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Chinese billionaire Richard Liu settles US rape allegation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ??" Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with wealthy Chinese executives in 2018, attorneys for both sides announced Saturday.Richard Liu, who stepped down as the CEO of Beijing-based e-commerce company JD.com this year amid increased government scrutiny of China's technology industry, has denied raping the woman, Jingyao Liu.
In a joint statement released Saturday night,... Read More
Florida deaths rise to 47 amid struggle to recover from Ian
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) ??" Rescuers evacuated stunned survivors on a large barrier island cut off by Hurricane Ian and Florida's death toll climbed sharply, as hundreds of thousands of people were still sweltering without power days after the monster storm rampaged from the state's southwestern coast up to the Carolinas.Florida, with nearly four dozen reported dead, was hit hardest by the Category 4 hurricane, one of the strongest to make landfall in the United States. Flooded roadways and washed-out bridges to barrier islands left many people isolated, amid limited cellphone... Read More
Pine Island residents recount horror, fear as Ian bore down
PINE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) ??" Paramedics and volunteers with a group that rescues people after natural disasters went door to door Saturday on Florida's devastated Pine Island, offering to evacuate residents who spoke of the terror of riding out Hurricane Ian in flooded homes and howling winds.The largest barrier island off Florida's Gulf Coast, Pine Island has been largely cut off from the outside world. Ian heavily damaged the only bridge to the island, leaving it only reachable by boat or air. For many, the volunteers from the non-profit Medic Corps were the first people they... Read More
Despite Ian's punch, wedding day saved on wet Pawleys Island
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) ??" Saturday turned out to be a sparklingly beautiful fall day in Pawleys Island, an idyllic place to hold a wedding sandwiched between the Atlantic oceanfront and expansive marshland that typify South Carolina's coastal beauty.For two visiting families, the perfect wedding almost got derailed by Hurricane Ian's landfall and aftermath.
Mary Lord and her family traveled to the island from Fort Worth, Texas, for the Saturday wedding of her son, Eric.
AJ McCullough's family came from Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to see her daughter,... Read More
Ian leaves dozens dead as focus turns to rescue, recovery
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) ??" Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking stock of their losses.The death toll from the storm, one of the strongest hurricanes by wind speed to ever hit the U.S., grew to nearly three dozen, with deaths reported from Cuba, Florida and North Carolina. The storm weakened Saturday as it rolled into the mid-Atlantic, but not before it washed out bridges and... Read More
Top Stories in US News
- Chinese billionaire Richard Liu settles US rape allegation
- Florida deaths rise to 47 amid struggle to recover from Ian
- Pine Island residents recount horror, fear as Ian bore down
- Despite Ian's punch, wedding day saved on wet Pawleys Island
- Ian leaves dozens dead as focus turns to rescue, recovery
- Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings persist
- Two prophets, century-old prayer duel inspire Zion mosque
- Max Baer, Pennsylvania Supreme Court's chief justice, dies
- Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after integration
- Ian shows the risks and costs of living on barrier islands
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