NEW YORK — Publishers Clearing House, a decades-old marketing and sweepstakes company known for doling out large “Prize Patrol” checks, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In an announcement this week, PCH said it […]
NEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered Bank of America to pay more than $540 million to resolve long-running litigation from a U.S. regulator that alleged the company underpaid mandatory assessments for deposit insurance. […]
Mariska Hargitay reuniting with her old partner, Detective Elliot Stabler, on “Law & Order: Organized Crime” and Jude Law sporting a mustache and an American accent to play an FBI agent in the movie “The […]
April 17 1961: Some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion within three days. 1970: Apollo 13 astronauts […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week: April 17 Actor David Bradley is 83. Actor Clarke Peters is 73. Author Nick Hornby is 68. Actor Jennifer Garner is 53. Singer Victoria Beckham is 51. April 18 […]
BURLINGTON — Unless one lives under a rock, it’s almost impossible for a writer to be unaware of British mystery master Agatha Christie, creator of iconic detectives like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Like most, […]
LONDON — American actor John Lithgow won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards on Sunday for exploring the dark side of children’s writer Roald Dahl in “Giant.” Backwards-biographical story “The Curious […]
NEW YORK — Wall Street could soon be in the claws of another bear market as the Trump administration’s tariff blitz fuels fears that the added taxes on imported goods from around the world will […]
SEOUL. South Korea — The United States has blocked imports of sea salt products from a major South Korean salt farm accused of using slave labor, becoming the first trade partner to take punitive action […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., — U.S. employers added a surprising 228,000 jobs last month, showing that the American labor market was in solid shape as President Donald Trump embarked on a risky trade war with the rest […]
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