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Immigration agents arrest 114 in sting at Ohio landscaper

U.S. immigration agents made more than 100 arrests Tuesday at a gardening and landscaping company, aided by about 200 law enforcement workers in one of the largest employer stings in recent years. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it expected criminal charges including identity theft and tax evasion. No criminal charges have been filed against Corso’s, but the employer is under investigation, authorities said. …read more […]

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On Economists, Tax Cuts and “Being Denmark”

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Retired policeman’s hunch leads to suspect in 6 killings

A round-the-clock investigation that began late last week led police Monday to an extended-stay hotel in suburban Scottsdale where 56-year-old Dwight Lamon Jones was staying. Jones’ victims included a well-known forensic psychiatrist who testified against him in court in 2010, two paralegals who worked for the law office that represented the suspect’s wife, a marriage-and-divorce counselor who was apparently targeted in a case of mistaken identity and another man and woman who have not been identified, authorities said. In an unexpected twist, the suspect’s ex-wife, Connie Jones, said her current husband, a retired police detective, made the connection …read more […]

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Tech stocks on a tear as FAANGs and BATTS bite

World tech stocks hit a record high on Tuesday, spurred on by a new all-time peak for Apple, a 17-year top for European tech firms and news that Twitter and Netflix were set to join Wall Street’s flagship S&P 500 index. MSCI’s global tech index scored the milestone after the FAANGs — Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google — drove the technology-heavy Nasdaq to a new closing high in New York on Monday. …read more […]

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Memo shows lawyers’ inconsistencies on Trump Tower meeting

For months, President Donald Trump’s legal team, the White House press secretary and others in Trump’s orbit said he did not dictate or help draft a June 2017 statement trying to explain the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his eldest son and a Russian lawyer. In a January letter to special counsel Robert Mueller, Trump’s lawyers said the president “dictated a short but accurate response” to the first report that his son, Donald Trump Jr., and others had met with the Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election. The Trump Tower meeting — and the White House’s …read more […]

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The $10,000 Apple Watch will stop getting major software updates from Apple starting this fall (AAPL)

Apple on Monday announced WatchOS 5, the next version of its operating system for the Apple Watch. When it arrives this fall, the update will be compatible with Apple Watch Series 1 or later. Apple discontinued the watch in 2016. …read more […]