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Houston woman with 37 felony theft charges released on $75,000 bond. Crime advocate says habitual offenders need more serious consequences.

Flynn Clayman criticized power conference teams after High Point’s upset of Wisconsin, saying mid-majors were overlooked before the Panthers’ first NCAA tournament win.

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Graham Platner in Maine's Democratic Senate primary against Gov. Janet Mills, backing the outsider ahead of a June showdown.

The DOJ subpoenaed James Comey over his role in the 2017 Russia election intelligence report, escalating a criminal probe into how it was produced and if officials misled Congress.

These flaws alone should give pause to the broad impact that this proposal could have for innovators and consumers. Hopefully, any successful federal policy framework for AI will better reflect an optimistic and light-touch approach to AI.

Epstein's lawyer testified he knew of no Trump relationship, the House Oversight chairman revealed.

Markwayne Mullin has moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump’s next homeland security secretary. A Senate committee on Thursday narrowly advanced the nomination of the Republican senator from Oklahoma. The 8-7 vote came after a contentious hearing Wednesday and sent the Cabinet nomination to the full Senate, which could act to confirm Mullin next week. That vote included a “no” from the Republican chairman, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and a “yes” from a Democrat, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Читать дальше...

The luxury retailer paid out $1.4 billion to creditors in the three months before succumbing to Chapter 11 in January.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week. The meteoroid broke apart over Valley City on Tuesday, producing a sonic boom. The blast rattled buildings and alarmed residents who worried it could be an explosion. In Medina, one woman is hoping to authenticate a small, black stone she found near her garage the next day. A meteorite dealer and collector drove from his home in Connecticut to Ohio, where he found two fragments that might have come from the space rock.

Fear of national security risks and investor protections spurs rare bipartisan call for action from financial regulator

MS NOW Anchor Is Out Amid News Network's Major Shakeup UK Media

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created a new community safety office intended to shift some mental health crisis response away from police. The mayor signed an executive order Thursday to create the office, which he called a first step in fulfilling a campaign pledge. As a candidate, Mamdani proposed a $1 billion-per-year agency that would dispatch civilian workers, instead of police officers, in non-criminal emergencies. The current office will start with only two staff members, but will eventually scale up. Читать дальше...

Regulator targets some opaque ‘red-chip’ structures but signals the market for new issues is still open

These barrels of bourbon and rye were curated by Ian Stirsman.

SXSW: Mexican actor/dancer/singer Juan Daniel García Treviño plays a Mexican migrant who winds up an amateur local boxing champion in a Latino barrio in a soundstage-recreated Jackson Heights.