Lionel Messi led Argentina to overcome a French rally from Kylian Mbappe’s hat trick for Argentina’s third World Cup victory in a penalty shoot-out following a 3–3 draw in extra time, on Dec. 18 in front of 88,966 fans at Lusail Stadium in Lusail City, Qatar. Argentina won its first World Cup since Diego Maradona’s 1986…
Alabama Fails to Complete Lethal Injection for 3rd Time
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem with intravenous lines, is unprecedented nationally, a group that tracks capital punishment said Friday. The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state’s second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate…
Russia Fines Amazon Over Banned Content for First Time
MOSCOW—A Moscow court on Tuesday said it had fined Amazon.com Inc. 4 million roubles ($65,000) for failing to remove banned content relating to drug use and suicide, the first such penalty in Russia for the U.S. tech giant. Russia has fined other foreign tech firms for not removing content, part of what critics say is…
Barclays Hit by $361 Million Penalty Over Issuance of Securities
British bank Barclays agreed to a $361 million penalty over internal control failures related to the unregistered offer and sale of “an unprecedented amount” of securities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday. The conduct concerned dates back to March this year when Barclays disclosed that it had accidentally oversold complex structured…
Wells Fargo to Pay Over $13 Million Penalty to Resolve 401(K) Review
Wells Fargo & Co. said on Monday it would pay a penalty of $13.2 million as part of a settlement with the U.S Department of Labor to resolve the federal agency’s review of certain transactions related to the bank’s 401(k) retirement plans. About $131.8 million would also be paid out to eligible current and former…
Death Penalty Trial Opens in 2017 Fire That Killed 3
PITTSBURGH—A death penalty trial has begun for a man accused of having set a house fire that killed a young child and two women in Pittsburgh 4.5 years ago. Martell Smith, 45, faces three counts of homicide as well as aggravated arson and other charges in the early morning December 2017 blaze in the Homewood…
Avoiding a Bitter Pill: Medicare Penalties for Late Enrollment
United States citizens are eligible for Medicare when they reach 65. If you are receiving benefits from Social Security (or the Railroad Retirement Board) at least 4 months before your 65th birthday, you will be automatically enrolled in Medicare. If you are not receiving Social Security benefits at 65, you will need to watch the calendar…
Russia to Punish Wikimedia Foundation Over Ukraine Conflict ‘Fakes’
LONDON—Russia’s communications watchdog said on Wednesday it was taking steps to punish the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts online encyclopedia Wikipedia, for violating Russian law around the conflict in Ukraine. In a statement, Roskomnadzor said that Wikipedia still hosted “prohibited materials, including fakes about the course of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine,”…
Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz’s Death Penalty Trial Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley. Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz…
Florida High School Shooter’s Penalty Trial Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began on Monday, the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to go before a jury. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 14 students and three staff members at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, and is only…
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