The full interview with Marc and Debra Tice will be available Friday morning on “The Takeout” podcast and will air on CBS News at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET Friday evening. The parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist detained in Syria for nearly a decade, are “100% certain” …
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May, 2022
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5 May
Jade Benning arrested for 1996 death of Christopher Harvey, after police receive “anonymous letter”
A woman was arrested this week in Texas for the 1996 stabbing death of her boyfriend in Southern California, authorities said Wednesday. The arrest came two years after police received an anonymous letter implicating Jade Benning as being involved in the murder. Benning, 48, was taken into custody Tuesday near …
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4 May
Feds fine Bank of America $10 million for illegally garnishing bank accounts
Bank of America will pay a $10 million penalty and refund nearly $600,000 in fees to thousands of customers whose accounts were illegally garnished, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Wednesday. The CFPB said its enforcement action stems from the nation’s second-biggest bank processing illegal, out-of-state garnishment orders against …
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April, 2022
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27 April
Archegos Capital Management founder Bill Hwang arrested on billion
The owner of a New York-based hedge fund that collapsed when it defaulted on margin calls was arrested Wednesday on charges alleging he defrauded leading global investment banks and brokerages of billions of dollars by telling them lies so his private investment firm could grow its portfolio from $10 billion …
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27 April
New hearing ordered over California ban on private prisons
A federal appeals court on Tuesday agreed to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new hearing before an 11-judge panel, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Last October, a three-judge appellate panel …
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12 April
Consumer Price Index: Inflation accelerated to 8.5% in March, highest since 1981
Inflation hit a fresh 40-year record in March as U.S. consumer prices rose 8.5% from a year ago, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index, which tracks a basket of goods and services, jumped 1.2% in March after increasing 0.8% in February, showing that inflation gained speed …
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8 April
Alabama governor signs sweeping law banning medication for transgender youth
Republican Governor Kay Ivey signed sweeping legislation Friday that outlawed gender-affirming medications for transgender youth. Under the new law, doctors could face criminal penalties for prescribing puberty blockers or hormones to transgender youth under 19 years old. “There are very real challenges facing our young people, especially with today’s societal …
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4 April
Illinois car dealership to pay $10 million to settle “illegal junk fees” case
A multistate chain of car dealerships based in Illinois will pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally charging customers hundreds of dollars in extra fees without their consent. The Federal Trade Commission filed a deceptive practices complaint against Napleton Automotive Group of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, last …
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March, 2022
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30 March
Guilty verdict for former nurse in death of woman accidentally given wrong medication sets “dangerous precedent,” nurses warn
The moment nurse RaDonda Vaught realized she had given a patient the wrong medication, she rushed to the doctors working to revive 75-year-old Charlene Murphey and told them what she had done. Within hours, she made a full report of her mistake to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Murphey died …
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24 March
Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate in religious rights case
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Texas death row inmate whose request to have his pastor lay hands on him and audibly pray during his execution was denied, a decision in support of the rights of inmates who seek to have their spiritual advisers with …
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