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Sharon man accused of driving while under influence

LIBERTY — A Sharon man faces charges after Liberty police said they observed him committing multiple traffic violations and striking a divider Saturday. David Gammon, 44, pleaded not guilty to two charges of operating a vehicle while impaired and a charge of open container in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler on Tuesday morning. According to a police report, an officer traveling southbound on Belmont Avenue near Interstate 80 noticed a white Kia Soul leaving the highway onto Belmont, heading northbound. The vehicle crossed both lanes and struck the center curb ...

Singapore man pleads to orchestrating $240M bitcoin theft from DC resident

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to teaming up with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident — one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history — and then embarking on a wild spending spree with the laundered proceeds. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the U.S. from Singapore, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after pleading guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly didn’t immediately schedule Lam’s sentencing ...

Midterm candidates enter home stretch

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall — to raise the minimum wage, expand ...

Recovery, grief take many forms 25 years after terrorist attacks

NEW YORK — When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago this week, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated through every part of the ...

Jaguar Land Rover will cut jobs to reduce costs and compete with China

LONDON (AP) — Jaguar Land Rover said Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs across its global workforce as it tries to cut costs and compete with Chinese electric carmakers. Britain’s biggest automaker said the job cuts will take place over the next two years as it targets $2.3 billion in savings to make it more competitive as the industry transitions to electrification. “The automotive industry faces significant challenges, with technological change amidst intense competition and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty,” chief executive PB Balaji said in a statement.