By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein has filed a lawsuit alleging financial elder abuse and breach of trust by the trustees of her late husband’s estate, with the legal filing seeking their removal over the alleged wrongdoing. The lawsuit was filed on Aug. 8 in the California Superior Court in …
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By Laura Sanicola and Shariq Khan (Reuters) – U.S. motorists are squeezing out one last trip before Memorial Day holiday and school begins, as pump prices surge to their highest level this year on tighter gasoline supplies. Consumers tend to get a break from steeper fuel costs as peak vacation travel ebbs. But strong demand …
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By Milana Vinn and Amy-Jo Crowley (Reuters) -Private equity firm Silver Lake is preparing to explore a sale of Global Blue Group Holdings Ltd, a company that enables retailers to offer tax-free shopping, after receiving expressions of interest from potential acquirers, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The deliberations come as Global Blue …
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(Reuters) – The top U.S. agency for consumer financial protection will announce plans at the White House on Tuesday to regulate companies that track and sell people’s personal data, part of the Biden administration’s widening scrutiny of that industry’s privacy practices, officials said. Data brokers’ conduct can be “particularly worrisome” because the sensitive data driving …
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By Andrew Goudsward and Tom Hals WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The indictment of Former President Donald Trump for interfering in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia will be the biggest case of prosecutor Fani Willis’ career, but it will not be her first contentious prosecution. Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney who charged Trump with illegally …
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By Andy Sullivan, Joseph Ax and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump was hit with a sweeping fourth set of criminal charges on Monday when a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The charges, brought by Fulton …
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By Jorge Garcia and Mike Blake KAHULUI, Hawaii (Reuters) – Search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through 25% of the Lahaina disaster zone from the Maui wildfires, discovering the remains of a 99th victim on Monday, but perhaps hundreds more people were unaccounted for nearly a week after the disaster. Fueled by winds gusting …
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By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction of a former senior executive at the private equity firm TPG Capital for participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme by paying $50,000 to rig his son’s college entrance exam results. The 1st U.S. Circuit …
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By Bhanvi Satija and Pratik Jain (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted accelerated approval to Pfizer’s therapy for treating patients with a type of blood cancer that is difficult to treat, the company said. The health regulator’s decision allows use of the therapy, branded as Elrexfio, in patients with multiple myeloma …
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Montana is violating the rights of young people with policies that prohibit the state from considering climate change effects when it reviews coal mining, natural gas extraction and other fossil fuel projects, a state judge said Monday. The decision by Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena marked a major victory in …
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