CBZ Management, the owner of several dilapidated apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora, has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Attorney General’s Office aiming to quash investigative subpoenas that had sought records related to its ownership practices. The suit was filed Friday in Denver District Court by CBZ and several constituent companies that formally own … Read more
ATLANTA — Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law. The president pardoned Hunter Biden late Sunday evening, reversing his previous pledges with a grant … Read more
China’s southern Guangdong province, with its sprawling textile and electronics manufacturing hubs, has long been known as a global economic powerhouse. But in recent years, it has gained a reputation of a very different kind. In cities such as Dongguan and Huizhou, corruption investigations are widening against local cadres – often former officials accused of … Read more
PETALING JAYA: More than 100 investigation papers have been opened against private higher education institutions for various offences. Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapha Sakmud (pic) said the ministry had conducted compliance audits on 355 institutions between 2019 and 2024 for the lack of compliance to the Private Higher Educational Institution Act (Act 555). “A … Read more
More than 400 alleged victims and witnesses have come forward to join the growing list of sexual assault allegations against former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed, lawyers in the bombshell case said on Thursday. A BBC documentary in September revealed Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, sexually abused female staff at his famed London department … Read more
Uber and Lyft have been locking New York City drivers out of their apps to avoid paying millions of dollars in pay, according to a report. Rideshare app drivers have been getting locked out of the two apps – with messages that flash “unable to go online” or tell drivers to go to a busier … Read more
China is set to amend its anti-corruption law, allowing bail for corruption suspects during investigations but also extending the detention period during which suspects are denied access to a lawyer. A draft amendment to the Supervision Law was under review by the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, China’s top legislative body, during its four-day … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives, Zuckerberg alleges … Read more
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is joining a Justice Department antitrust lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices in Colorado and elsewhere. The lawsuit, filed Friday alongside seven other attorneys general in states including North Carolina and California, alleges the … Read more
In the first episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, fictional entomologist Gil Grissom arrived at a crime scene and used tweezers to pull a maggot out of a dead body. Within moments, he announced that the age of the maggot indicated that the body had been dead for seven days. The same approach applies in … Read more
