• US jury finds investor Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud, Business Insider reports
    June 1 (Reuters) – A jury on Monday found prominent investor Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud, Business Insider reported, in a blow for a divisive cohort of investors who have for years ‌goaded public companies in the U.S. and overseas with allegations of fraud and mismanagement. (Reporting by Michelle Price and Fabiola Arámburo; Editing […]
  • Iraqi national pleads not guilty in 18 attacks in Europe, calling himself a ‘prisoner of war’
    NEW YORK (AP) — An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday before calling himself a “prisoner of war” and telling a judge that children and women were being killed “by your rockets.” Mohammad Baqer Saad […]
  • Lawyers for Lively and Baldoni battle in a New York court despite settling claims weeks ago
    NEW YORK (AP) — The legal battle between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni isn’t quite over yet. Just a month ago, the two announced a settlement that avoided a trial over Lively’s claims that Baldoni led a campaign to smear her reputation after she accused him of sexually harassing her on the set of […]
  • 5 American cruise ship passengers leave Nebraska quarantine facility
    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Five of the 18 American cruise ship passengers who have been staying at a national quarantine facility in Nebraska after being exposed to hantavirus are going home, U.S. health officials said Monday. The five people will complete their monitoring at home after remaining symptom-free and meeting criteria for monitoring outside the […]
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders stands by Graham Platner after controversy over sexually explicit texts
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that he is standing by Graham Platner in the wake of media reports that the Maine Senate candidate previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women while he was married. Platner, a Democrat, posted a video over the weekend taken by his wife, Amy Gertner, […]