‘Americans are sick and tired of their phones ringing off the hook with fraudulent robocalls,’ New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
Erica Nitschke
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
McCarthy says debt ceiling standoff ‘not my fault,’ as White House warns of economic risks
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that ‘it seems almost certain’ that the United States would not make it past early June without defaulting.
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Pills flowed for years as DEA dragged feet on disciplining opioid distributor
The delay has raised concerns about how the revolving door between government and industry may be impacting the DEA’s mission to police drug companies blamed for tens of thousands of American overdose deaths.
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Anxious retirees, social service groups among those making default contingency plans
Politicians in Washington may be offering assurance that the government will figure out a way to avert default, but around the country, economic anxiety is rising and some people already are adjusting their routines.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Trout, Moniak and Thaiss homer to help Angels beat Red Sox 4-0
An eighth-inning shot by Mike Trout extended the Angels’ advantage to 4-0.
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Russia extends detention of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich by 3 months
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a Bowdoin College graduate, was arrested in March on espionage charges on a reporting trip in Russia.
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Trump makes video appearance in New York criminal case, trial date set for March primary season
The judge reviewed an order barring Trump and his lawyers from disseminating evidence to third parties or posting it to social media, and it requires that certain, sensitive material shared by prosecutors be kept only by Trump’s lawyers, not Trump himself.
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Missouri man accused of deliberately crashing truck into barrier near White House
After the crash, the 19-year-old man exited the truck with a Nazi flag and started shouting as Park Police and Secret Service officers approached him.
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Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed
Mobile home parks are among the few affordable options that remain for extremely low-income people.
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2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokehold
Daniel Penny, a white U.S. Marine veteran, was caught on video pinning an agitated Black subway passenger, Jordan Neely, to the floor in a chokehold, which led to Neely’s death.