Venezuela’s former president Nicolas Maduro has returned to court in New York, where his lawyer failed to have drug trafficking charges dismissed in a dispute over legal fees. It was the first time Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, appeared in court since a January hearing in which they denied all the charges. Maduro…
Venezuela’s former president Nicolas Maduro is back in court in New York, as his lawyer seeks to have drug trafficking charges thrown out in a dispute over legal fees. It is the first time Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, have appeared in court since a January hearing in which they denied all the…
Some US airports may have to shut as travellers reportedly endure long wait times at security following a shutdown that’s seen 50,000 staff go unpaid. The claim came from the acting head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), who told a committee it was a “dire situation” that should never be allowed to happen again….
The Democrats have won a Florida special election, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Emily Gregory, a first-time candidate, beat Republican Jon Maples, who had been endorsed by Mr Trump. A mother of three young boys and an army spouse, she runs a fitness community for pregnant and…
New York CNN — Few women will be surprised to learn that even when wives earn about the same as their husbands or more, a new Pew Research Center study finds that they still spend more time on housework and child care, while their husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure. “Even as…
CNN — A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof “rent-a-hitman” website, according to the Department of Justice. Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, was charged Thursday after submitting an employment inquiry to the website rentahitman.com, which is a parody site that includes “testimonials” from purportedly satisfied hit-man…
CNN — Shares of Google-parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report sparked concerns that its core search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft’s Bing. Last month, Google employees learned that Samsung was weighing making Bing the default search engine on its devices instead of Google’s…
New York CNN — McDonald’s, which has been focusing on upgrading its core items to boost sales, is rolling out a series of changes designed to improve its signature burgers. Buns will be softer. Cheese, gooier. Onion will be added to patties right on the grill. And the Big Mac sauce? There will be more…
CNN — The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021. The federal lawsuit, filed…
CNN — A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls. Since his conditional release in 2021 amid appeals, Crosley Green, 65, had held a job at a machine grafting facility,…
