The indictment says a Qatari investor negotiated a multimillion-dollar investment in a real estate project planned by Fred Daibes, one of three businessmen charged, and the 70-year-old senator and his wife.
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U.S. national debt hits record $34 trillion as Congress gears up for funding fight
The debt doesn’t appear to be a weight on the economy right now, but its path in the future might put at risk national security and major programs like Social Security.
U.S. women stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions
Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the May 2022 Roe v. Wade leak to 247 after.
Proposed $4.3 billion merger of Avangrid, New Mexico utility scuttled
Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with Avangrid, a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola, has been scuttled.
Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities, killing 5 and injuring at least 130, Kyiv officials say
Air defenses shot down all 10 of the Russian Kinzhal missiles, which can fly at 10 times the speed of sound, out of about 100 of various types that were launched, said Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief.
Harvard president resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony
A House committee announced Thursday it will investigate the policies and disciplinary procedures at Harvard, MIT and Penn.
States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small-town water utilities
The hacking of a municipal water authority in a small Pennsylvania town is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials as the U.S. wrestles with how to harden water utilities against hackers.
Apparent Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in Beirut, raises fears conflict could expand
His death could provoke major retaliation by Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia.
South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck; attacker approached for autograph
Liberal opposition leader Lee Jae-myung’s party says he’ recovering at an intensive care unit.
Planes collide and catch fire at Japan airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated
The pilot of a coast guard aircraft that was preparing to take off escaped but the 5 crew members died in the collision with a passenger jet.