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Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud and other charges tied to FTX's collapse

The co-founder and former CEO of FTX pleaded not guilty to eight criminal counts related to the spectacular collapse of his crypto exchange.

Oranges rot on the ground Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at Roy Petteway's Citrus and Cattle Farm after they were knocked off the trees from the effects of Hurricane Ian in Zolfo Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Florida's citrus industry faces its worst season since the Great Depression

The forecast for the 2022-2023 season would put the industry at roughly half of the production from the 2021-2022 growing season, which itself resulted in decades-low numbers.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg participates in a news conference in New York on Feb. 7, 2023.

House GOP demands testimony and documents from New York prosecutor investigating Trump

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans argue DA Alvin Bragg's probe is politically motivated and won't stand up in court. Donald Trump loomed over a Republican retreat in Florida.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks to the media Friday after a town hall meeting in Oshkosh, Wis.

Tabloid Allegations Again Fly In A Political Campaign — And Why No One Can Look Away

A political cheating scandal has once again hit the pages of the National Enquirer — and it has roiled the 2016 presidential campaign even though none of the allegations have been substantiated.

Deputy Attorney General nominee Sally Yates testified in March before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination. The Senate confirmed her last month to be deputy attorney general, putting two women in the top posts at the Justice Department.

No. 2 At Justice Warns Growing Prison Budget Detracts From Public Safety

The federal government spends $7 billion a year to incarcerate about 200,000 inmates. That's money Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates says could pay for more FBI agents and local police.

Don McGahn, general counsel for the Trump transition team and now chosen to serve as White House counsel, walks through the lobby at Trump Tower on Nov. 15 in New York City.

For Trump's White House Lawyer, Policing Conflicts Will Be 'Massive Undertaking'

President-elect Trump selected Don McGahn, an elections lawyer, to be his White House counsel. The job involves anticipating and preventing scandals.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave an interview to Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators last week, a spokesman confirmed.

Sessions Interviewed By Special Counsel Robert Mueller As Part Of Russia Inquiry

The attorney general might be the first member of the Cabinet to talk with investigators in the special counsel's office as they investigate potential criminal conduct.

A Twitter page of Chinese exiled businessman Guo Wengui is seen on a computer screen in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2017. The self-exiled Chinese businessman was arrested Wednesday in New York on charges that he oversaw a billion-dollar fraud conspiracy.

U.S. arrests a Chinese business tycoon in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy

Guo Wengui, long sought by the government of China and known for cultivating ties to Trump administration figures including Steve Bannon, was arrested on charges that he oversaw a fraud conspiracy.

C.K. Chau says the themes and conflicts in <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> are universal.

A new take on 'Pride and Prejudice' brings readers to 2000s New York Chinatown

By recasting the Bennets as a Cantonese, working-class immigrant family, C.K. Chau hopes to fill a gap in the Pride and Prejudice canon.

Crews, Weather Assist In Fighting Calif. Fires

Firefighters are reporting some progress as they battle wildfires around Los Angeles. Higher humidity and a slight break in the heat have allowed firefighters to build lines around a quarter of the blaze.

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