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A woman in upstate New York was arrested on Wednesday and charged with fraudulently claiming to be a Purple Heart recipient, federal prosecutors said. The woman, Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, of Newburgh, N.Y., defrauded military charities and the Department of Veterans Affairs by lying about having received the Purple Heart, a military award given to those […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russia’s weapons development program,
Four Chicago businesess were named on a new list of the “Top 100 Local Businesses in the U.S.” by Yelp. On Wednesday, the start of Small Business Month, the review website released a ranking “spotlighting the top 100 local businesses across different categories that best demonstrate the vibrancy of U.S. communities.” Among the categories included […]
A man and woman are facing charges after police said they smuggled Cuban women into the United States then forced them into prostitution in Miami-Dade. Vicenta Polanco, 30, and Luis Ariel Escalante, 24, were arrested Tuesday on human trafficking and prostitution charges, Miami-Dade jail records showed. Vicenta Polanco, Luis Ariel Escalante The charges stem from […]
The United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy, formalizing a shift in policy that had already begun in practice and that had prompted the departure of a quarter of its U.S. congregations in recent years. Methodist leaders are meeting for the first time since 2019 after several delays because […]
A hugely disruptive cyberattack in February exposed clear technology flaws at a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, lawmakers said Wednesday, and raised difficult questions about whether the Minnetonka-based health care giant has just gotten too big. Andrew Witty, the UnitedHealth chief exeutive, offered an apology during testimony before the Senate Finance Committee as he disclosed that a […]
By Holly Honderich in Washington 1 May 2024, 07:48 BST Updated 16 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Hear from one abortion patient in Florida, as state braces for new restrictions Florida’s six-week abortion ban has come into force, closing the door – for […]
(Bloomberg) — The US Treasury left its quarterly issuance of longer-term debt unchanged on Wednesday, with the government set to benefit from an expected slowdown in the Federal Reserve’s shrinking holdings of Treasuries. Most Read from Bloomberg The Treasury Department said in a statement it will sell $125 billion of longer-term securities next week at […]
At Northwood Church in Keller, Texas, senior global pastor Bob Roberts has heard from congregants wrestling with the Israel-Hamas war and the heightened emotions it has unleashed across the United States. Some call . . .
The U.S. government is weighing whether to treat Apple, Google and PayPal-owned Venmo more like banks — and regularly inspect some of their operations — in a move meant to protect millions of Americans who now use their smartphones to pay at the register and send money to family and friends. Source link