DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal, saying a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power to issue indictments under rarely used state laws. It’s an astonishing defeat for Attorney General Dana Nessel, who took office …
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Goldman Sachs’ consumer banking unit — which Chief Executive David Solomon previously has likened to Amazon’s cloud computing juggernaut AWS for its growth potential — will suffer hefty losses this year, according to a report. The consumer bank, known as Marcus, will lose more than $1.2 billion in 2022 according to the bank’s internal projections, …
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Story Links TOWSON, MARYLAND – Pitt’s blue and gold will be well represented in Maryland this week at the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championships as head coach Emily Boissonneault (Canada), defender Abby Thorne (Australia), and defender Allyson Trice (Haudenosaunee) will compete in the high profile international competition. Boissonneault will play for her native Canada, …
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Americans were sitting on $815.3 billion worth of savings as of April. This may be good news for consumers individually, but bad news for the Federal Reserve, whose efforts to slow inflation could be delayed by this extra pile of cash lying around. “The problem is there is so much cash on household sector balance …
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PIERRE, SD (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has appointed the lead prosecutor in the Senate impeachment trial against former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to fill the remainder of Ravnsborg’s term. Noem’s appointment of Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo as attorney general was effective Tuesday. “Mark Vargo returns integrity, experience and stability to …
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I feel like the theme of this podcast recently has been that everything is going off the rails: the Supreme Court, inflation, oil prices, air travel snafus. Take the economy, for example. My theory for the past few months has been that the odds of a recession are nervously high. But when I start feeling …
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Fifty people died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat, one of the worst tragedies to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico. More than a dozen people — their bodies hot to the touch — were taken to hospitals, …
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A new global shortage is brewing in the condiments section, thanks to climate change and hotter temperatures. Driving the news: Hot off of the sriracha shortage, there are reports of mustard shortages in France because of bleak mustard seed harvests in Canada, and global mustard supplies are now in jeopardy, UK-based The Independent reports. Yes, …
The 2022 edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global livability index has normalized after two years of pandemic-related restrictions that turned the ranking on its head. The top 10 cities on this year’s index are among those with few restrictions. Shops, restaurants, museums and schools have reopened, and pandemic-led hospitalization has declined, leading to less …
Model of petrol pump is seen in front of EU and Russian flag colors in this illustration taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) – G7 leaders have agreed to study possible price caps on Russian oil and gas to try to …
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