Category Archives:
Ex-CEO of Silicon Valley mobile app startup HeadSpin charged with fraud
By Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged a co-founder and former chief executive of HeadSpin with defrauding investors out of as much as $80 million by ...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
Joni Mitchell to be honored by music world
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell will be honored by the music world ahead of the annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles as the MusicCares person of the year. MusicCares, the charit...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
U.S. court upholds conviction, death sentence of Dylann Roof
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine Black people at a South Carolina church in 2015, court docum...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
U.S. mortgage applications rise as mortgage rates edge down -MBA
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - Mortgage applications increased last week, as purchasing applications posted their largest increase since early July while mortgage rates edged down. The Mortgage Bankers Ass...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
R Kelly accuser says R&B singer tried to shift blame to her parents
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for R. Kelly on Wednesday tried to undercut claims by a woman who accused the R&B singer of sexual abuse, showing her letters to family members where she...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
Western Digital in advanced talks to merge with Japan’s Kioxia Holdings – WSJ
(Reuters) - Western Digital Corp is in advanced talks to merge with Japanese semiconductor firm Kioxia Holdings Corp in a deal potentially valued at more than $20 billion, the Wall Street Journal repo...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
Google brings Samsung 5G modem tech to U.S. market with new Pixel phone -sources
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Google will tap Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to supply the 5G modem for its next flagship Pixel smart phone, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, ...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
From mattresses to halal food, U.S. refugee groups race to aid arriving Afghans
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. Marine Corps veteran Luis Gonzales loads up donated supplies for newly arrived Afghan families in Houston, he can usually fit everything into his truck a...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
Plea deal offered to Capitol rioter accused of wielding stick at cops
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors have proposed a plea bargain to a Virginia man accused of attacking police with a large stick during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, lawyers for the ...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
Carnival’s Diamond Princess cruise ship delays return to sailing to spring
(Reuters) - The Diamond Princess cruise ship, which became one of the earliest hotbeds for coronavirus infections when the pandemic broke out last year, will delay its return to sailing to spring of 2...
Syndicated Content Aug 25, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
69 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity
