Jul 10 Federal regulators fine Citigroup $136 million for taking too long to fix internal control issues By Ken Sweet, Associated Press The fines come from the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which said in separate releases that Citigroup had failed to meet its obligations stemming from a 2020 consent order related to the bank's risk… Continue reading
Jul 10 Prosecution and defense give opening statements to jury at Alec Baldwin’s trial By Morgan Lee, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press A defense attorney told jurors Wednesday that the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was an “unspeakable tragedy” but that “Alec Baldwin committed no crime; he was an actor, acting.” Special prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson said that before the shooting, Baldwin… Continue reading
Jul 10 Microsoft resigns from OpenAI board as antitrust scrutiny intensifies By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Microsoft relinquished its seat on the board of OpenAI, saying its participation is no longer needed because the ChatGPT maker has improved its governance. Continue reading
Jul 10 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid high heat and humidity By Associated Press More than 1.7 million homes and businesses in Texas lacked electricity Wednesday morning. Continue reading
Jul 10 Death of Dvontaye Mitchell, Black man held down by Milwaukee hotel guards, draws national outcry By Associated Press The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Dvontaye Mitchell died June 30 after hotel guards held him down following a disturbance; it's not clear why Mitchell was at the hotel or what happened before the confrontation. Continue reading
Jul 10 Las Vegas under ‘most extreme heat wave’ in recorded history, meteorologist says By Ken Ritter, Ty O'Neil, Associated Press Las Vegas baked Wednesday in a record fifth consecutive day of temperatures sizzling at 115 degrees Fahrenheit or greater amid a lengthening hot spell that is expected to broil much of the U.S. into the weekend, the National Weather Service… Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 2:31 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid scorching heat By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson Millions of Texans are left without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. The outages come amid a stretch of extreme heat that is connected to at least five deaths in the West this week. Beryl is now a smaller… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch 7:59 Tween skincare obsession fuels industry boom and raises concerns By Catherine Rampell, Diane Lincoln Estes Ask many pre-teens what’s at the top of their wish list and there’s a good chance the answer will be skincare. Special correspondent and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell reports on the growth and some of the concerns around this… Continue watching
Jul 09 Digging in the sand can be deadly. No, really By Stephen P. Leatherman, The Conversation Research suggests more people die from sand burial suffocation than from shark attacks. Here's why. Continue reading
Jul 09 Beryl leaves hot misery along Texas coast and brings threat of flooding to the north By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Hurricane Beryl left millions without power as temperatures soar in Texas. Continue reading