Mississippi teen killer’s defense advocates for new trial because she was in horse ‘therapy,’ hearing voices
A lawyer for 15-year-old Carly Gregg argued that her client deserved a new trial because she had previously undergone horse therapy to make her voice deaf. Jury in September Rankin County, Mississippi15-year-old Gregg was found guilty on all charges, with prosecutor Kathryn Newman saying Gregg “showed absolutely no remorse”. the boy was charged murder and […]
Big US banks say consumers are still strong, despite economy fears – Yahoo! Voices
Written by Michelle Price and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. consumers remained resilient with strong spending in the third quarter, two of the country's largest financial institutions said on Friday. However, there are signs that some Americans are unable to bear the loss of income due to rising inflation. JPMorgan Chase and Wells […]
Nut randomly slugs female MTA worker in face, blames voices in his head: prosecutors
An unconscious man randomly punched a female MTA worker in the face at a Midtown station, claiming he attacked her because “voices in my head were talking to me,” prosecutors say. . According to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Robert Ray, 33, was on his way to the restroom at East 53rd Street and Lexington […]
TD Bank nears possible guilty plea in money laundering probe, WSJ reports – Yahoo! Voices
(Reuters) – TD Bank is close to pleading guilty to criminal charges that its U.S. retail bank failed to rein in money laundering and illegal sales of fentanyl linked to a Chinese criminal organization, Wall Street said. The Journal reported on Friday. Canada's second-largest lender is in talks with U.S. federal prosecutors, and its U.S. […]
Michigan GOP chair voices concern Democrats 'will steal some votes'
Michigan Republican Party Chairman Pete Hoekstra said this week that if the Senate race between former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) becomes “close, “The Democratic Party in Michigan will take away some votes,” he said. ” according to a copy of the recording obtained by The Hill. Hoekstra, who was confirmed […]
Media mogul John Malone voices support for David Zaslav amid struggles at WarnerBros. Discovery
Media mogul John Malone says he's not worried about Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the conglomerate he helped found more than two years ago, as the company faces growing financial problems. “They're not going to run out of cash anytime soon, so they don't have to sit back and watch the industry consolidate and do nothing,” […]
Christian Horner joins the F1 voices backing a proposed rookie race
Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, several team bosses have spoken out in favour of holding a rookie sprint race at the end of the season to give young drivers a chance to showcase their talents at the end of a long year. Now, several more team bosses have publicly spoken out in support of […]
Argentine Congress upholds Milei veto of pensions increase – Yahoo! Voices
Argentina's Congress on Wednesday upheld President Javier Milley's veto of a bill to increase pensions, sparking clashes outside parliament. Thousands gathered to protest Milley's veto, with police firing pepper spray and rubber bullets at a group of people, including pensioners, who destroyed barricades in anger after the vote. Milley, a Libertarian who advocates budget cuts, […]
Taliban rebukes UN concerns over laws banning women’s faces, voices in public
The Taliban on Monday rejected United Nations concerns and criticism over a new vice and virtue law that would ban Afghan women from revealing their faces or making any public appearances in public. Roza Otunbayeva, head of the UN mission in the country (UNAMA), said on Sunday that the law presented “dire prospects” for Afghanistan’s […]
Sheriff featured in Kamala Harris ad voices outrage: ‘I do not support her’
Tulare County, California, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux tells ‘Fox & Friends’ the advertisement is ‘deceiving’ and argues the vice … source