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UK Conservatives suspend lawmaker as sleaze allegations swirl over possible misuse of party funds 04/18/2024 10:37am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party said Thursday it has suspended a lawmaker who is alleged to have used campaign funds for personal medical expenses and to pay off someone who was threatening him. The Times of London reported Mark Menzies took thousands of pounds (dollars) giv UK police say they disrupted cyber fraud network that stole personal data from thousands 04/18/2024 09:43am • LONDON (AP) — A website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police said Thursday. Metropolitan Police said they seized the LabHost Uber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed 04/17/2024 04:30pm • Uber is helping investigators look into an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death because he erroneously believed she was part of a scam that targeted him, the ride-hailing company said Wednesday. The March 25 shooting death of Lolet Convicted scammer who victims say claimed to be a psychic, Irish heiress faces extradition to UK 04/17/2024 02:37pm • A woman accused by scam victims of crisscrossing the U.S. claiming to be an Irish heiress is expected to learn next month whether she will be extradited to the United Kingdom. Marianne Smyth, a 54-year-old American, will be in federal court in Maine for the hearing that relates to allegations she st 10 detained in large-scale raid in Germany targeting human smuggling gang that exploits visa permits 04/17/2024 05:53am • BERLIN (AP) — German authorities conducted a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang early Wednesday, police said in a statement. More than 1,000 police officers searched dozens of homes, stores and offices across western and southern Germany and detained 10 suspects, inclu Ohio man fatally shot Uber driver after scam phone calls targeted both of them, authorities say 04/16/2024 05:35pm • SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver who he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge. William Brock, 81, also faces counts of kidnapping and felonious assault in the indictment AP PHOTOS: What's on the voters’ minds as India heads into a 6-week national election 04/16/2024 12:12am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Raj Sud, 94, has voted in almost every election held in independent India, bearing witness to the eventful journey of a diverse, and now the world’s most populous, democracy over the last 76 years. Nearly 970 million people are eligible to vote in India’s 6-week national elect Trump's historic hush money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked 04/15/2024 07:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The historic hush money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life. The day ended without any jurors being chose Tax day is underway. Here are some tips to navigate it 04/15/2024 11:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — April 15 is the last day to submit tax returns for 2023. If you left your tax filing to the last minute, you’re not alone. The IRS says it has received more than 100 million tax returns, with tens of millions more expected. If you need more time, today is also the deadline to fil Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial over complaints of pretrial publicity 04/12/2024 07:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It's the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to st Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case 04/12/2024 12:29am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said. The 67-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat was formally c Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion 04/11/2024 08:50pm • LONDON (AP) — Instagram says it's deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it's testing out the features as part of its campaign A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn 04/11/2024 01:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Don Beyer's car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion energy. He reads books about geometry for fun. So when questions about regulating artificial intellige Kimberly Palmer: What college students need to know about payment apps 04/08/2024 07:00am • For college students, sending money to friends has never been easier thanks to peer-to-peer payment apps like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App. But that convenience poses risks, including vulnerability to errors, fraud and the tendency to overspend. As a result, payment apps can contribute to financial st A second UK lawmaker says he was targeted in a sexting scam. Police are investigating 04/06/2024 09:13am • LONDON (AP) — A second British lawmaker has acknowledged receiving explicit messages on his phone in what police are investigating as a malicious phishing attempt against politicians, their staff and journalists. Conservative legislator Luke Evans said he had been a victim of “cyber flashing and