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  • Greta ThunbergEnvironment

    ‘You don’t know everything’: Israeli intelligence operative begs forgiveness for hacking environmentalists on Exxon’s trail

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • Trevor Milton, founder of NikolaLeadership

    The Nikola founder may be a convicted fraudster but he wasn’t ‘greedy or mean-spirited’ and not as bad as Elizabeth Holmes, lawyers say

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • FILE — Actor Robert De Niro arrives at court in New York, Oct. 31, 2023. A jury has ordered Robert De Niro’s company to pay more than $1.2 million to his former personal assistant after finding his production company, Canal Productions, engaged in gender discrimination and retaliation, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Lifestyle

    Robert De Niro’s company must pay more than $1.2 million to an ex-personal assistant who won her gender discrimination lawsuit

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • Robert De NiroLifestyle

    Robert De Niro outraged by lawyer’s question over whether he accepted a literal backscratch: ‘Shame on you!’

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • Robert De Niro on the red carpetLifestyle

    Robert De Niro dismisses former assistant’s $12 million claim of severe emotional distress as ‘all nonsense’

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, exits Manhattan federal court after testifying, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)Companies

    FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s former hedge fund chief (and ex-girlfriend) Caroline Ellison says he hoped to be U.S. president someday

    By Ken Sweet, Larry Neumeister, and others
  • FILE – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, July 26, 2023, in New York. Jury selection begins Tuesday, Oct. 3 in a case in which the 31-year-old crypto mogul faces the possibility of a long prison term if convicted.  Prosecutors say he cheated thousands of people who deposited cryptocurrency on the FTX exchange by illegally diverting massive sums of their money for his personal use, including making risky trades at his cryptocurrency hedge fund. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)Tech

    FTX cofounder testifies he and Sam Bankman-Fried let crypto hedge fund Alameda withdraw unlimited funds from exchange—and then lied about it

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrives at court in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. US prosecutors said their discovery that Sam Bankman-Fried used a virtual private network to access the internet on two recent occasions raises concerns that the FTX co-founder could be hiding his online activities. Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Judge rejecting Sam Bankman-Fried jail release ‘wondering’ if onetime crypto titan ‘would seek to flee’

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 11: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court on August 11, 2023 in New York City. Federal prosecutors are asking U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan to revoke Bankman-Fried’s bail and to be jailed until his October criminal trial. Bankman-Fried who has pleaded not guilty to multiple conspiracy and fraud charges was accused of witness tampering after the New York Times published a story featuring personal documents of Caroline Ellison, former Alameda Research CEO. Judge Kaplan will also hear arguments on the gag order placed on Bankman-Fried that was placed as part of his bail agreement for the alleged witness tampering. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Tech

    Accused crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried can’t prepare for trial without vegan food in jail instead of a ‘flesh diet,’ lawyers say

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 09: Actor Michael Kenneth Williams attends the “Kill The Messenger” New York Screening at Museum of Modern Art on October 9, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage)Lifestyle

    Drug dealer who sold fentanyl-laced heroin that led to the death of ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams gets 10 years in prison

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 11: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court on August 11, 2023 in New York City. Federal prosecutors are asking U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan to revoke Bankman-Fried’s bail and to be jailed until his October criminal trial. Bankman-Fried who has pleaded not guilty to multiple conspiracy and fraud charges was accused of witness tampering after the New York Times published a story featuring personal documents of Caroline Ellison, former Alameda Research CEO. Judge Kaplan will also hear arguments on the gag order placed on Bankman-Fried that was placed as part of his bail agreement for the alleged witness tampering. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Finance

    Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘trusted inner circle’ will bring him down in FTX trial, prosecutors say

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried may have to await his fraud trial in prison.Finance

    Judge expected to rule whether disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried must await trial in prison for violating terms of his bail

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Ed Mullins leaves the courthouse in New York, Feb. 23, 2022. The former president of one of the nation’s largest police unions was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, for stealing $600,000 from a fund made up of contributions from members of the Sergeants Benevolent Association. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Finance

    Ex-NYPD union boss gets 2 years for stealing $600,000 from members’ fund: ‘An incredibly bad decision’

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • FILE – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for FTX founder Bankman-Fried said Tuesday, Aug. 1, that prosecutors are wrong to seek his detention prior to trial because their arguments are built on “innuendo, speculation, and scant facts.” The written submission in Manhattan federal court was a response to the prosecution’s claim last week that no bail conditions can stop the onetime cryptocurrency powerbroker from trying to improperly influence the potential jury pool for his Oct. 2 trial. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)Finance

    Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers say push to jail him to stop him ‘tampering’ with FTX trial witnesses is based on ‘innuendo, speculation, and scant facts’

    By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
  • Sam Bankman-Fried co-founder of FTX leaves court in New YorkTech

    FTX trial prosecutor wants San Bankman-Fried jailed for witness tampering and trying to influence jurors

    By Larry Neumeister, Jennifer Peltz, and others