Former President Donald Trump on Friday responded after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to decide whether to criminally charge him in relation to two investigations. Elon Musk, the controversial billionaire who recently bought the social networking site Twitter, has polled its users on whether to reinstate the account of former President Donald Trump. The European Union's Intellectual Property Office has ruled in favor of the British street artist Banksy in a trademark dispute with the greeting card company Full Colour Black. An investigation into the Baltimore Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has found more than 600 victims who were abused by clergy in the last 80 years. The jury deliberating actor Danny Masterson's rape trial said Friday that it is deadlocked, setting the stage for a possible mistrial. Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood-testing startup Theranos, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison after she was convicted on four counts of wire fraud for duping investors. Anti-abortion medical groups filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Food and Drug Administration, seeking to overturn the government's approval of abortion-inducing drugs. Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, testified Friday that he received a raise to make up for off-the-book perks he no longer was receiving. Two Erie County, N.Y., residents died while removing snow during a major storm. A state of emergency has been declared in multiple counties as the National Weather Service warns that road conditions are dangerous. After initially telling Twitter employees that the company's offices would be closed until Monday, new owner Elon Musk reversed course and asked for anyone with software experience to come to the office. Online-only car retailer Carvana has laid off 1,500 employees amid falling stock prices. The company saw a windfall during the COVID-19 pandemic but business slowed amid rising interest rates. A travel blogger earned a Guinness World Record by visiting all Metro stations in the Washington, D.C., area in 8 hours and 54 minutes. The Biden administration Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower-court injunction stopping student loan debt forgiveness. The Capitol Christmas tree arrived Friday in Washington. The 78-foot red spruce was harvested in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest. President Joe Biden met with business and labor leaders Friday to discuss steadying the economy, and he touted some of the benefits of his Inflation Reduction Act. A Maryland man won a $50,000 Powerball prize just six years after collecting a $100,000 jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket. The U.S. State and Treasury departments sanctioned a Russian and a Belarusian for "acts of corruption that threaten the United States" in the Guatemalan mining sector. K-pop star and former iKon member B.I released the EP "Love or Loved Part. 1" and a music video for the song "Keep Me Up." Existing home sales shrunk for the ninth consecutive month despite the median price of those homes going up, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors on Friday. A Montana father and son broke a Guinness World Record when they passed two lacrosse balls back and forth 40 times in 1 minute. The Department of Justice has charged 10 individuals for defrauding healthcare providers, insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid. The 2022 American Music Awards will take place Sunday at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Khary Payton filmed Sunday's "The Walking Dead" series finale months ago, but he says he still hasn't processed how he feels about all of it ending. A Kansas sheriff's office came to the rescue of a deer found stuck partially submerged in a muddy pond. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially threw his hat in the ring to replace longtime Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday, which would make him the first person of color to lead a major party in the body. |
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