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NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors on Monday expanded their criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the British socialite helped procure a fourth girl for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. An amended indictment against Maxwell now covers alleged crimes stretching from 1994 to 2004 in New York and Florida, including accusations that she paid the […]

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made six Cabinet changes on Monday in the biggest ministerial reshuffle since he took office. Three ministers left the government, including Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, a China hawk whose departure followed mounting criticism from lawmakers of his failure to guarantee additional COVID-19 vaccine supplies from Beijing and Washington. There had been

Amish and Mennonite communities in a Pennsylvania county may have reached immunity for the CCP virus, according to a local health official. Allen Hoover, an administrator at the Parochial Medical Center in the heart of the Amish community in Lancaster County’s New Holland Borough, said he believes as many as nine in 10 households in the

The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill that would ban gender transition procedures on minors, sending it to the governor’s desk. The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 28-7 in favor of the measure. Katie Beck, a spokesperson for Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, said that the governor “will review the bill more closely, listen to

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a bill that protects businesses, governments, and healthcare providers in the state from COVID-19 lawsuits, given they can prove they sufficiently followed guidelines to prevent transmission of the disease. The Republican governor signed bill SB 72 (pdf) during a news conference in Tallahassee with Senate President

The Biden administration on Monday unveiled a goal to expand the nation’s fledgling offshore wind energy industry in the coming decade by opening new areas to development, accelerating permits, and boosting public financing for projects. The plan is part of President Joe Biden’s broader effort to eliminate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change,

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is encouraging distressed property investors to take advantage of the surging house prices and sell their properties. Listing investment properties on the market is one of several options the bank is suggesting for customers who are unable to repay their home loans, according to The Australian. “If you’re an investor,

MAE SARIANG, Thailand—Thai authorities on Monday denied forcing back more than 2,000 refugees who had fled air strikes in Burma, but a local official said it was government policy for the army to block them at the border and deny access to outside aid groups. Thousands of people fled Burmar (also known as Myanmar) over

DENVER—A Colorado police officer shot and killed after rushing into a supermarket where a gunman opened fire sacrificed his life and showed what is best about police, Denver’s archbishop said Monday during a funeral Mass for Officer Eric Talley. “Jesus has told us, greater love than this no man has than to lay down his

The cybersecurity director at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has said that the cyberattack on the Nine Australia media company on Sunday could have been a politically motivated attack. Fergus Hanson, a cybersecurity director at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, told Nine that while the attack appeared to be a ransomware attack, no ransom was demanded.