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Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a civil lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, found that the former president and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing financing.Engoron ordered that some of Trump’s business licenses be rescinded as punishment and said he would continue to have an independent monitor oversee the Trump Organization's operations.A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ruling. Trump has long insisted he did nothing wrong.The decision, days before the start of a non-jury trial in Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, is the strongest repudiation yet of Trump’s carefully coiffed image as a wealthy and shrewd real estate mogul turne...

California enacts first statewide gun and ammunition tax in the country

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

(KTXL) -- California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several firearms and ammunition-related bills into law on Tuesday, including one to tax guns and ammunition and another that places more rules on people seeking a concealed carry weapons permit and on the permit itself. The signings come just days after a Newsom-led campaign to amend the U.S. Constitution passed out of the California Legislature.Asm. @JesseGabrielCA (D-Encino) speaking on his bill AB28.It would establish an 11% excise tax on licensed firearms dealers & ammunition vendors to fund programs that address gun violence.Gabriel: “We must prioritize safety of our kids above the profits of the gun industry.” pic.twitter.com/fJaInjtihP— Eytan Wallace (@EytanWallace) September 26, 2023The measure passed by legislators calls for a state Constitutional Convention to consider additional federal rules on firearms purchases and use, but two-thirds of states need to pass similar measures in order for the process to advance....

Tanker crew member falls overboard, prompting frantic search, trip to shore for medical care

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The crew of a commercial fishing boat recovered a man who had fallen overboard from a tanker and began CPR before the Coast Guard rushed him to shore for medical care, officials said.The crew of America pulled the man from the water Tuesday morning, and CPR continued aboard a Coast Guard rescue boat that took him to shore where an ambulance was waiting, officials said. The man’s condition was not known.The mayday from the tanker MTM Dublin went out shortly after 4:30 a.m., reporting a crew member had fallen overboard, the Coast Guard said.The search took place in pitch-dark conditions and rough seas near Boston Harbor, and the America found the crew member after being the first vessel on the scene, said Petty Officer Lyric Jackson, a Coast Guard spokesperson.From there, the crew member was transferred to a Coast Guard rescue boat that brought him to shore, Jackson said.Source

Semifinales de la Copa Libertadores: Boca vs. Palmeiras y Fluminense vs. Internacional. Previa, horarios y cómo ver

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

(CNN) –– La Copa Libertadores 2023 entra en la etapa decisiva. Esta edición es la tercera consecutiva en tener a tres equipos brasileños ––Fluminense, Palmeiras e Internacional–– entre los cuatro clubes que aspiran a levantar el máximo trofeo de la Conmebol. El restante es argentino: Boca Juniors.El partido de Fluminense vs. Internacional de Porto Alegre animarán la primera semifinal, cuyo partido de ida se disputará este miércoles en Río de Janeiro. Un día después, en Buenos Aires, Boca Juniors recibirá al Palmeiras de San Pablo.El certamen se ha caracterizado en las últimas cuatro ediciones por el dominio absoluto de los equipos brasileños, que ganaron las cuatro finales. Es más, en esas ediciones solo hubo un finalista no brasileño: River Plate en 2019. El Flamengo de Río de Janeiro fue el campeón en las ediciones 2019 y 2022, en tanto que Palmeiras se quedó con la gloria en 2020 y 2021.El torneo ha tenido en esta edición una gran sorpresa: Flamengo, último campeón y serio candid...

26-year-old tech CEO Pava LaPere found murdered at Baltimore apartment building

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

26-year-old tech CEO Pava LaPere was found murdered at a Baltimore apartment building. LaPere was the CEO of EcoMap.Read more 26-year-old tech CEO Pava LaPere was found murdered at a Baltimore apartment building. LaPere was the CEO of EcoMap.Read more ▶ Watch Video: 26-year-old tech CEO found murdered at Baltimore apartment buildingBALTIMORE — A homicide investigation is underway after Pava LaPere, the 26-year-old CEO of a Baltimore technology company, was found dead at a Mount Vernon apartment building Monday morning, police said. Officers responded around 11:30 a.m. to an apartment building on the 300 block of West Franklin Street for a call for service, where  LaPere’s body was found...

Report: Teen driver held in Vegas bicyclist hit-and-run killing case expected ‘slap on the wrist’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teenager accused of intentionally driving a stolen vehicle into a bicyclist in Las Vegas, killing him, told a police officer after his arrest that he expected he would be out of custody in 30 days because he was a juvenile.“It’s just ah … hit-and-run,” the teen said after the Aug. 14 crash, according to a police arrest report released Monday. “Slap on the wrist.”The admission was recorded on the officer’s body-worn camera, police said, after investigators located a stolen Hyundai allegedly used in the apparently intentional crash that killed bicyclist Andreas “Andy” Probst.Probst, 64, was a retired police chief from the Los Angeles-area city of Bell. The vehicle had “major front-end damage and a broken windshield … consistent with an automobile versus pedestrian collision,” the police report said, and “fresh blood on the windshield.” The car was found abandoned with the engine running on a busy thoroughfare in northwest Las Vegas.Poli...

Bengals’ Burrow had to change his game because of calf injury. Titans D presents another challenge

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow still wasn’t fully healthy when he took the field for Monday night’s win over the Rams. He said as much after the game.“Don’t have any setbacks — basically, that was the criteria for me,” the Bengals Pro Bowl quarterback said.Still trying to manage a persistent calf injury, Burrow had to adapt. He didn’t scramble or move in the pocket much. Short, quick passes mostly kept him out of the crosshairs of Aaron Donald and the Rams pass rush. Throws he usually makes were off target.“I was pretty cautious,” Burrow acknowledged. “I was quick to throw the ball away, but we were able to get the job done.”The Bengals were faced with the question of whether Burrow being slowed by a leg injury is still better than any of the other healthy quarterbacks on the roster. Coach Zac Taylor put his faith in Burrow, who got an assist from the Cincinnati defense, which was magnificent on a night it was needed most.Burrow was good enough to beat the Rams 19-16...

Tonga’s Vaea Fifita to miss last two Rugby World Cup pool games in red card ban

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

NICE, France (AP) — Tonga No. 8 Vaea Fifita was suspended for their last two Rugby World Cup pool games against South Africa and Romania on Tuesday for his red card.Fifita shoulder-charged the head of Scotland’s Finn Russell in a ruck near the end of a pool match that Scotland won 45-17 on Sunday in Nice.Fifita was yellow-carded at the time and it was upgraded to red after the match by a bunker review. At his judicial hearing on Tuesday, the former All Black admitted to foul play but challenged the red card.The panel said it was always illegal and there was no mitigation. The charge was reckless with a high degree of danger, the panel added.It started the sanction at six matches and removed two for Fifita’s remorse and disciplinary record.His four-game ban included the Pool B games against South Africa on Sunday and Romania on Oct. 8, and two club games for Scarlets.___AP Rugby World Cup: https://apnews.com/hub/rugbySource

LSU’s Kim Mulkey is publicizing a health scare to promote cardiovascular screening

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Kim Mulkey, the coach of defending national champion LSU, is publicizing that she had two stents put in a major artery this summer as she tries to promote screening for life-threatening arterial blockages.Mulkey, 61, was not having obvious symptoms of a blockage when she asked for imaging to check on a half-decade-old disc procedure in her neck, she said in recent media interviews.That’s when a radiologist noticed what looked like arterial plaque buildup and told her to see a cardiologist, who determined there was a blockage of 95% to 99%.Mulkey had stents put in by catheter in late June and has fully resumed coaching activities, overseeing the first practice for the 2023-24 season, which was open to fans. “It’s not going to slow me down,” Mulkey told The Advocate of Baton Rouge. “I can’t do at 61 what I did at 23, but I’m good.”This summer, the Hall of Fame coach agreed to a 10-year contract worth about $32 million that would have her calling out...

Elk causes car to crash, another to roll over on I-25

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:42 GMT

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A driver struck an elk on Interstate 25 just north of Highway 66 early Saturday morning. Rick Tillery with Mountain View Fire Rescue said the crash happened around 3:43 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-25.  Deadly weekend for pedestrians as Colorado fatalities reach all-time high “This is the first time that I’ve heard of a 7 by 7 elk being hit on Interstate 25 down here outside of the foothills,” Tillery said.He said a second car swerved to avoid the elk and flipped. No one was seriously injured.A driver struck an elk on I-25 just north of Highway 66 early Saturday morning. (Courtesy: Mountain View Fire Rescue)A driver struck an elk on I-25 just north of Highway 66 early Saturday morning. (Courtesy: Mountain View Fire Rescue)A driver struck an elk on I-25 just north of Highway 66 early Saturday morning. (Courtesy: Mountain View Fire Rescue)"It really is incredible when you’re looking at these photos to know that no one came aw...