Guilty verdict in Feeding Our Future founder's fraud trial

Jury convicts alleged ringleader of massive pandemic food fraud scheme on all counts

A jury has found the alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota guilty on all counts for her role in a scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program ...

ABC News - 3h

2 men found guilty in smuggling conspiracy in which 53 immigrants died in hot tractor-trailer

SAN ANTONIO — Two smugglers charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning were found guilty Tuesday after a two-week trial.

NBC News - 1d

Trump pardons former Tennessee lawmaker imprisoned in campaign fraud scheme

Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty to charges related to his attempts to funnel campaign money from his state legislative seat toward his failed 2016 congressional bid.

CBS News - Mar. 12

Smugglers Found Guilty Three Years After 53 Migrants Died in Texas

The San Antonio trial brought into focus the deadly perils of human trafficking as President Trump cuts off safer routes into the country and targets the traffickers.

The New York Times - 1d

France’s Ex-Intelligence Chief Convicted in Influence Peddling Trial Involving LVMH

Bernard Squarcini was found guilty of organizing a bizarre illegal surveillance operation on a gadfly journalist at the request of the luxury company, among other offenses.

The New York Times - Mar. 7

Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf just challenged Anthropic CEO’s vision for AI’s future — and the $130 billion industry is taking notice

Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf challenges Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's "compressed 21st century" vision, arguing AI systems are building "yes-men on servers" rather than the revolutionary ...

VentureBeat - Mar. 6

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to new indictment

Ex-music mogul accused of forcing long hours on workers and threats to those not compliant in sex-trafficking scheme. Never miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key ...

The Guardian - 5d

Lucy Letby inquiry chair rejects calls to pause investigation

Lawyers for jailed nurse had argued there was ‘overwhelming’ evidence undermining guilty verdicts. The chair of the public inquiry into the murder of babies by Lucy Letby has rejected calls to ...

The Guardian - 11h

Lucas Paquetá faces ‘biggest game of life’ as spot-fixing trial gets under way

West Ham midfielder, who denies wrongdoing, could face life ban if found guilty in English football’s biggest corruption case in decades. In a season dominated by the Premier League’s legal ...

The Guardian - 2d

Maggie Baird, mother of Billie Eilish, receives environmental award at gala event

Maggie Baird, mother of musicians Billie Eilish and Finneas, and founder of the food insecurity-focused nonprofit Support+Feed, has received the Superhero for Earth award from the Captain Planet ...

ABC News - 3d

PGA Tour debuts new world feed broadcast at the Players

The world feed positions PGA Tour to produce live and original content without relying on traditional media partner.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

America’s maritime industry can’t handle a clean energy future

We must address the twin demands of growing our commercial shipbuilding capacity along with our merchant fleet and increasing our ability to speed up military vessel construction.

The Hill - 2d

UN judge guilty of forcing woman to work as slave

Jury finds Ugandan high court judge Lydia Mugambe guilty and she will be sentenced in May.

BBC News - 6d

How to protect yourself as fraud losses hit $12.5 billion in 2024

A new FTC report reveals a sharp rise in fraud losses, with 2.6 million consumers reporting scams in 2024. With financial fraud surging, CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger shares how to ...

CBS News - 6d

Raducanu ends coaching trial with Platenik

Emma Raducanu's coaching trial with Slovakian Vladimir Platenik is over after just two weeks.

Yahoo Sports - 5h

“The way the team play” – John Obi Mikel gives surprising verdict on Enzo Maresca at Chelsea

Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has given what I see as a surprising verdict on Enzo Maresca at Chelsea so far.The news comes after Chelsea were defeated by Arsenal in the Premier League ...

Yahoo Sports - 20h

Greenpeace to appeal verdict ordering them to pay at least $660m to energy firm for pipeline protests – live

Organisation condemns verdict that could bankrupt its US operation and risks ‘destroying right to peaceful protest’. Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says ...

The Guardian - 4h

Texas bill would charge transgender people with 'fraud'

Transgender Texans could be charged with fraud under state legislation filed this month that seeks to make publicly identifying as trans illegal. House Bill 3817, introduced last week by ...

The Hill - Mar. 11

Social Security payments scrutinized by DOGE amid search for fraud

DOGE is sifting through Social Security payments in an anti-fraud effort that has some worried the administration could deny payments to vulnerable older Americans.

ABC News - Mar. 10

Man Utd and Man City academy players at centre of age-fraud claims

Manchester United and Manchester City are facing questions over a potential age-fraud scandal involving some of their foreign-born academy players.

Yahoo Sports - 16h

Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty, jury selection to begin May 5

Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty Friday to a superseding indictment that charges him with forcing one of his employees into sex acts.

ABC News - 5d

British athletics plead not guilty to manslaughter charges over Paralympian thrower’s death

The governing body for athletics in Britain and a sports official have pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter over the death of a Paralympic athlete in 2017

ABC News - 1d

New York woman pleads guilty to mailing drug-soaked documents to prisons

A New York woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to mailing drug-soaked documents to correctional facilities, according to federal prosecutors.

ABC News - 1d

OpenAI to See Fast-Tracked For-Profit Trial

Elon Musk and OpenAI have agreed to a quick trial over the company’s move away from being nonprofit.

Inc. - 4d

Bob Menendez's wife to go on trial for bribery starting on Tuesday

Nadine Menendez was supposed to stand trial alongside her husband, but the judge allowed her to stand trial separately to accommodate her breast cancer diagnosis.

ABC News - 2d

Top Five Mistakes Founders Are Still Making in 2025

Founders who fail quickly are the ones who don’t raise enough seed money, hold themselves accountable to revenue targets, and interact with their fans.

Inc. - Mar. 9

The Verdict on Sarah Burton’s Debut at Givenchy

Sarah Burton says goodbye to the ghost of Audrey Hepburn at Givenchy.

The New York Times - 6d

Louisiana woman pleads not guilty to felony in historic abortion case

A Louisiana woman accused of getting abortion pills from a New York doctor and giving them to her daughter to end a pregnancy has pleaded not guilty to a felony.

CBS News - Mar. 12

Karl Rove: Trump claims of DOGE 'fraud' discoveries will backfire

Republican strategist Karl Rove said President Trump’s claims that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has discovered “hundreds of billions” in government “fraud” will backfire when ...

The Hill - Mar. 10

Schumer assails Musk for claiming Social Security rife with fraud

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk for claiming that Social Security is plagued by widespread fraud and that as many as 20 million “dead” ...

The Hill - Mar. 11

Believe in Elon Musk’s $1 trillion ‘waste and fraud’ jackpot when you see it

Musk is right about one thing: Absolutely no reasonable person should support waste or fraud in the federal government

MarketWatch - Mar. 12

Founder of megachurch indicted on child sexual abuse charges

The Oklahoma attorney general charged Robert Morris with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. Morris is the founder of Gateway, one of the largest megachurches in the country. It ...

NBC News - 6d

Telegram founder returns to Dubai as French inquiry continues

Pavel Durov allowed to leave France, where he is under investigation over criminal activity on messaging app. Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder and chief executive of Telegram, has returned to ...

The Guardian - 2d

Female founders in the U.S. VC ecosystem: the good and the bad | Pitchbook (updated)

Women founders and investors raised $38.8 billion in funding in the U.S. in 2024, up 27% from the year before, according to PitchBook.

VentureBeat - Mar. 6

Reshma Saujani’s Advice for Female Founders? Build Your Own Door

The founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First joins ‘From The Ground Up’ this week.

Inc. - Mar. 10

How This Fintech Founder Raised $300 Million and Turned His Customers Into Investors

Capitolis founder and CEO Gil Mandelzis knows how to bide his time when it comes to raising capital.

Inc. - 5d

Nadine Menendez, Wife of Ex-Senator, Goes to Trial on Bribery Charges

Former Senator Robert Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison after a trial in which he attempted to shift blame to his wife. Jury selection for her trial begins Tuesday.

The New York Times - 1d

Louisiana woman pleads not guilty to a felony in historic abortion case

A Louisiana woman pleads not guilty Tuesday to a felony, after allegedly getting abortion pills from a New York doctor and giving them to her teenage daughter to terminate a pregnancy.

NBC News - Mar. 12

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty in court martial deal

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira went through with a plea deal at a Thursday court martial, according to The Associated Press. Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, pleaded ...

The Hill - 6d

Guilty verdict in Feeding Our Future founder's fraud trial

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