SVB Financial fights FDIC over seized tax refunds
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK SVB Financial, the bankrupt former parent of failed Silicon Valley Bank, said on
2023-05-12 07:29
Kansas governor thwarts small legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions
Kansas’ Democratic governor has scuttled a small legal settlement between the state and the owner of a Wichita fitness studio forced to shut down during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic and then operate under restrictions
2023-05-12 07:26
Sudan's Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces sign agreement intended to lay groundwork for humanitarian assistance in Sudan, say US officials
The warring Sudanese parties have signed an agreement intended to lay the groundwork for humanitarian assistance to resume in Sudan, senior US State Department officials said Thursday.
2023-05-12 07:17
Secure messaging arrives on Twitter - sort of. 'Don't trust it yet,' Musk warns
Twitter has launched encrypted messaging, offering select users the ability to communicate more securely
2023-05-12 06:59
74 million tourists visited Orlando, Florida, almost reaching pre-pandemic levels
Tourism official say more than 74 million visitors came to the Orlando, Florida area last year, a benchmark just short of pre-pandemic levels
2023-05-12 06:59
Trump Appeals Carroll Sexual Assault Verdict Granting Damages
Donald Trump is appealing the verdict of a New York jury that found him liable for sexually abusing
2023-05-12 06:18
'BlackBerry' film hails the must-have gadget that the iPhone turned into a forgotten relic
Almost everyone knows the backstory of the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the device to the world
2023-05-12 05:50
Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: 'So many freedoms were lost'
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state's first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP front-runner for the 2024 gubernatorial race, repeatedly lambasted the "so-called" 1960s Civil Rights Movement, lamenting that "so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights movement."
2023-05-12 05:48
Debt limit fight: Biden meeting with Congress leaders put off until next week as staff talks proceed
The White House says President Joe Biden’s follow-up meeting with congressional leaders on averting a potential default has been postponed until next week
2023-05-12 04:54
Environmental groups sue Shell over air quality at massive new Pennsylvania petrochemical plant
An environmental group says in a new lawsuit that Shell is putting residents’ health at risk by persistently violating air quality standards at its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania
2023-05-12 04:20
Justices back Calif. law requiring more space for pigs; producers predict pricier pork chops, bacon
The Supreme Court has backed a California animal cruelty law that requires more space for breeding pigs
2023-05-12 03:52
U.S. safety board investigating new Norfolk Southern derailment in Pennsylvania
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday it is investigating the derailment of a
2023-05-12 03:50