The alleged smuggler told investigators that a friend had paid him to travel from Taiwan to Nicaragua to pick up the eggs.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
Posted inNation & World, Politics
DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, outlines travel schedule for early state visits
His supporters don’t expect longterm political consequences from the bungled announcement on a crash-prone Twitter.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Debt ceiling talks teeter on the brink, as lawmakers leave town for weekend without a deal
Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings agency placed the United States’ AAA credit on ‘ratings watch negative,’ warning of a possible downgrade.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothing when county took her condo
The county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill.
Posted inBusiness
Threat of U.S. credit downgrade looms over debt ceiling talks
With one of three major rating agencies warning that America’s AAA credit is at risk, the stakes are growing in the standoff in Washington over raising the nation’s debt limit.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Tom Hanks urges Harvard grads to defend the truth, resist indifference
‘For the truth to some is no longer empirical. It’s no longer based on data, nor common sense, nor even common decency,’ said the two-time Academy Award winner.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Antitrust ruling won’t change American Airlines’ summer plans in Northeast, exec says
The case, which struck down American’s alliance with JetBlue, won’t impact customers this summer, CO Devon May said.
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Virgin Galactic completes final test flight before launching paying customers to space
Six of the company’s employees took the short up-and-down flight that included a few minutes of weightlessness.
Posted inNew England
U.S. Border Patrol agrees not to set up checkpoints in New Hampshire town
The agreement announced Friday settled a 2020 lawsuit over the use of the checkpoints in Woodstock, where the ACLU claimed that border agents conducted illegal searches and seizures.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Austrian actor Helmut Berger, movie star in the 1960s and 1970s, dies at 78
He rose to prominence with roles in films by Italian director Luchino Visconti.