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Yelich, Betts win 2018 MLB MVP Awards

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich and Boston Red Sox star Mookie Betts are the 2018 National League and American League Most Valuable Players. The Baseball Writers Association of America announced the superstars as the winners of the awards on Thursday. "This is unbelievable, and to be able to share it with all of these people who have been around a long time and had a positive influence on my life, it's really special," Yelich told MLB.com. […]

todayNovember 15, 2018 29

Decision 2018

Democrat Sinema keeps small lead over McSally in Arizona Senate

PHOENIX (UPI) -- Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona's Democratic candidate for senator, maintained a small lead over Republican Martha McSally as several hundred thousand votes remain to be counted since Tuesday's election. The state secretary of state was releasing updates throughout the day Saturday. As of 2:45 p.m., Sinema's lead was 18,539 with more than 2 million votes counted. Sinema had 995,093 votes and McSally 976,554. On Tuesday night, the Republican had a small lead over her fellow current member of the […]

todayNovember 11, 2018 36

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FTC orders MoneyGram to pay $125M in settlement

DALLAS (UPI) -- MoneyGram International agreed Thursday to pay $125 million to settle claims it failed to prevent fraudulent money transfers. That settlement amount is part of the company's 2012 deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice and an order from the Federal Trade Commission. In 2012, MoneyGram, the Justice Department said, failed to live up to a deferred prosecution agreement requiring the Dallas-based global money services business to to provide adequate anti-fraud and anti-money laundering programs. The 2012 […]

todayNovember 8, 2018 36

Ford

Automotive News

Ford to buy ride-share scooter startup Spin

DETROIT (UPI) -- Ford Motor Company announced Thursday it will buy scooter ride-share startup Spin, in an effort to build its mobility business beyond full-size vehicles. Ford said Spin will become part of its Smart Mobility division, the automaker's division that explores future transportation ventures. Financial terms of the deal were not specified. California-based Spin operates in 13 cities and college campuses and plans to expand to several new markets in the coming months. Ford said it wants to grow […]

todayNovember 8, 2018 105

National

Former U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman sentenced to 10 years in prison

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Former Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for using charitable donations for his own personal and campaign expenses. Stockman, 61, also was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay more than $1 million in restitution for orchestrating a four-year scheme to defraud big-money donors to secretly funnel the funds to himself and his campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said. "Former Congressman Stockman was entrusted by his […]

todayNovember 7, 2018 43

National

North Korea could be ‘moving forward’ with nuclear program, analysts say

NEW YORK (UPI) -- North Korea could be quietly moving forward with its nuclear weapons program while stalling talks on denuclearization -- as differences between the United States and South Korea raise new concerns, analysts tell UPI. In a week that began with fresh threats from Pyongyang to restart its nuclear program over the weekend, followed by the abrupt cancellation of a planned meeting in New York between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean official Kim Yong […]

todayNovember 7, 2018 71

Decision 2018

Florida city commission candidate arrested for cocaine trafficking

SWEETWATER, Fla. (UPI) -- A Florida city commission candidate arrested in connection with a series of cocaine deals said he was in need of money for his campaign, a police report released Monday said. Police arrested Jose Mejia, a city commission candidate in the city of Sweetwater, on three counts of trafficking cocaine along with three other men, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Friday. The FDLE said it began its investigation into Mejia, 29, after receiving a tip […]

todayNovember 5, 2018 31

Decision 2018

Early votes could push midterm turnout above 50 percent

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- More than 35 million people cast an early vote or absentee vote for the 2018 elections, an increase of more than 58 percent from 2014, preliminary data indicates. The midterm elections are seeing an unusually high number of early voters -- early voting in 27 states alone total more than totaled early votes nationwide for 2014 -- which likely means a historic boost to overall voter turnout for 2018. Midterm elections have historically low turnout numbers, rarely […]

todayNovember 5, 2018 71

Financial News

Iowa woman claims half of Powerball jackpot — $344M

DES MOINES (UPI) -- An Iowa woman stepped forward Monday to claim her half of October's Powerball jackpot worth nearly $700 million. The ticket owned by Leryanne West of Redfield, Iowa, is worth $343.9 million in 20 annuity payments, or $198.1 million in a lump sum. She shares the prize with a person, so far unidentified, who bought the other winning ticket in New York City. West purchased the ticket at a Redfield general store, near her recently-purchased home. She […]

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