New York threatens to sue Trump administration over access to traveler programs
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration over its decision to restrict New Yorkers’ access to some programs that allow faster security checks at ports of entry, part of a dispute about the state’s limits on co…
Pimco ex-CEO sentenced to prison in U.S. college admissions scam: prosecutor
The former head of asset management firm Pimco was sentenced on Friday to nine months in prison for his part in a scheme in which privileged parents paid bribes to get their children into U.S. colleges, federal prosecutors said.
Former UAW official pleads guilty to corruption charges
A former United Auto Workers official, charged for conspiring with other union leaders to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars of workers’ dues, pleaded guilty on Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan said.
U.S. House approves $4.7 billion disaster aid, tax breaks for Puerto Rico
The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, reeling from severe earthquakes last month and still struggling to recover from devastating hurricanes in 2017, would get nearly $4.7 billion in new aid under legislation passed on Friday by the House of Representativ…
Four New Jersey cruise ship passengers hospitalized for coronavirus screening
About two dozen passengers aboard a Caribbean cruise ship that docked in Bayonne, New Jersey, on Friday morning were screened for coronavirus and four were sent to a local hospital for further screening, the city’s mayor said.
New York drinkers toast rise in booze-free craft cocktails
John deBary has spent more than a decade working in New York’s cocktail scene, helping to spearhead the craft cocktail movement as a bartender at PDT (Please Don’t Tell) and then as beverage director with the Momofuku Restaurant Group.
Blue collar boom? College grads, baby boomers big winners in Trump’s economy
U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out an eye-catching statistic in his State of the Union address Tuesday: the wealth held by the poorest half of American households increased three times as fast as the wealth held by the “1%” since he became presiden…
Pimco ex-CEO faces prison in U.S. college admissions bribery scheme
The former head of asset management firm Pimco faces two years in prison if prosecutors get their way when he is sentenced on Friday for his part in a scheme in which privileged parents paid bribes to get their children into U.S. colleges.
Five killed in Alaska commuter air crash
Five people were killed on Thursday when a commuter aircraft crashed in rural southwestern Alaska, killing all aboard, officials said.
Texas executes man convicted of killing five family members in 2002
Texas on Thursday executed a man who was convicted for shooting and killing his 29-year-old wife and his two daughters, as well as his father-in-law and sister-in-law shortly after smoking crack in 2002.
