A sports agent has leveled severe accusations of improper behavior against the president of the French Football Federation, claiming the latter had been engaging in predatory and salacious behavior toward her for years, solely motivated by his sexual desires. Noel Le Graet has had a tumultuous week in France after saying he “couldn’t care less”…
DetailsNew York Times political columnist Blake Hounshell died after a “battle with depression,” the paper revealed Tuesday. He was 44. New York Times editor-in-chief Joe Kahn and managing editor Carolyn Ryan informed staff via email that Hounshell, who joined the newspaper in 2021, “tragically passed away” from an apparent suicide. “Blake was a dedicated journalist…
DetailsIn September 2022, Brooklyn school teacher Talia Avrahami was fired from her job at Magen David Yeshivah after colleagues found out that she was transgender. Avrahami planned to sue the yeshiva for alleged discrimination but ultimately settled the case out of court. But her outing as transgender had some other consequences too: In January, Avrahami…
DetailsThe 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of assisted living community and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes in a healthcare fraud case that the federal government valued at $1.3 billion and described as “the largest healthcare fraud scheme charged by the US Justice Department.” Esformes’ 20-year prison sentence…
DetailsRolls-Royce on Monday reported record sales last year despite an average price tag of around $534,000 for its luxury cars and a drop in Chinese demand, with orders stretching into 2023. The British carmaker, which began as Rolls-Royce in Manchester, England, nearly 120 years ago and is now owned by Germany’s BMW, said that it…
DetailsA fugitive on the FBI’s most wanted list who is being sought for his alleged involvement in a murder plot was caught in Mexico Saturday, according to reports. Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez was arrested in Mexico City south of the border Saturday, according to Mexican prosecutors. Also known as “El Gato,” Villarreal-Hernandez is wanted for his…
DetailsFormer Celsius Network Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky, whose once high-flying crypto lender went bankrupt last year, was sued for fraud by the New York attorney general — the latest fallout from turmoil in the industry. Mashinsky, who co-founded Celsius, duped hundreds of thousands of investors out of billions of dollars of cryptocurrency by…
DetailsThe government of Moldova has asked Israel several times in recent years to extradite a Moldovan-Israeli politician whom the United States has accused of corrupting Moldova’s political and economic institutions on behalf of Russia. Moldova wants Jerusalem to extradite Ilan Shor (aka Șor), the 35-year-old oligarch-turned-politician who fled to Israel in 2019 after being convicted…
DetailsInternational investors with $2.2 trillion in assets will ask commodity giant Glencore Plc to show how its development of thermal coal mines meets the goals of the Paris climate accord to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. Glencore is one of the world’s largest producers and traders of the fossil fuel used in power generation and…
DetailsLayoffs are never easy regardless of the circumstance, but they are particularly bad when they come in waves. That’s exactly what’s happening at Amazon. On Wednesday, less than two months after the U.S.’ second largest employer reportedly moved to cut around 10,000 employees in its devices and books divisions, CEO Andy Jassy says it will…
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