said in a statement issued through...
Trump's pardon blitz keeps ex-Google exec out of prison
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — A long-running Silicon Valley soap opera took an unexpected twist on Wednesday after outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer for stealing self-driving car secrets shortly before joining Uber. Trump's surprise pardon of Anthony Levandowski enables him to...
Ex-Rep. Hayes pardoned by Trump for role in bribery scandal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina congressman and state Republican Party leader who lied to FBI agents about a bribery scandal received a pardon from outgoing President Donald Trump in his final hours in office. Federal authorities said ex-Rep. Robin Hayes participated in a scheme while GOP...
Trump pardons ex-boyfriend of deported Russian agent
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump renewed his grievance over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election by pardoning Paul Erickson, a former conservative operative once romantically linked to Russian agent Maria Butina. Erickson received the pardon even though he had pleaded...
4 Florida cases on Trump clemency list as he ends presidency
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Two rappers, a once-prominent eye doctor and a real estate investor convicted in a Ponzi scheme were Floridians on Donald Trump's clemency list hours before he exited the presidency. ____ —Rapper Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was given a full...
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