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Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K 06/26/2024 10:42pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five people were charged Wednesday with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced Wednesday. NASA taps Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years 06/26/2024 08:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years. SpaceX, a privately held company controlled by technology mogul Elon Musk Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant 06/26/2024 08:27pm • FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into the atmosphere over the last five years, an air quality board said Tuesday. Man arrested in Colorado triple-shooting after crash and intensive search 06/26/2024 08:17pm • DENVER (AP) — A man arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in southern Colorado allegedly killed a man by shooting him in the head, and wounded two others, according to court documents. Henry Corral, 44, was taken into custody following an intensive search that authorities said involved him fl How To Deposit Cash Into Someone Else's Account 06/26/2024 08:00pm • If you have cash, a check or money in the bank that needs to be sent to someone else, there are many transfer options available. You can deposit cash into someone else's account electronically, with different types of checks, money orders and wire transfers. Your bank may also offer a specific metho International Student Services at U.S. Colleges: What to Know 06/26/2024 08:00pm • International student services offices at U.S. universities provide campus support and an abundance of campus resources to help with everything from visa issues and orientation to year-round activities. "ISS usually stands for International Student Services, which indicates these offices are for ser Is the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Worth its $95 Annual Fee? 06/26/2024 08:00pm • The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card offers numerous perks for people who like to travel. These perks include travel protections, flexible point redemptions and up to $50 in statement credits to cover eligible hotel spending each year. However, it's fair to question whether the card is worth its $95 Why Is the Middle Class Shrinking? 06/26/2024 08:00pm • A little more than half of Americans (51%) are part of the middle class, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Center. But how has this segment changed over time? Between 1971 and 2023, the middle class shrank by 10%, while the upper and lower classes grew by 8% and 3%, respectively. Here How tensions in Bolivia fueled an attempt to oust President Arce from power 06/26/2024 07:50pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace on Wednesday as President Luis Arce said his country faced an apparent attempted coup. In a sense, the uprising was the culmination of tensions that have been brewing in Bolivia for months, with protester 2 killed at a Dallas-area fast food restaurant in shooting police say was targeted 06/26/2024 07:31pm • IRVING, Texas (AP) — Two people were killed in a fast food restaurant in suburban Dallas on Wednesday afternoon in a shooting that police say was targeted. Irving police said that they had identified a suspect, who has not yet been arrested. Police said there wasn’t a threat to the public. Telev NTSB derailment investigation renews concerns about detectors, tank cars and Norfolk Southern 06/26/2024 07:13pm • The National Transportation Safety Board's daylong hearing on what caused the disastrous East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last year gave the community, railroads and policymakers plenty to think about. The NTSB confirmed the crash was caused by an overheating bearing Karen Read's jurors weigh evidence in a murder trial that challenged police integrity 06/26/2024 06:39pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — In the heat of early summer, a Massachusetts jury is deciding whether a woman murdered her boyfriend on a snowy winter night, or was framed in a conspiracy concocted by corrupt police involved in the killing of one of their own. Karen Read is charged with second-degree murder Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa 06/26/2024 06:37pm • FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab green hospital gown. Her cousin Giuliana Demma remembers looking at the 1-year-old and thinking how sad the scene was: a small child awash in an ugly He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 06/26/2024 06:09pm • ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by the ACLU of NYC's transit budget is short $16 billion. Here are the proposed cuts, as the governor seeks funds 06/26/2024 05:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York's public transit system will stop work on a planned subway line expansion and retreat from other maintenance and improvement projects because of a $16.5 billion shortfall caused by Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision to halt a plan to fund the projects through “congestion” to