Allen Weisselberg, ​the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges in Manhattan on Thursday as part of a deal that will require him to testify about business practices at former President Donald Trump’s real estate company. Weisselberg, 75, was accused of being paid more than $1.7 million “off the books”

Florida International football player Luke Knox died at 22, the school announced Thursday. Knox, a native of Brentwood, Tennessee, and the younger brother of Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox, spent the past four seasons at Ole Miss before transferring to FIU. Knox, who studied business, died Wednesday evening, school officials said. The cause was not

A clash over the prospect of rent control in central Florida is heating up this month and will be closely followed across the U.S. as other cities consider ways to address record high rents.The board of commissioners for Orange County, which includes Orlando, last week moved to put a measure on the November ballot to let voters decide whether to

Apple is targeting a September 7th date for its next product launch event, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company typically hosts a big event in the first part of September, and now we have a very likely date we can circle on the calendar. As with its other events that have taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic, the plan is

A federal judge in Ohio has ordered the companies owning CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart pharmacies to pay $650 million over 15 years to two Ohio counties after a jury found them liable for contributing to the opioid epidemic.The jury’s verdict last November, delivered after a six-week trial, came in a so-called bellwether case that attorneys

Nikki Fried believes this should be her year to advance to a one-on-one battle against Florida’s ambitious governor, Republican Ron DeSantis.Her pitch: Democrats need to motivate voters with a fiery liberal message — protecting abortion rights, legalizing marijuana, and capping skyrocketing rent prices — if the nominee stands a chance against DeSantis,

LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1m contract extension with a third-year player option that will most likely keep the Lakers star in Los Angeles for as long as he chooses.ESPN was first to report the deal, citing Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul, who represents James. The extension will make the 37-year-old James the highest-earning player in NBA

The Saudi woman who was sentenced to 34 years in prison for a tweet appears to have been denounced to Saudi authorities through a crime-reporting app that users in the kingdom can download to Apple and Android phones.A review of Leeds Ph.D. student Salma al-Shehab’s tweets and interactions shows she was messaged by a person using a

Florida Republicans intentionally targeted Black voters when they enacted new voting restrictions last year, the justice department said in a court filing on Wednesday. The department told a federal appellate court that a lower court had correctly evaluated claims of racial discrimination when it came to Florida’s new law. In March US District Judge Mark Walker

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis achieved a long-sought goal Wednesday, with former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani appearing for six hours before a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election.Giuliani,who is now the highest-profile member of former president Donald Trump’s inner circle to appear before grand jurors,

A 29-year-old police officer who was shot in the head while trying to stop a robbery suspect in Miami has died, officials said. Det. Cesar Echaverry was shot Monday night as he and other officers closed in on a suspect wanted for an earlier robbery in nearby Broward County, police said. His family had remained by his side at Miami’s Jackson Memorial

A Florida prosecutor is suing Gov. Ron DeSantis for removing him from office. The state attorney from Tampa, Andrew Warren, was ousted earlier this month by DeSantis. The Republican governor said he acted because of statements Warren had signed pledging not to prosecute people for violating abortion restrictions or a law prohibiting gender-affirming

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said the agency must make drastic changes to respond better and faster to public health emergencies following missteps during the Covid pandemic. Dr. Rochelle Walensky outlined the changes in broad terms in an email to CDC employees Wednesday afternoon

A pregnant and parentless 16-year-old in Florida may be forced to give birth after an appeals court ruled she was not “sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy.”The teenager, identified in court papers as Jane Doe 22-B, was appealing a decision by Circuit Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz on Aug. 10 that blocked her from

Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will automatically get that debt canceledafter authorities found “widespread and pervasive misrepresentations” at the defunct for-profit college chain, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The action will cancel $3.9 billion in federal student debt for 208,000

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he’d consider testifying before the House Jan. 6 committee if asked, in some of his most specific comments yet on the prospect. Appearing at a “Politics & Eggs” breakfast in Manchester, New Hampshire, where presidential hopefuls often speak since the state holds the nation’s first

Dodge will stop making gas-powered Chargers and Challengers next year, ending an era for a brand that helped define the muscle car as it and other carmakers shift toward more climate-friendly offerings.Stellantis, the Amsterdam-based conglomerate behind Dodge, announced Monday that the models will transition out of its lineup in 2023 with the release

A common complaint you hear from electric vehicle owners is about the sorry state of public EV charging: broken chargers, janky software, busted screens. But a lot of this is anecdotal, and it can be hard to find any rigorous studies that capture the current state of EV charging in the US.JD Power surveyed 11,554 electric vehicle

Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s onetime personal lawyer, is scheduled to appear before a Georgia grand jury Wednesday, his lawyer said, as part of a growing investigation into efforts by Mr. Trump and his allies to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.Mr. Giuliani is among several Trump advisers who were subpoenaed by a special grand

A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists.The sentencing by Saudi’s special terrorist court was handed down weeks after the US president Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, which human

Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced he wants to relax regulations to encourage retired law enforcement and first responders to fill vacant teacher positions as the state grapples with a shortage of educators. DeSantis hopes to expand on a law that took effect this year that allows military veterans to earn a five-year temporary certificate to teach before earning the usually

Journalists hoping to cover a Republican rally featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senate candidate J.D. Vance in Ohio will have to agree to give organizers access to any footage they take and could face questions about what it will be used for. That is among the controversial restrictions placed on journalists as a condition of receiving a press pass to cover Friday’s event,

Tiger Woods crunch meeting with fellow anti-LIV PGA Tour pros Tuesday reportedly went well. The star landed at Philadelphia International Airport in his private jet en route to Delaware for the discussion at the BMW Championship. Woods took off from Stuart, Florida, on Tuesday lunchtime with Rickie Fowler and two hours later had landed on the east coast,

Nine men have been charged in connection with a Mafia gambling ring in New York, which prosecutors say operated out of innocuous front businesses, including a gelato shop, soccer club, and shoe repair store.In a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday, prosecutors said that eight mobsters from the Genovese and Bonanno families operated the

The U.K.’s annual rate of inflation moved into double digits in July and is set to rise even higher by the end of the year, heaping greater pressure on stretched household budgets and threatening a lengthy economic contraction.That pickup in inflation has been replicated in other parts of Europe, even as consumer prices have started to slow in the U.S.

Former president Donald Trump and close aides have spent the eight days since the FBI searched his Florida home rushing to assemble a team of respected defense lawyers. But the answer they keep hearing is “no.”The struggle to find expert legal advice puts Trump in a bind as he faces potential criminal exposure from records dispute with

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has clinched one of four spots in November’s ranked-choice general election for the state’s at-large congressional seat, NBC News projects, keeping her hopes for a political comeback. She will be joined on the fall ballot by Republican Nick Begich, the namesake grandson of a former Democratic representative who held the seat,

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka — Republican rivals locked in one of former President Donald Trump’s grudge matches — will advance to the general election in Alaska’s Senate race, NBC News projects. Their top finishes in Tuesday’s blanket, nonpartisan primary ensures them two of the four spots in a November contest that

Rep. Liz Cheney lost her GOP primary in Wyoming Tuesday night, falling to a Donald Trump-endorsed challenger after becoming a vocal Republican dissident against the former president following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Cheney, who was seeking a fourth term, was defeated by Harriet Hageman, an attorney and former Cheney supporter

President Biden signed into law sweeping legislation to lower prescription drug prices, boost the renewable energy sector, and impose new taxes on large corporations.The Democrat-backed package is one of Mr. Biden’s most consequential accomplishments since taking office, the latest in a string of legislative victories that the president’s aides hope will

The NBA won’t hold any games on November 8 — Election Day for the 2022 midterms — in an effort to focus on encouraging fans to vote.” The scheduling decision came out of the NBA family’s focus on promoting nonpartisan civic engagement and encouraging fans to make a plan to vote during midterm elections,” the league said in a tweet.

He recently shocked fans by claiming his ‘expiration date’ is ‘coming really soon’ – and Mike Tyson’s appearance in a wheelchair will do little to ease the fears of those who worry about him. Tyson, 56, posed for selfies with fans and was wheeled through the terminal at Miami International Airport Tuesday. The iconic heavyweight boxer has been

A Cuban doctor has been shot to death at a hospital in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City, prosecutors in the state of Mexico confirmed late on Monday. The doctor, whose name was not provided, was killed on Friday along with a nurse and another woman at a hospital in the suburb of Ecatepec. The killing comes after criticism of President

A federal judge in Florida will hear arguments Thursday over whether to make public the affidavit laying out what evidence led to the extraordinary FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, as investigators begin to pore over documents and other items seized from the sprawling private club.The affidavit would provide more detail

The former Pop Idol contestant and theatre star Darius Campbell Danesh was found dead in his US apartment at 41, his family announced. The singer and actor were found in Rochester, Minnesota, on 11 August. The cause of death is as yet unknown. A statement said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Darius Campbell Danesh. Darius was found

4moms is recalling more than 2 million of its MamaRoo and RockaRoo infant swings and rockers because of entanglement and strangulation hazards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced. There have been two reports of children becoming entangled in the restraint straps of the Mamaroo swing, which hang below the seat of the

One person died, and nine were seriously injured after an electric self-driving BMW test car veered into oncoming traffic in Germany, triggering a series of collisions involving four vehicles. The electric BMW iX, which had five people on board, including an 18-month-old toddler, swerved out of its lane at a bend in the road in the southwestern town of Reutlingen on Monday,

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday moved to make hearing aids available to consumers to buy over the counter without a prescription or medical exam, a long-awaited goal for nearly 30 million consumers.“As early as mid-October, Americans will be able to purchase more affordable hearing aids over the counter at pharmacies and stores across the country,”

First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid, the White House announced Tuesday. She tested negative for Covid on Monday “during her regular testing cadence” but “began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander, said in a statement.”She tested negative again on a rapid antigen test, but a PCR test came back positive.

Rep. Liz Cheney’s supporters have mixed feelings about the brutal defeat likely heading her way in Tuesday’s Republican primary: resignation about her fate, pride in her for standing up to former President Donald Trump at a personal price, and hope that she will rebound to a more prominent place in national politics. There are few visible signs that Cheney is even trying to win

Ecuador’s embattled president, Guillermo Lasso, has declared a fourth state of emergency in the violence-racked city of Guayaquil after a deadly bomb attack killed at least five and injured 17 people. Ecuador’s interior minister, Patricio Carrillo, described Sunday’s explosion as a “declaration of war on the state” by organized crime in the country’s largest city, and it has been classified

A$AP Rocky has been formally charged with assault with a firearm after being arrested in April over the alleged shooting of A$AP Relli during a disagreement in Los Angeles last November, Rolling Stone reports. Rocky, AKA Rakim Meyers, faces charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm with allegations of personally using a firearm. The US rapper could face up to

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago at a rally in Arizona, asserting that federal law enforcement agencies are being “weaponized” against political enemies. Stumping for Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, DeSantis accused the department of having gone “totally off the rails” with its raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.“ These agencies

Donald Trump has furiously called for the immediate release of the ‘completely unredacted’ affidavit that sanctioned the FBI raid on his Florida mansion. The former president said it was ‘in the interest of transparency the document be made public following the ‘horrible and shocking break-in’ at Mar-a-Lago. He slammed the ‘very large number of gun-toting FBI agents’who entered his

The Justice Department objected on Monday to making public the affidavit used to justify the search of former President Donald J. Trump’s home in Florida, saying its release would “compromise future investigative steps” and “likely chill” cooperation with witnesses.In a 13-page pleading filed in a federal court in southern Florida in response to requests by The New York Times and other

The Trump Organization’s former finance chief is expected to plead guilty later this week to criminal charges stemming from his indictment on tax-fraud charges, according to people familiar with the matter. Records show that a court hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning for longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg. The people said that the guilty plea, which is expected

Mayor Eric Adams plans to convert the Row NYC — formerly known as the Milford Plaza and located in pricey, tourist-packed Times Square — into an intake center and shelter for as many as 600 migrant families amid the city’s spiraling homelessness crisis, three sources familiar with the matter said.“In a month or two, we’re about to open up for [the city Department of Homeless

A federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6 attack has subpoenaed Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann for documents and testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter. Herschmann represented Donald Trump in the former president’s first impeachment trial and later joined the White House as a senior adviser. He did not work in the White House counsel’s office

Pete Carril, the Hall of Fame coach who brought notoriety to the “Princeton Offense” during his 30-year tenure with the Tigers, died Monday morning at the age of 92.”We kindly ask that you please respect our privacy at this time as we process our loss and handle necessary arrangements. More information will be forthcoming in the following days,” the Carril family said in a statement

A prominent Manhattan neurologist found guilty of raping six female patients, drugging them, and making them watch him masturbate hanged himself in Riker’s Island early Monday. Ricardo Cruciani, 67, who was convicted last month by a Manhattan jury on four counts of sexual abuse after six of his former patients testified against him, was found hanging in a common shower area

Lawyers for Rudolph W. Giuliani have been told that he is a target of a criminal investigation in Georgia into election interference by Donald J. Trump and his advisers, one of Mr. Giuliani’s lawyers said on Monday. Mr. Giuliani, who spearheaded efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power as his personal lawyer, emerged in recent weeks as a central figure in the inquiry being conducted by Fani T. Willis,

A federal judge on Monday denied Sen. Lindsey Graham’s request to quash his subpoena in Georgia prosecutors’ investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election by President Donald Trump and his allies, signaling he must testify in the probe.Graham had argued that he should be exempt from testifying due to speech or debate clause protections, sovereign

Police fired a stun gun at two Arizona parents as they tried to force their way into a school that police had locked down after an armed man was seen trying to get on campus. The parents were arrested, along with one other, as they tried toget to their children to protect them, authorities said. Officers in the Phoenix suburb of El Mirage used a Taser stun gun to stop two of them as they tried to

On Monday, lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner filed an appeal against her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday. Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted on Aug. 4. She was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after vape canisters containing