The longtime president of Bard College announced his retirement Friday, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than was previously known. Leon Botstein, 79, who has been president of the small, liberal arts college in New York for a half century, will retire at …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman has been charged with manslaughter after an 81-year-old man who was struck by her teen son on an e-motorcycle died from his injuries, prosecutors said Friday. On April 16, Tommi Jo Mejer’s 14-year-old son was riding a Surron e-motorcycle and doing wheelies when he hit Ed Ashman, according …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Always a Runner won the 152nd edition of the Kentucky Oaks on Friday night, the latest chapter in the filly’s remarkable journey from contracting pneumonia as a 2-year-old to beating some of the best 3-year-old competition around. Giving trainer Chad Brown his first Oaks victory, Always a Runner showed why he …
MEXICO CITY, May 1 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has tapped agronomist Columba Jasmin Lopez to be the country’s next minister of agriculture and rural development, replacing current minister Julio Berdegue, her government said on Friday. “Her appointment represents the arrival of the first woman to lead Mexican agricultural policy,” the agriculture ministry said …
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President Trump signed an executive order Friday tightening U.S. sanctions on Cuba, expanding penalties on the island’s government and foreign companies that do business with it. The order builds on sanctions introduced earlier this year and signals that Cuba remains a priority for the administration, even as the United States navigates other international conflicts in …
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — The longtime president of Bard College announced his retirement Friday, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than was previously known. Leon Botstein, who has been president of the small, liberal arts college inn New York for a half century, will retire at …
President Trump signed an executive order Friday tightening U.S. sanctions on Cuba, expanding penalties on the island’s government and foreign companies that do business with it. The order builds on sanctions introduced earlier this year and signals that Cuba remains a priority for the administration, even as the United States navigates other international conflicts in …
SAFFORD, Ariz (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has reported to federal prison to begin a 14-year sentence following a conviction over illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Michel reported to prison Thursday, a spokesperson said, with federal records listing him …