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Two people have been charged with stealing nearly $3 million from a wealthy ailing investor, moving into his Malibu beach house, claiming to befriend him and giving him drugs, before attempting to steal another $20 million after his death, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.Anthony Flores, 46, of Fresno, was arrested last week and pleaded not guilty to felony charges, while Anna Moore, 39, who lives in Monterrey, Mexico, was arrested Tuesday in Houston after a plane flight, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California. She appeared in a Texas court but didn’t enter…

CNN  —  Washington (CNN) – President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence are all facing scrutiny regarding their potential mishandling of classified documents. In all three cases, sensitive government materials were found in places where they shouldn’t have ended up. But there are key distinctions that differentiate each situation, including how Biden, Trump and Pence responded to the discovery of documents and how aggressively the Justice Department is currently investigating. Here’s a breakdown of the similarities and differences between the Biden, Trump and Pence cases. The Biden and Pence situations are similar – their…

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Thursday afternoon will round out what has so far been a sobering earnings season for the Big Tech giants. After several years of raking in profits thanks to strong demand for tech gadgets and services during the pandemic, the industry’s fortunes began to turn last year. Tech giants have been grappling with high inflation and interest rates, as well as increased competition and…

In a first case of its kind, Central London County Court will scrutinise the legality of imposing LGBT ideology on schools after a mum said she wants children “to receive an education, rather than indoctrination”Video LoadingVideo UnavailableThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay nowA devout Christian mum is suing her four-year-old son’s school after claiming that he had to take part in an LGBT parade. A first-of-its-kind legal case has now started, after the mother said she wants her “child to receive an education, rather than indoctrination”. In the first hearing yesterday, it was heard how Mrs Izzy Montague, 38, launched legal…

To borrow from a bat: The G.O.A.T. lived long enough to see himself become the villain. You loved him. Really, you did. You then hated him. Today, your feelings are probably somewhere between those two poles, but you do have strong feelings. However you remember Tom Brady — as the greatest underdog story ever; as the most annoying winner ever; as the champion of champions or the weirdest of eaters — you are right. Until yesterday, Brady refused to walk out of our lives, which meant he evolved in front of our eyes. We saw the worst. We saw the…

Erin Molan has broken her silence since the death of her father Jim Molan in an emotional tribute to the late senator and army general.She opened up to Sky News host Paul Murray on Thursday evening about the loss of her father, revealing the thing she found most difficult about his death. “Probably the one thing I’ve found most difficult, because I’ve always looked forward to it … was Dad speaking at my wedding,” she told Murray. “No one has asked me recently,” she said with a laugh.“But I’m sure he would have spoke just beautifully.”Love news? Stream 25+ news channels in…

Charlie Munger at the Berkshire Hathaway press conference, April 30, 2022.CNBCBerkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger urged the U.S. government to ban cryptocurrencies like China, saying a lack of regulation enabled wretched excess and a gambling mentality.”A cryptocurrency is not a currency, not a commodity, and not a security,” the 99-year-old Munger said in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday evening.”Instead, it’s a gambling contract with a nearly 100% edge for the house, entered into in a country where gambling contracts are traditionally regulated only by states that compete in laxity,” Munger said. “Obviously the U.S. should…

Two very different prognosticating animals share the opinion that Nova Scotia will have at least six more weeks of winter. Locals in Barrington held a Groundhog Day celebration Thursday morning with a decidedly south-shore twist.Lucy the Lobster crawled out of the ocean at the Cape Sable Island Causeway at 8 a.m., ready to show her rodent rival how a prediction is made.While it was difficult to see where her beady little eyes went, organizers of the event declared she saw her shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter.In what is perhaps a cruel turn of events for her lobster friends,…

Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back to the international financial hub, racing to catch up with other popular travel destinations in a fierce regional competition.During the pandemic, the city largely aligned itself with mainland China’s “zero-COVID” strategy and has relaxed its entry rules months slower than rivals such as Singapore, Japan and Taiwan. Even after it reopened its border with mainland China in January, tourism recovery was sluggish.On Thursday, Chief Executive John Lee launched a tourism campaign “Hello Hong Kong,” saying the city will offer 500,000 free air tickets to welcome tourists from…

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