Inside the Negotiations That Led a Top Trump Executive to Plead Guilty
Allen H. Weisselberg, one of Donald J. Trump’s most trusted lieutenants, stood before a judge in a Lower Manhattan courtroom on Thursday and admitted that he had conspired with the former president’s company to commit numerous crimes. Mr. Weisselberg’s guilty plea, which followed more than a year of the Manhattan district attorney’s office pressuring him to cooperate in a broader investigation of Mr. Trump, painted a damning picture of the beleaguered company, which now faces significant financial penalties if it loses its own trial on similar charges. But for prosecutors who have long sought to indict Mr. Trump, Thursday’s hearing…
Read More »Man died after being left unattended at Connecticut hospital for 7 hours, his mother’s lawsuit alleges
The mother of a 23-year-old man who died at a Connecticut hospital last year has filed a lawsuit against the facility, alleging his death was caused by workers’ negligence after he was unattended for hours. According to the lawsuit, William Miller died after being left alone on a gurney at Yale New Haven Hospital and “ignored by … medical staff for a period of seven hours.” He had been taken to the hospital on the evening of May 10, 2021, after ingesting a white powder that he suspected “had been laced with fentanyl,” according to the lawsuit. An ambulance had…
Read More »Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine
UN Secretary-General urges Russia not to cut Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from Ukrainian grid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend a meeting, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine, on August 18, 2022. Presidential Press Service of Ukraine | Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Moscow not to cut Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from the national power grid, following reports that Russia planned to do so. “Obviously, electricity from Zaporizhzhia is Ukrainian electricity… This principle must be fully respected,” the UN chief said from the port city of Odesa during a visit to…
Read More »LEXX) Delighted About Well-Received DehydraTECH-CBD Proposals by the FDA; Maintains Late 2022/Early 2023 Target For Complete IND Application
News and research before you hear from CNBC and others. Claim your free 1-week trial of StreetInsider Premium here. The success of Lexaria’s HYPER-H21-2 human clinical study, the results of which were announced in the first week of September 2021, laid the groundwork for NDAChris’ proprietary DehydraTECH(TM) processed CBD Bunka, the company’s CEO, referred to the results as “statistically significant,” ultimately beginning the IND application process with the FDALexaria has since received a positive full written response from the FDA on its DehydraTECH-CBD, accepting the company’s proposal to pursue the 505(b)(2) NDA regulatory pathway, as a result. of the FDA’s…
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Paco Alcacer’s contract with Villarreal has been terminated
If you told me a week ago that in the next seven days we would have three different articles with the phrase ‘breaking news’ in the header that all had to do with Paco Alcacer I would have been very, very confused, and yet here we are. Today, Al Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates unilaterally canceled Paco’s loan to that club and has now reached an agreement with Villarreal to cancel the two years remaining on his contract. I’m sure in the coming days we will find the answers to the huge WHY questions, but for now we can…
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Counties with the most super commuters in Connecticut | National News
There are more than 283 million vehicles on the road in the United States, and many of these cars, trucks, vans, and motorcycles are used to transport people to and from work on their daily commutes. A small but growing number of people walk and bike to work, especially in compact college towns. Many more take public transportespecially in major cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston and Seattle, but across the country, public transportation only accounts for about 5% of daily commutes. The vast majority of people still drive to and from work every day, and…
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China jails Canadian tycoon for 13 years for finance crimes
A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a series of billionaire financial crimes and his company was fined $8.1 billion, a court announced. Xiao Jianhua was convicted of misappropriating billions of dollars in bank and insurance deposits controlled by his Tomorrow Group and offering bribes to officials, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court he said on his social media account. Xiao was fined 6.5 million yuan ($950,000) and his company 55 billion yuan ($8.1 billion), the court said.Xiao was last seen in a Hong Kong hotel…
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Transportation Department Proposes New CBD Guidance For Medical Examiners Certifying Commercial Drivers
Commercial drivers who use CBD products do so “at their own risk,” a federal agency says in a draft handbook for medical examiners responsible for issuing US Department of Transportation (DOT) certifications. The proposed guidance, published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, aims to advise medical examiners when conducting physical examinations for commercial drivers whose jobs require interstate travel. While the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) handbook says drivers are not prohibited from using federally legal CBD products that contain up to 0.3 percent THC by dry weight, it warns examiners that the non-intoxicating cannabinoid use could still put…
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