Weisselberg admitted lying when he testified during Donald Trump’s civil fraud lawsuit that he had little knowledge of how Trump’s Manhattan penthouse came to be valued on his financial statements at nearly 3 times its actual size.
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Biden praises Japan’s growing clout on international stage as he welcomes leader
The official visit completes the administration’s feting of the leaders of the Quad, the informal partnership between the U.S., Japan, Australia and India that the White House has focused on elevating since Biden took office.
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Carbon credits market to get a huge boost as rules relaxed
The market for carbon credits is still reeling from a period of turbulence, following revelations of projects that failed to deliver on emission cuts.
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EU ramps up pressure on China’s green tech with probe of wind parks
The EU exported wind turbines worth $1.98 billion to the rest of the world in 2023, according to Eurostat data.
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Maine delegation joins call to require brain screenings for military in wake of Lewiston mass shooting
The U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October had been exposed to ‘thousands of low-level blasts’ during years of grenade training, and the damage has been linked to mental health and behavioral changes he exhibited before the shooting.
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Biden considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks’s Julian Assange
Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of a trove of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago.
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Ford recalls nearly 43,000 SUVs due to gas leaks that can cause fires
The recall covers certain Bronco Sport SUVs from the 2022 and 2023 model years, as well as Escape SUVs from 2022.
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OK, the eclipse was cool. Now what do you do with those glasses?
You won’t need them again in most of the U.S. for a couple of decades, and some glasses are good only for about 3 years.
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Higher gas and rents keep U.S. inflation elevated, likely delaying Fed rate cuts
The March figures, the third straight month of inflation readings well above the Fed’s 2% target, provide concerning evidence that inflation is stuck at an elevated level after having steadily dropped in the second half of 2023.
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New federal limits on forever chemicals in drinking water are stricter than Maine’s
The Environmental Protection Agency released new limits Wednesday that are lower than Maine’s 3-year-old drinking water standards.