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Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as a single unit 07/14/2023 11:30am • Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander after their short-lived rebellion, while some of the mercenaries were shown Friday in Belarus, possibly heralding the group's relocation Wells Fargo 2Q profit jumps 57% on higher interest rates 07/14/2023 07:59am • Wells Fargo's profits jumped 57% in the second quarter thanks to higher interest rates and loan balances, the bank said Friday. San Francisco-based Wells earned $4.9 billion, or $1.25 per share in the period, on $20.5 billion in revenue. That beat Wall Street analysts' targets, which called for prof Founder of student aid startup Frank shakes head as prosecutor describes case against her 07/13/2023 08:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of student aid startup Frank shook her head repeatedly Thursday as a prosecutor claimed that she tricked J.P. Morgan Chase into paying $175 million for her business by lying about its client base. Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Fergenson described criminal charges agains A deadly bomb ambush of police in Mexico has endangered mothers who search for the missing 07/13/2023 12:33pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A drug cartel bomb attack that allegedly used a fake report of a mass grave to lure police into a deadly trap has had devastating collateral damage: It has led some authorities to abandon the volunteers who search for Mexico’s 110,000 missing people. Most of the searchers are Hulu documentary on the 'world’s most ingenious thief' hopes to steal viewers this week 07/12/2023 01:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It's hard not to feel grudging respect for Gerald Daniel Blanchard's long resume of crime — no matter what side of the law you're on. He once stole half a million dollars from a bank before it officially opened by using a concealed pinhole camera inside the branch. He escaped fr Bank of America hit with $250M in fines and refunds for 'double-dipping' fees and fake accounts 07/11/2023 10:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America will reimburse customers more than $100 million and pay $150 million in fines for “double-dipping” on overdraft fees, withholding reward bonuses on credit cards and opening accounts without customer consent. Combined, it is one of the highest financial penalties 'Pigeon Drop' scammer arrested for targeting seniors in Prince George's Co. 07/11/2023 09:00pm • A Temple Hills man has been arrested and charged with scamming several senior citizens out of thousands of dollars in a scheme known as a “pigeon drop.” Keith Twiggs, 59, was arrested on June 29 after Prince George’s County police said he had committed at least two of the scams in the Phone scammers are using artificial intelligence to mimic voices 07/11/2023 07:15pm • ▶ Watch Video: Phone scammers using AI to mimic voices Phone scams are nothing new, but thanks to artificial intelligence, they are getting more sophisticated and believable. Jennifer Destefano will never forget the frantic call supposedly from her 15-year A grand jury sworn in Tuesday could decide whether Trump is charged over Georgia's 2020 election 07/11/2023 02:10pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury that was sworn in Tuesday in Atlanta will likely consider whether criminal charges are appropriate for former President Donald Trump or his Republican allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has New bill hopes to curb dangerous driving on DC streets 07/11/2023 08:59am • Legislation introduced Monday would offer District agencies stricter enforcement power against repeat offenders in an effort to reduce dangerous driving. The Strengthening Traffic Enforcement, Education and Responsibility, or STEER Amendment Act of 2023, would strengthen and streamline suspending Be wary of scams as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, experts warn 07/11/2023 12:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon Prime Day is here. And, once again, experts are warning consumers of scams. Scams targeting online shoppers — often by impersonating companies like Amazon and other major retailers — are nothing new. But phishing attempts increase amid busy spending seen during significa Syria revokes BBC accreditation over alleged bias after report on high-level ties to drug trade 07/10/2023 01:38am • BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's Information Ministry revoked the BBC's media accreditation, days after the British public broadcaster aired a report linking members of Syrian President Bashar Assad's family and senior army officials to the production and smuggling of illicit drugs. The documentary, broadcas Bumblebee, the Cookie Monster, you name it, Virginia man dresses in costumes to make people smile 07/09/2023 09:01am • PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A woman balanced a toddler on her hip while standing on the porch of the Jump’n Jellybeans daycare on a recent Thursday morning. She stared at what was walking down the sidewalk on the other side of Portsmouth Boulevard. So did the toddler. Then he leaned forward, frantica Aid group in Haiti suspends treatment after some 20 armed men storm hospital 07/07/2023 01:50pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders announced Friday that it has suspended treatment at one of its hospitals in Haiti after some 20 armed men burst into an operating room and snatched a patient. The incident occurred late Thursday at the Tabarre hospital in the capital of Port-au- Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin's strategy 07/06/2023 09:48pm • MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin's rule.