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September 03, 2020

Hedge fund founder arrested in Neiman Marcus-linked case

A hedge fund founder was arrested Thursday on charges that he defrauded creditors of the luxury department store chain Neiman ...

September 03, 2020

Brown U. rebuts 'conspiracy' in fight over women's sports

Brown University rebutted what the school calls “spurious conspiracy claims" as it responded to an allegation that it is ...

September 03, 2020

Study: Electronics could stop 40% of big truck rear crashes

Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in ...

September 03, 2020

NYC's new sex crimes chief has a background in nursing

The new head of New York City's sex crimes unit is not only a veteran police investigator, but also a forensic nurse who has ...

September 02, 2020

More charges brought in college admissions bribery scandal

Another wealthy parent was charged Wednesday with trying to bribe his child's way into an elite university as a fake athletic ...

September 02, 2020

Airline crews report jetpack flier near Los Angeles airport

The Federal Aviation Administration and the FBI said Tuesday they are investigating reports from airline pilots that someone ...

September 02, 2020

Lawyer: Plea offer tried to link Breonna Taylor to drug ring

A lawyer for Breonna Taylor's family said prosecutors offered a plea deal to an accused drug trafficker that would have ...

September 01, 2020

Suspect in St. Louis officer's slaying has long crime record

The man charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a St. Louis police officer has a long history of ...

September 01, 2020

Ailing Kenosha on edge as Trump visit looms amid tensions

Some residents in Kenosha fear a planned visit by President Donald Trump after unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake ...

August 31, 2020

1 of 3 cubs orphaned by famous bear's death captured

One of three black bear cubs orphaned by the recent death of their famous mother was captured Monday morning and will be ...

August 31, 2020

'Tragedy': St. Louis officer dies after being shot by gunman

A St. Louis police officer who was a “hero” to his family died Sunday after being shot in the head by a barricaded gunman on ...

August 29, 2020

Were they a threat? Police shootings reignite legal debate

In the span of 48 hours, two Black men in U.S. cities hundreds of miles apart were shot by police in episodes that set off ...

August 29, 2020

Beefalo on loose for weeks in Connecticut escaped slaughter

An 800- to 900-pound (360- to 410-kilogram) beefalo remains on the loose in Plymouth, Connecticut, weeks after it escaped ...

August 28, 2020

Borgata: Ocean Casino is poaching our execs, trade secrets

Atlantic City's top casino is accusing a rival of poaching a half-dozen of its top marketing executives in an attempt to ...

August 28, 2020

Lock of Lincoln's hair and bloodied telegram up for auction

This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 ...

August 28, 2020

U.S. flies B-52 bombers over Europe to show NATO solidarity

American B-52 Stratofortress bombers were flying over all 30 NATO countries on Friday in an exercise the U.S. military said ...

August 28, 2020

Protesters hit California streets over Wisconsin shooting

Protests have been held in California's capital and in Los Angeles over the shooting of a Black Wisconsin man, and there were ...

August 28, 2020

Neighbors with hoses target fires as crews urge them to stop

With California firefighters strapped for resources, residents have organized to put out flames themselves in a large swath ...