A 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
DetailsA 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”…
DetailsDelphine Arnault – the 47-year-old daughter of Bernard Arnault – was promoted to the top job at Christian Dior, the company said Wednesday. The heiress has worked for the family business for 22 years, and was most recently executive vice president of Louis Vuitton. She had previously been deputy managing director of Dior from 2001…
DetailsBill Papas’ Greek business partner says he knew nothing of the Forum Group founder’s alleged fraud as he attempts to prevent Westpac from forcing him to refund $10m paid for the manufacture of food digestion machines, reports the Australian Businessman Anastasios Giamouridis, in documents filed in the Federal Court, said he “did not know of,…
DetailsSam Bankman-Fried accused Binance boss Changpeng “CZ” Zhao of waging a lengthy campaign to destroy his crypto empire on Thursday while making yet another attempt to explain what led to FTX’s catastrophic bankruptcy. In a lengthy Substack post, the disgraced former FTX CEO alleged that Zhao’s “fateful tweet” on Nov. 6 capped an “extremely effective…
DetailsAmerican Airlines announced on Wednesday it will discontinue its route between Tel Aviv and Miami, Florida. “As part of the continuous evaluation of our network, American Airlines has made the difficult decision to discontinue its Miami (MIA) – Tel Aviv (TLV) service effective March 24, 2023,” a spokesperson for the company stated, without providing any…
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