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Goldman Sachs former investment bankers charged in $4 billion Malaysian funding scheme
Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two former Goldman Sachs investment bankers were charged Thursday with helping to raise money for a Malaysian investment fund that has lost $4 billion, according to federal prosecutors. [Read More…]
Synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty as funerals continue for the slain worshippers
iStock/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH) — The man accused of massacring 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue entered a not guilty plea Thursday as three of his alleged victims were laid to rest. Suspect Robert Bowers, 46, showed no [Read More…]
Skeleton discovered in basement of home whose owner went missing in 1961
WABC(NEW YORK) — Police on Long Island are investigating human remains discovered on Wednesday in a house whose owner went missing almost 60 years ago, officials said. The remains were found when the current homeowner [Read More…]
General Motors plans to cut costs with employee buyout offers
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(DETROIT) — General Motors is offering buyouts to 18,000 long-time employees in an effort to cut costs. The automaker said the buyout offers are being made “while our company and economy are strong.” [Read More…]
Widespread rain across the eastern, southern Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, a low-pressure system centered over the lower Ohio Valley is producing heavy rain and halting fieldwork from Missouri into the lower Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, upper Midwestern field conditions are [Read More…]
Cool, wet pattern for most of the Heartland
A slow-moving cold front will drift eastward, sparking heavy, late-week rain across a broad area. Storm total rainfall could reach 1 to 3 inches or more throughout the eastern U.S. In contrast, dry weather will [Read More…]
Analyst: There’s a lot riding on the anticipated Trump-Xi meeting
Arlan Suderman, chief commodities analyst for INTL FCStone, says the next few weeks leading up to the anticipated meeting between President Trump and Chinese president Xi in Argentina, will probably determine if the trade war [Read More…]
Multiple children hit by car in Tampa, Florida: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — Multiple children were injured Thursday morning when they were struck by a vehicle in Tampa, Florida, according to police, the third traffic incident this week in the United States in which kids [Read More…]
Synagogue shooting suspect due in court as funerals continue for slain worshippers
iStock/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH) — The man accused of massacring 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue is due to return to court Thursday as three of his alleged victims are laid to rest. Suspect Robert Bowers, 46, “made [Read More…]
Starbucks to roll out holiday beverages, cups on Friday
Starbucks Corporation(SEATTLE) — Now that Halloween is behind us, Starbucks is ready to get into the holiday spirit. The Seattle-based coffee chain announced on Thursday that, beginning Friday, its stores in the U.S. and Canada [Read More…]
Weekly jobless claims drop to 214K ahead of October jobs report
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims took a slight dip last week, decreasing by 2,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Labor Department. For the week ending Oct. 27, the number of people filing [Read More…]
Severe weather, with damaging winds and possible tornadoes, moves east
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The large storm system responsible for four tornadoes Wednesday in Texas and Louisiana, and other damaging storms, is now covering 10 states from Louisiana to New York. Tornado watches and warnings [Read More…]
Police in California increase patrols after synagogue vandalized in Irvine
KABC-TV(IRVINE, Calif.) — A synagogue in California was covered with obscene words on Wednesday, sparking fears about a possible uptick in hate crimes in the wake of the deadly shooting in Pittsburgh last week. Police [Read More…]
Kim Jong Un will visit Seoul in near future, South Korean president says
Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un soon will visit Seoul. “A return visit to Seoul by Chairman Kim Jong Un [Read More…]
Even as Lion Air jet’s black box is found, some answers may be back in US
PRADITA UTAMA/AFP/Getty Images(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Representatives from Boeing, the manufacturer of the ill-fated Lion Air 737 that crashed Tuesday in the Java Sea and presumably killed all 189 people on board, have arrived in Indonesia [Read More…]
The Trump Economy: Why new-car prices are approaching record highs
iStock/ThinkstockAhead of the midterm elections, ABC News is highlighting key issues that affect Americans and how the Trump administration’s policies are making a difference in their lives. This part of the series focuses on why [Read More…]
Severe weather, with damaging winds and possible tornadoes, moves east
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The large storm system responsible for four tornadoes Wednesday in Texas and Louisiana, and other damaging storms, is now covering 10 states from Louisiana to New York. Tornado watches and warnings [Read More…]
EPA extends dicamba registration, adds additional restrictions
The federal EPA has extended the registration of dicamba for two years for “over-the-top” weed control in dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The agency also placed some additional restrictions on use of the product. Here is the [Read More…]
Trump administration begins new push to end war in Yemen
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Nearly four years after the war in Yemen began, eventually killing at least 16,200 civilians and creating a humanitarian crisis with a deadly cholera epidemic and 14 million people facing a possible famine, [Read More…]
Woman survives for 6 days after car flies off the road
Arizona Department Of Public Safety(WICKENBURG, Az.) — A woman who crashed her car in Arizona was able to survive for six days before she was found, local authorities said. The 53-year-old woman was driving along [Read More…]