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A $355 million penalty and business ban: Takeaways from Trump's New York civil fraud verdict 02/16/2024 07:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties for what the judge described as a scheme to deceive banks and insurers by exaggerating Trump's wealth on his annual financial statements. The Lyon's renaissance continues with win over stuttering Nice 02/16/2024 05:35pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Lyon���s resurgence under coach Pierre Sage continued by beating second-placed Nice 1-0 in the French league on Friday. Sage took over at the end of November when the seven-time champion was bottom of the league, with just one win from 12 matches. This sixth win Lyon's last eight leag Ex-FBI official sentenced to over 2 years in prison for concealing payment from Albanian businessman 02/16/2024 05:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced on Friday to more than two years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from a businessman with ties to the Albanian government ��� and trying to conceal their corrupt financial relationsh Judge bars Trump from holding executive office at a NY company and getting loans from NY banks for three years 02/16/2024 03:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Judge bars Trump from holding executive office at a NY company and getting loans from NY banks for three years. Pennsylvania magistrate judge is charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend as he slept 02/16/2024 01:46pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania shot her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept last weekend, police said Thursday in filing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges against her. Tests showed Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight, 57, had guns US wholesale inflation accelerated in January in latest sign that prices picked up last month 02/16/2024 09:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Wholesale prices in the United States picked up in January, the latest sign that some inflation pressures in the economy remain elevated. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index ��� which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers ��� rose 0.3% from Indian farmers strike to demand guaranteed crop prices as others attempt to march to New Delhi 02/16/2024 09:49am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India on Friday to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens of thousands to march toward the capital in tractors and wagons. Farmers in the northern states of Haryana and Punjab held Why tens of thousands of Indian farmers are protesting again 02/15/2024 11:31pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are protesting for guaranteed crop prices, renewing a movement that succeeded in getting contentious new agricultural laws repealed in 2021. Earlier this week, they began marching toward New Delhi, but their efforts so far have been blocked by Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering, halting federal trial 02/15/2024 07:47pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� Former Illinois lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate William ���Sam��� McCann abruptly pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, halting his federal corruption trial over misusing up to $550,000 in campaign contributi Credit Union Personal Loans: Everything You Need to Know 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Personal loans can be a valuable tool if you need to consolidate debt or finance home improvements, and you can find these loans through banks and online lenders. For many borrowers, though, the best place to get a personal loan may not be a traditional for-profit financial institution, but a member 22 Legal Secrets to Reducing Your Taxes 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Taxes are an inevitable part of life, but most people would probably rather not hand over a portion of their hard-earned money to the government. Fortunately, there's a number of legal ways to lower the amount you pay the taxman each year. These include credits, deductions and advanced investment st Billionaire George Soros' 7 Top Stock Picks in 2024 02/15/2024 07:00pm • George Soros is one of the most successful investors in history. His Soros Fund Management currently manages $7.6 billion in assets, and Soros himself has an estimated net worth of $6.7 billion after donating more than $32 billion to philanthropic causes. Soros formerly managed the Quantum Fund, whi Steady ascent or sudden splash? North Carolina governor's race features men who took different paths 02/15/2024 05:25pm • ROXBORO, N.C. (AP) ��� One candidate is an Ivy League-educated attorney who over 25 years amassed allies as he climbed North Carolina's Democratic ladder. The other is a former furniture factory worker with a history of blunt commentary who plowed into Republican politics four years ago after a vira Recession has struck some of the world's top economies. The US keeps defying expectations 02/15/2024 03:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As some of the world���s biggest economies stumble into recession, the United States keeps chugging along. Both Japan and the United Kingdom said Thursday their economies likely weakened during the final three months of 2023. For each, it would be the second straight quarter that� Average long-term US mortgage rate rose this week to 6.77%, highest level in 10 weeks 02/15/2024 02:02pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week to its highest level in 10 weeks, a setback for prospective homebuyers ahead of the spring homebuying season. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.77% from 6.64% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursd