Getty NEWSLINK7.COM The Department of Justice found four FBI agents had sex with prostitutes while working overseas and then lied about it during internal investigations Read More December 15, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The House on Tuesday voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued by the bipartisan committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. Read More December 15, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The House passed a measure late Tuesday night to raise the debt limit to nearly $31 trillion, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden in time to prevent an economically devastating default. Read More December 15, 2021
Getty NEWSLINK7.COM A longtime accountant for former president Donald Trump — who helped prepare Trump’s taxes and the financial statements he used to woo lenders — testified recently before a New York grand jury investigating Trump’s financial practices, according to two people familiar with that investigation. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A half dozen women are suing Tesla alleging the electric vehicle company fostered a culture of sexual harassment at its Fremont, Calif. plant and other facilities, where female employees say they were subjected to lewd comments and catcalling, physically intimate touching and discrimination. Read More December 14, 2021
CBS NEWSLINK7.COM President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have canceled White House holiday parties will instead host ‘Holiday Open Houses’ for visitors to view the decorations in the executive mansion. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The Biden administration is preparing for an explosion of Omicron cases that they believe will result in a flood of sick Americans going into the already overburdened hospital system. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The District of Columbia sued the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said, alleging the far-right groups conspired to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and disrupt the certification of President Biden’s election victory. Read More December 14, 2021
AP NEWSLINK7.COM New York’s ethics watchdog panel ordered disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return the $5.1 million in profits from his pandemic book deal to the state next month. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The driver of an 18-wheeler that barreled down an interstate at 85mph, causing a huge fireball crash that killed four people was sentenced on Monday to 110 consecutive years in prison. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Information is power, and if you’re an iPhone user, you can now get more information about how often your apps access your data (for example, your location or your microphone). The App Privacy Report, which became available with iOS 15.2 Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Ex NFL player Phillip Adams had the same type of ‘severe’ CTE as Aaron Hernandez when he shot and killed six people in a gun rampage in April before killing himself, pathologists revealed on Tuesday Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly this year. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A Texas auto magnate has been indicted on charges that he paid a purported former Israeli soldier and two ex-Marines $750,000 to kidnap and kill a former mistress and her boyfriend, federal prosecutors said Monday. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Preliminary laboratory tests gave encouraging signs that Pfizer experimental Covid-19 pill could work against Omicron, the company said. Read More December 14, 2021
Getty NEWSLINK7.COM Omicron appears to cause less severe illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus but is more resistant to the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine widely used in South Africa, according to the first major private study since omicron was first detected last month. Read More December 14, 2021
Polk County Sheriff's Office NEWSLINK7.COM A Florida substitute teacher was busted for having sex with a teenage student who allegedly shared one of their trysts in a Snapshot video, law enforcement officials said. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The former chair of Harvard’s Chemistry Department will stand trial in Boston beginning Tuesday for allegedly concealing his ties to – the Chinese government. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM As a catastrophic tornado approached this city Friday, employees of a candle factory — which would later be destroyed — heard the warning sirens and wanted to leave the building. But at least five workers said supervisors warned employees that they would be fired if they left their shifts early. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Police in California were on the scene at a Tesla factory on Monday afternoon, after a man was found dead in the parking lot. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Despite accurate forecasts and timely warnings, Friday night’s tornado outbreak was December’s deadliest on record. Researchers of many stripes, from engineers and forecasters to social scientists, now face the burning question: Why? Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM An Instagram user with the handle @metaverse last month found herself blocked from her account, which featured a decade of her life and work – after parent company Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Questions over worker safety at Amazon are intensifying once again after a tornado struck an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Friday, leaving six people dead and another hospitalized. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Three prominent Fox News anchors sent concerned text messages on Jan. 6 to Mark Meadows, the last chief of staff for President Donald J. Trump, urging him to persuade the president to take the riot seriously and to make an effort to stop it. Read More December 14, 2021
Getty Images NEWSLINK7.COM Hard Rock International has agreed to buy the operations of the Mirage casino on the Las Vegas Strip from MGM Resorts International MGM for nearly $1.1 billion with plans to build a giant guitar-shaped hotel on the glitzy boulevard. Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol voted Monday night to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt for defying a subpoena, Read More December 14, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The Supreme Court refused Monday to halt a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons. Read More December 13, 2021
AP NEWSLINK7.COM President Joe Biden said Monday he will travel to Kentucky later this week to survey damage left by a deadly tornado storm that struck late last week. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Colombian police were responsible for the deaths of 11 protesters during anti-police protests that swept the capital in September 2020, according to a report published on Monday after an independent investigation backed by the mayor of Bogotá’s office and the United Nations. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM USA Gymnastics, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and their insurers have agreed to fund a $380 million settlement with victims of longtime national team physician Larry Nassar, Read More December 13, 2021
Sky News NEWSLINK7.COM Governor Andy Beshear said Kentucky’s death toll, confirmed at 64, will continue to fluctuate as rescuers search through debris Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Adobe knows there’s a bigger audience of would-be creators out there than full-on pros, so it’s launching a new app that attempts to open up some of its more powerful tools to amateurs. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Vox Media is in advanced talks to merge with Group Nine Media Inc., according to people familiar with the situation, a deal that would unite two of the biggest players in digital media. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Apple’s iOS 15.2, which includes a ton of features and fixes, has started to become roll out to iPhones after an extensive beta period. According to Apple’s release notes, posted by 9to5Mac and MacRumors, the update includes: Read More December 13, 2021
File NEWSLINK7.COM None of the military personnel involved in a botched drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 10 civilians will face any kind of punishment after Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III approved recommendations, Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A former supervisor for the Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts Tyrone Derise Smith, Jr., was arrested after authorities said he stole more than $100,000 in filing fees and and deposit funds over a two-year period. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Some of the largest U.S. hospital systems have dropped Covid-19 vaccine mandates for staff after a federal judge temporarily halted a Biden administration mandate that healthcare workers get the shots. Read More December 13, 2021
File NEWSLINK7.COM A lawyer for Mark Meadows has sent a letter to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks arguing that the former White House chief of staff should not be subject to criminal contempt of Congress charges. Read More December 13, 2021
AP NEWSLINK7.COM Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear slightly lowered his estimates for the death toll from the weekend’s tornadoes, putting the current confirmed dead at 64, though he cautioned it will likely rise to above 70, maybe 80. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM President Biden on Monday will sign an executive order seeking to streamline and modernize a vast array of government services that directly affect Americans, such as claiming retirement benefits, renewing passports and filing taxes. Read More December 13, 2021
Reuters NEWSLINK7.COM The Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, met the de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, on Monday during the first official visit by an Israeli leader to the Gulf state. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021. The magazine announced the wealthiest man in the world as its choice on Monday. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM At least one person has died of the omicron variant, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday as he urged Britons to increase their protection with a booster shot. It was the first reported fatality in the country from the variant. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM As the coronavirus pandemic approaches the end of a second year, the United States stands on the cusp of surpassing 800,000 deaths from the virus, and no group has suffered more than older Americans. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The Taliban have pleaded with the U.S. and the West to show ‘mercy and compassion’ by releasing $10billion in funds frozen when the group seized Afghanistan. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A ‘sniper’ took aim at crowds on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Sunday night with a handgun during a vigil at the late Mexican singer Vicente Fernández’s star. A dozen officers were seen storming the residential building Read More December 13, 2021
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images NEWSLINK7.COM Search and rescue efforts remain in effect throughout western Kentucky after multiple tornadoes decimated parts of the state on Friday evening and Saturday morning, leaving many communities destroyed. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM South Korea says the United States, China, and North Korea agreed on “fundamental and principle levels” to declare a formal end to the Korean War that ended in 1953 without a peace treaty. South Korean President Moon Jae-in also told reporters Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced the former media mogul Jimmy Lai and seven other prominent pro-democracy activists to prison for their role last year in trying to commemorate Beijing’s June 4, 1989, crackdown on peaceful protesters in Tiananmen Square. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Harnaaz Sandhu, a Bollywood actress, beat out 79 other contestants for the title of Miss Universe in the Israeli Red Sea resort town of Eilat Nearly 600 million viewers tuned in to watch Harnaaz Sandhu of India be crowned the 70th Miss Universe, Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Alibaba Group Holding has fired a female employee who accused her then-supervisor of molestation and rape during a business trip earlier this year, according to the woman and her lawyer, refocusing attention on a sexual-assault case that sent ripples through China’s tech sector. Read More December 13, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday reiterated a warning from the United States and its allies that Russia could face ‘massive consequences’ if it continued its ‘reckless and aggressive’ actions against Ukraine. Read More December 12, 2021
NEWSLINK7.COM The Formula One world could hardly believe it when the world-championship battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen came down to the last race of the season. It never dared dream that it would be decided on the final lap. Read More December 12, 2021
AP NEWSLINK7.COM Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has said that authorities are ‘continuing to evaluate’ whether a booster shot will be required to be considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as new CDC figures show that a third of Omicron cases had booster shots. Read More December 12, 2021