5-year-old girl among six shot in deadly Baltimore attack
BALTIMORE, MD — A Saturday night shooting at a busy Northwest Baltimore intersection left one man dead and five others wounded, including a 5-year-old girl, as police continue to search for the…
Two New York City Correction Officers Among Six Defendants Charged with Conspiring to Accept Bribes and Smuggle Contraband into Rikers Island Facilities for Gang Members
Two criminal complaints were unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging six defendants with conspiring to bribe correction officers employed by the New York City Department…
KKR, EQT among investors eyeing stake in Germany’s Stratec -sources
By Emma-Victoria Farr LONDON – Financial investors including KKR and EQT are considering offers for a stake in listed German laboratory supplier Stratec, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.…
U.S. securities regulator names crypto, ESG among 2022 exam priorities
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday flagged crypto-assets, information security, the private fund sector and environmental, social and governance issues among its examination priorities in 2022 for market…
Parrots, Drugs and Fugitives Among Items Encountered By Area CBP Officers This Week
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at ports of entry in El Paso, west Texas and New Mexico seized a wide variety of items during the last…
Yellen says gas tax cut among options to ease higher costs at the pump
By David Lawder DENVER – A U.S. gasoline tax cut is among the options being considered to provide relief to consumers, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday, adding she was…
UK chairman of Polymetal among ‘mass exodus’ from Russian firms
By Sachin Ravikumar -Board members at Russian companies, including the British chairmen of gold and silver producer Polymetal and metals and hydropower group EN+, have quit in response to the conflict in…
U.S. investment manager Capital Group was among top exposed to Russia -data
By John McCrank and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – Capital Group Companies Inc, one of the world’s largest investment management companies, known for its American Funds mutual funds, had billions in exposure…
12-year-old among three arrested for burglarizing mobile home park campers
Millsboro- Delaware State Police arrested three juvenile males for burglary and related charges after breaking into multiple campers inside the Rehoboth Shores development early Saturday afternoon. On February 19, 2022, the Delaware State…
Baltimore Player among First to Win $25,000 Playing Pick 5
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – One of the first two people to win a top-tier $25,000 prize on a 50-cent straight bet in the new Pick 5 game was a Baltimore man who bought a single…
CVC, Brookfield among bidders for stake in Starbucks Mideast franchise – sources
DUBAI – Buyout groups CVC Capital Partners and Brookfield and two Abu Dhabi state funds have bid to buy a stake in the Middle East, North Africa and central Asia Starbucks franchise…
Germans pin hopes on Novavax moving the needle among anti-vaxxers
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN – Benedikt Richter, a 40-year-old teacher in the southwest German city of Kaiserslautern, long held out against getting vaccinated against COVID-19. He felt uneasy about the novelty of…
New Jersey, California among states moving to ease mask mandates as Omicron ebbs
By Rami Ayyub -Officials in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, California and Oregon said on Monday they will lift indoor mask mandates for schools and other public places in coming weeks, seeking a…
Islamic State leader and family blended in among Syrians uprooted by war
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Mahmoud Hassano AMMAN/ATMEH, Syria – In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family…
Attenborough, WHO, Tsikhanouskaya among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
By Nora Buli OSLO – British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize after being backed…
Olympics-China reports 34 new COVID-19 cases among Games-related personnel
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING -Thirty-four new COVID-19 infections were detected among Olympics-related personnel, the Beijing 2022 Winter Games organising committee said on Sunday, including Poland’s short track medal hopeful Natalia Maliszewska. Of…
China reports jump in COVID cases among Olympic athletes, officials
(Refiles to remove extra word “athletes” in first paragraph) BEIJING -Daily COVID-19 infections among athletes and team officials at the Beijing Winter Olympics jumped to 19 on Friday from two a day…
Biden considers Judge Childs, among others, for Supreme Court nomination -White House
By Nate Raymond WASHINGTON -U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs is among those being considered by President Joe Biden for nomination to the Supreme Court, a White House spokesperson said on…
BOJ’s Kuroda says targeting shorter yield under YCC among future options
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan could consider targeting a shorter maturity than the current 10-year bond yield as an option when the time comes to exit its ultra-easy policy, the central…
More than 200,000 cases of COVID-19 reported among the vaccinated in NJ over past 30 days
TRENTON, NJ – During today’s weekly COVID-19 press conference, Governor Phil Murphy released data that shows over 200,000 fully vaccinated and boosted New Jerseyans contract COVID over the past 30 days. That…
Beijing Games had 72 COVID cases, none athletes, among early arrivals
By Tony Munroe BEIJING -Beijing Olympics organisers said on Sunday they had confirmed 72 cases of COVID-19 among 2,586 Games-related personnel entering China from Jan. 4 to Jan. 22, with no cases…
Biden’s Approval Rating Craters To Shocking New Low, Least Popular Among Hispanics: POLL
President Joe Biden’s approval rating continues to drop as voters grow increasingly dissatisfied with his handling of key issues, according to the results of a new poll. Biden’s approval rating dropped to…
Here’s How Popular Top Officials Are Among Americans
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is the most popular federal official among a group of 11 that includes congressional leaders, Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Joe Biden, new polling shows.…
“Hitler was right” among graffiti in the latest case of anti-Semitic vandalism at New Jersey middle school
EVESHAM, NJ – Prosecutor Scott Coffina has issued the following statement concerning the discovery of swastikas and related hate speech on a bathroom wall in Marlton Middle School. The Burlington County Prosecutor…
Human smuggling, forced labor among allegations in south Georgia federal indictment
Photo courtesy of U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Georgia David H. Estes, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, speaks during a news conference Nov. 22, 2021, to announce…
New Jersey surpasses 50,000 ‘breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases among the fully vaccinated
In general, their symptoms might be less and the severity of their COVID-19 infection could be milder than those who are unvaccinated, but on Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced a…
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