Jury selection began Monday in the fraud trial of Trevor Milton, the founder and former executive chairman of Nikola Corp accused of lying about the electric truck startup’s vehicles. Milton was indicted last year on charges of securities fraud and wire fraud. Authorities have accused Milton, of Oakley, Utah, of …
Read More »Colorado clerk Tina Peters pleads not guilty in election system breach
A Colorado county clerk accused of allowing an unauthorized person to break into her county’s election system in search of proof of the conspiracy theories spun by former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case on Wednesday. Tina Peters entered her plea in Grand Junction …
Read More »“Fat Leonard” Navy corruption scandal mastermind Leonard Glenn Francis on the lam after escaping house arrest
San Diego — The military contractor who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal and was under house arrest in San Diego is now on the run after cutting off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet over the weekend, federal authorities said. Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Omar Castillo told …
Read More »FTC investigating Amazon’s purchase of One Medical
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical, a move that could delay the completion of the deal. Both One Medical and Amazon received a request for additional information Friday in connection with an FTC review of the merger, according to …
Read More »Thanks to tech, police practice “mass surveillance on a budget” — no warrant required
Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people’s movements months back in time, according to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. …
Read More »U.S. economy shrank less than previously estimated, easing recession fears
The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government said Thursday — a slight upgrade from its initial estimate and a sign that this year’s drop in growth is less steep than originally feared. Most economists have said they doubt the economy is in, …
Read More »Inmates at prison where Whitey Bulger was killed were prepared for his arrival, calls show
Inmates at a troubled West Virginia prison where James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death found out ahead of time that the notorious Boston gangster would be arriving, according to new details revealed in court. Sean McKinnon, who is accused of acting as a lookout while two other men killed …
Read More »South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct,” ethics board says
A South Dakota ethics board on Monday said it found sufficient information that Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when she intervened in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license, and it referred a separate complaint over her state airplane use to the state’s attorney general …
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As President Biden and Democrats running in the midterm elections are planning to spend the next several weeks on the road promoting passage of the their climate, health care and tax legislation, several national political groups are making plans to pour millions of dollars into advertising to help boost the …
Read More »Only one U.S. state has seen rents fall over the past year
Apartment rents continue to climb in states across the U.S. — except one. Even as the rent climbed nationwide in July compared with a year ago, the average cost of a one-bedroom pad in Idaho fell 19%, according to Rent.com. The Gem State was one of the hottest housing markets during …
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