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Ex-Suburban Chicago Mayor Gets 2 Years for Bribery Scheme
A man who admitted to authorities that he was taking part in a $300,000 bribery scheme while he was mayor of a financially struggling Chicago suburb was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison.
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Trump Takes Tax Pitch to Conservative Think Tank
President Donald Trump took his tax sales pitch to a conservative think tank Tuesday evening, arguing his plan would be a boon to the economy, boosting growth and jobs. “Let’s give our country the best Christmas present of all: massive tax relief,” Trump told the annual meeting of the Heritage Foundation’s President’s Club. Trump also used his appearance to argue...
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Equifax Security and Information Executives Retire After Data Breach Disclosure
Equifax said Friday that its top information and security executives were retiring, effective immediately, as the company reels from its disclosure last week that it suffered a data breach potentially affecting 143 million people in the U.S., CNBC reported.
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Father Tries to Fathom Why Son Allegedly Decapitated Mother
A man killed his mother on Mother’s Day at a rural Oregon home, then showed up at a grocery store in a nearby town carrying a decapitated head and began stabbing a checkout clerk before being subdued, authorities said Monday. Officers determined the head the man was carrying belonged to his mother, the Sandy Police Department said. An autopsy was...
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Man Holding Mother's Decapitated Head Stabs Store Clerk in Oregon
A man killed his mother on Mother’s Day at a rural Oregon home, then showed up at a grocery store in a nearby town carrying a decapitated head and began stabbing a checkout clerk before being subdued, authorities said Monday. Officers determined the head the man was carrying belonged to his mother, the Sandy Police Department said. An autopsy was...