April 14, 2023
A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The paintings ultimately wound up at …
April 14, 2023
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday he had launched an effort to establish rules on artificial intelligence to address national security and education concerns, as use of programs like ChatGPT becomes widespread. Schumer, a Democrat, said in a statement …
April 14, 2023
A trademark board has granted New York Yankees’ star outfielder Aaron Judge and the Major League Baseball Players Association a win in a trademark tussle with a Long Island man who wanted to use the phrases “All Rise” and “Here …
April 14, 2023
Two weeks before its officially set to announce earnings, The Hartford previewed first-quarter net income and underwriting results, revealing that net income will grow to $530 million, in spite of booking $185 million in catastrophe losses. The net income figure …
April 14, 2023
A Mexican citizen was sentenced Monday to life in a U.S. prison for killing a man who reported him and his brother to authorities for cheating migrant workers out of millions of dollars. A U.S. District Court judge in Brunswick, …
April 14, 2023
Landstar Ranger, a transportation broker based in Jacksonville, sent a truck driver who called himself “James” to pick up cargo in Colorado for delivery to Maryland. A dispatcher authorized the pickup even though the driver’s telephone number and email address …
April 14, 2023
NFL prospect and former Louisiana wide receiver Michael Jefferson was involved in a fatal car accident in Mobile County. Jefferson’s agent, Jon Perzley, told ESPN that the player suffered injuries in the accident Sunday evening that required multiple operations. Perzley …
April 14, 2023
Production at a large north Mississippi tire plant has ground to a halt in the wake of a damaging tornado, pausing operations at one of Goodyear’s largest production facilities in North America. Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes tore …
April 14, 2023
Nearly a foot of rain fell in a matter of hours in Fort Lauderdale – causing widespread flooding, the closure of the city’s airport, schools and the suspension of high-speed commuter rail service for the Broward County region. “Police and …
April 14, 2023
Legal and professional services firm Ince Group Plc plans to enter administration and pursue a sale of the company, it said on Wednesday, amid cash concerns and repeated delays in reporting its financial results. Ince’s directors applied to London’s High …