TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced that beginning Feb. 6 all knowledge and skills examinations for every driver license classification will be administered exclusively in English. The agency fully updated its statewide testing system, removed printed exams in other languages and will prohibit translation...
Atlanta prosecutors charged state Rep. Dexter Sharper with making false statements to obtain $13,825 in federal pandemic unemployment benefits, authorities announced Friday. Sharper allegedly certified he had not worked since March 13, 2020, submitting 38 weekly claims while earning income from the Georgia General Assembly, a party rental business and...
Washington — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Interior and Transportation departments to coordinate with D.C. mayor to stage an IndyCar street race during the nation's 250th anniversary. The order charges the agencies to identify a route near the National Mall, secure permits within specified timeframes,...
Washington — The Justice Department released more than three million pages, over 2,000 videos and about 180,000 images from its Jeffrey Epstein investigative files on Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said. The disclosures, posted to the department’s library under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, follow prior partial releases and...
Ithaca, N.Y. Tompkins Financial reported fourth-quarter results Friday, announcing net income of $96.2 million and adjusted earnings per share of $1.78, beating estimates. The company disclosed $226.7 million in quarterly revenue and annual profit of $161.1 million for the year. Revenue net of interest expense reached $194.8 million, topping Street...
Washington — Federal agents arrested former CNN journalist Don Lemon in Los Angeles this week in connection with a Jan. 18 protest that disrupted a service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, his attorney and multiple news outlets reported. Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also taken into custody. A...
United States — Multiple companies reported fourth-quarter financial results Friday, with several firms posting earnings-per-share figures above Zacks Investment Research estimates while some missed revenue expectations. Chevron, Exxon, Regeneron, Flagstar, ArcBest and Mechanics Bank released reported and adjusted EPS, net income and revenue totals. ArcBest reported a quarterly loss while...
Washington. The Justice Department opened a federal civil rights investigation Friday into the shooting death of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said. The FBI will lead the probe with Homeland Security Investigations supporting, while Customs and Border Protection conducts an internal review. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi...
Los Angeles — California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 29 after CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz posted a Jan. 27 video alleging roughly $3.5 billion in hospice and home-care fraud in Los Angeles tied to 'the...
Washington, D.C. — Governors of Colorado River basin states met Friday to discuss allocations and looming deadlines as federal officials mediated talks. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs said discussions showed possible pathways and reported upper-basin flexibility; some upper-basin officials disputed that characterization. The states face a Feb. 14 deadline to submit...
