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NEW YORK — Mozambique’s former finance minister pleaded not responsible in a U.S. federal courtroom in New York on Thursday in reference to a $2 billion corruption and cash laundering scandal that prosecutors stated defrauded American buyers and threatened to additional destabilize the financial system of one of many world’s poorest nations. ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department urged a decide Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s efforts to postpone his labeled paperwork trial, saying there was no foundation for an “open-ended” delay sought by his attorneys. ...

Hollywood actors are occurring strike after talks with studios broke down, becoming a member of movie and tv writers who've been on picket strains since May.Fran Drescher, the president of the US actors' union, says its walkout will affect "thousands if not millions of people". The strike, organised by the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), is more likely to have far-reaching reverberations past the sun-soaked streets of Los Angeles.It additionally comes as Hollywood grapples to become familiar with how know-how is quickly altering the way in which visible leisure is made - and watched.Why are the actors hanging and what do they need? Actors are searching for greater pay and safeguards towards unauthorised use of their photo...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — California voters will determine in 2024 whether or not to enshrine the correct to same-sex marriage within the state structure, an opportunity for them to completely take away an inactive ban on same-sex marriage that they authorised in 2008. ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Democratic Party is trying to power new political occasion No Labels to reveal its donors or lose its standing as a political occasion, an escalation of Democrats’ efforts to dam a bunch they fear will enhance Donald Trump’s possibilities of returning to the White House. ...

American actors shall be becoming a member of writers on picket strains, after members of the US performing guild voted to take strike motion.The determination to stroll out signifies that for the primary time in 63 years, each SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and WGA (the Writers Guild of America) shall be on strike on the identical time. SAG-AFTRA mentioned the economic motion - which is able to successfully shut down Hollywood - would start at midnight Los Angeles time. It additionally warned no finish date has been set.As the strike was introduced, stars together with Matt Damon walked out of the London premiere of historic epic Oppenheimer to "write their picket signs", the movie's director Christopher Nolan mentio...

Surfers in California have been warned to maintain an eye fixed out for a territorial sea otter that has been nibbling surfboards. The Santa Cruz po...

Black Americans make up almost 90% of adults who're newly unemployed since April, in line with the newest knowledge from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ...

It’s time to cease eager about the distinction between candy and savory spices. Many cooks around the globe don’t make such a distinction. In Greece...

Diagnosed developmental disabilities in kids and youngsters soared in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. ...