Former state House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges were convicted Thursday in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history. A jury in Cincinnati found the two guilty of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering …

Actor Sharon Stone lost custody of her child in 2004 because of her brief nudity scene in “Basic Instinct,” she revealed in a podcast interview on Tuesday. While discussing the impact of the iconic film on her life, Stone told the Table for Two podcast that her controversial role in …

The kidnapping of four U.S. citizens who traveled to Mexico last week is putting the spotlight on “medical tourism,” or when people travel to other countries to receive medical care or buy prescription drugs, often at lower prices.  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday that the Americans had …

The Veterans Justice Commission, led by onetime Pentagon chiefs Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta, are recommending that the government come up with new ways to make sure that courts take military service into account when former service members are prosecuted. That suggestion came after reports that a concerning number of …

After over 40 years, authorities have arrested a suspect in the murder of a woman at a South Lake Tahoe campground in 1979, CBS Sacramento reports. Harold W. Carpenter, 63, was arrested after investigators found a DNA match for an unrelated crime in Washington state. He’s being held without bond …

This story includes discussions of suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, you can get help from the Suicide and Crisis lifeline by calling or texting 988. While most kids his age were wrapping up their junior year of high school, Daniel was in a box.  “It was …

America’s ranks of so-called 401(k) millionaires are diminishing following last year’s stock market rout.  The number of 401(k) accounts with at least $1 million in retirement savings fell 32% last year, to 299,000, from 442,000 in 2021, according to new data from Fidelity Investments.  The shrinking number of 401(k) millionaires …

Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby …

The founder of the popular Reddit forum WallStreetBets is suing the social media company, alleging he was unfairly banned as moderator of the group and blocked in his efforts to gain a trademark. Jaime Rogozinski is asking that a court grant him ownership of the WallStreetBets trademark, according to a …

Even as the U.S. economy shows signs of slowing down, many states around the U.S. are flush with cash, with their so-called rainy day funds estimated to reach a record high of $136.8 billion this fiscal year.  And lawmakers in more than half of states are responding to their new …