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A man pleads guilty in a shooting outside then-US Rep. Zeldin's New York home 09/13/2024 12:22pm • RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A 20-year-old gang member pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that wounded two rival gang members in front of the New York home of then-U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, authorities said. Noah Green pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and consp Newly freed from federal restrictions, Wells Fargo agrees to shore up crime risk detection 09/13/2024 10:56am • Wells Fargo has agreed to work with U.S. bank regulators to shore up its financial crimes risk management, including internal controls related to suspicious activity and money laundering. Wells Fargo shares rose 2.4% Friday. The agreement comes just seven months after the Biden Administration lifte Studies on pigeon-guided missiles, swimming abilities of dead fish among Ig Nobels winners 09/13/2024 10:24am • BOSTON (AP) — A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners Thursday of this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement. Held less than a month before the actual Nobel Ex-European lawmaker and wife charged with influence peddling and corruption in Poland 09/13/2024 07:41am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in southern Poland have charged a former European Parliament lawmaker and his wife with corruption and influence peddling as part of a larger probe into irregularities in the operations of a private university in Warsaw. Ryszard Czarnecki is a prominent member o Faked video targeting France and UAE likely Russian despite Moscow's links to Gulf Arab states 09/13/2024 03:15am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fake video that ricocheted across the internet claiming tensions between France and the United Arab Emirates after Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's detention in Paris likely came from Russia, an analysis by The Associated Press shows, despite Moscow's efforts to main Animal rights groups object to Buckingham Palace guard's distinctive bearskin caps 09/12/2024 11:28pm • LONDON (AP) — An animal rights group trying to get real fur out of the bearskin caps worn by King's Guards at Buckingham Palace took aim Thursday at the cost of the ceremonial garb. The price of the caps soared 30% in a year to more than 2,000 pounds ($2,600) apiece for the hats made of black bear How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills 09/12/2024 09:10pm • Coco loved being the life of the party — cracking jokes, doing pranks and making people laugh, her mom, Julianna Arnold, recalled recently. “Her favorite pastime was fashion,” Arnold said. “She didn’t like looking at magazines or going to fancy stores, but preferred to make her own creatio Protect Your Money From Zelle Scams 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Zelle is an electronic person-to-person payment service offered by many U.S. banks as an alternative to nonbank P2P services, like PayPal or Venmo. Zelle is convenient, safe, secure and usually free if you have a bank checking or savings account. Those benefits, combined with Zelle's near-instant an After docs about Taylor Swift and Brooke Shields, filmmaker turns her camera to NYC psychics 09/12/2024 07:04pm • Filmmaker Lana Wilson had never thought much about psychics. But the morning after Election Day in 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she found herself drawn towards a sign that promised “$5 psychic readings” and wandered in. Much to her surprise, she found it to be a rather profound experience How social media became a storefront for fake pills as families struggle 09/12/2024 02:49pm • Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years or so, even as overall drug use has dropped slightly. In a 2022 analysis of fentanyl-laced prescription pills, the DEA found that six out of 10 contained a potentially lethal dose of the drug. And social media Most Americans don't trust AI-powered election information: AP-NORC/USAFacts survey 09/12/2024 09:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Alabama. But he’d never trust an artificial intelligence chatbot with any questions about the upcoming presidential election. “I just don’t think AI produces Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business owners in lawsuit settlement 09/11/2024 03:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging the program was discriminatory, both sides announced Wednesday. The settlement came two months after Editorial Roundup: United States 09/11/2024 01:08pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 6 The Washington Post on Chinese subterfuge in the U.S. Evidence — including a bombshell indictment this week of a senior New York political figure — is mounting that China is not content to run a police state just at ho The Latest: The debate between Trump and Harris in Philadelphia has come to an end 09/11/2024 12:23am • The first, and possibly only, debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the 2024 election has come to an end. Tuesday’s event in Philadelphia gave Americans their most detailed look at a campaign that’s dramatically changed since the last debate in June. In rapid f Edward B. Johnson, the second CIA officer in Iran for the 'Argo' rescue mission, dies at 81 09/09/2024 09:26pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Edward B. Johnson, who as a CIA officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the agency confirmed Monday. He was 81. Johnson's identity for decades had been hidden from