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☆ Biden administration to require advanced safety tech on all new cars and trucks
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Rob Wile | Tom Costello | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Biden administration plans to require that all new cars and trucks come with pedestrian-collision avoidance systems that include automatic emergency braking technology by the end of the decade. They will also require braking at up to 45 mph when a pedestrian is detected. Automatic emergency braking "prevents collisions. It said that technologies like automatic emergency braking have proven "game changing" and that automakers have voluntarily committed to install them on new vehicles. Buttigieg acknowledged the technology is still being perfected — one reason the requirement won't take effect until the end of 2029.

Persons: Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Buttigieg, hadn't, Kathleen Rizk, Power's, Rizk Organizations: U.S ., Transportation Department, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Governors Highway Safety Association, Research, Consumers, Drivers Locations: San Francisco , California

☆ How Supplement Stores Are Trying to Tap Into the Ozempic Boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Jordyn Holman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy took off in the last few years, many people turned away from established diet and nutrition products. Now, two retailers that specialize in nutritional supplements — GNC and the Vitamin Shoppe — are trying new approaches to win over people who are taking those drugs or who are interested in them. GNC is dedicating a wall of supplements in its more than 2,300 stores to products that it believes will appeal to people on Ozempic, which contains the compound semaglutide, and other drugs that are known as GLP-1 medicines. The chain is also training workers to help customers assess which substances could help them manage common side effects of those prescription drugs. Michael Costello, chief executive of GNC, said his company saw a “big opening” in helping individuals taking such drugs for weight loss.

Persons: Wegovy, Michael Costello

☆ Major bridge in Baltimore collapses after being struck by container ship, people in water
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMajor bridge in Baltimore collapses after being struck by container ship, people in waterNBC's Tom Costello joins 'Squawk Box' with the latest developments from Baltimore.

Persons: Tom Costello Locations: Baltimore

Despite a challenging fundraising environment, women-led venture capital funds made gains in 2023. According to research by Venture Capital Journal, women-led funds' share of total fundraising increased to about 3% of the $107 billion raised last year by venture funds worldwide, up from less than 2% of the 2022 total. While it's a small fraction of the total pool, venture capital funding in the U.S. for companies founded by women has been trending up in recent years. The upswing has had some help from the creation of incubators for women founders, more new companies founded by women and more venture capital funds focused on underrepresented founders. Portfolia creates and manages about 16 venture funds designed for individual investors who want to invest in a portfolio of mostly women-led startups and want to learn more about venture investing.

Persons: Trish Costello, Portfolia, Costello, Elizabeth Clayborne, Steve Washington, Clayborne, wouldn't Organizations: Venture Capital Journal, YourChoice Therapeutics, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ Voices from Inside America’s Homelessness Crisis - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Homelessness is highest in cities with exorbitant rents, but small cities and rural communities are not shielded from the housing crisis. Because rural America lacks many social services, like free clinics, soup kitchens and shelters, the rural homeless often make their way to places like the Water Street Mission. We spoke with several people staying at the Water Street Mission, some of whom were there for the first time and some who had sought refuge there many times before. Levon Higgins, 50, has been staying at Water Street for the last six months : I just couldn’t afford to live where I was. Jennifer Berrie, 45, was staying in an overnight-only shelter before Water Street : I miss little things you don't even think of.

Persons: James Costello, They’re, ”, you’ve, Tamekia Gibbs, Levon Higgins, It’s, I’ve, Tamekia Gibbs Rob Travis Jackson, Evelyn, You’re, Jennifer Berrie, “, Rob Travis Jackson, that’s, they’ve, Shawna Organizations: Homelessness, Services Locations: America, Lancaster, Pa, Water

☆ A guide to all the confirmed 'Game of Thrones' spinoffs, prequels, and sequels in development at HBO
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Following on from "House of the Dragon," there are lots more "Game of Thrones" spinoffs in the works. So here's everything we know about all the "Game of Thrones"-related projects that are in development, are rumored to be in development, or returning. "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight""A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight" is in development. I don't want to repeat what happened with GAME OF THRONES itself, where the show gets ahead of the books," he continued. "House of the Dragon" season twoEmma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in "House of the Dragon."

Persons: George R.R, —, Martin, Kim Renfro, Ser Duncan, King, Laverne, Shirley, Abbott, Costello, Beavis, Butthead, I've, Martin's, Ira Parker, Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Jon Snow, Kit Harington, Martin . Per, Harington, Jon, Eddard, Ned, Stark, Sean Bean, Lyanna Stark, Rhaegar, Targaryen, Emilia Clarke, Dany, Ygritte, Olly, Steve Toussaint, Corlys, Corlys Velaryon, Bruno Heller, it's, Toussaint, Princess Nymeria, Arya Stark's direwolf, Valyrian, Mattson Tomlin, Tomlin, HoD, Emma D’Arcy, Naomi Watts, Jane Goldman, S.J, Clarkson Organizations: HBO, Service, HBO HBO, Entertainment, King Aegon, Hollywood, Free Folk, The New York Times, New York Times, Variety, Aegon Targaryen, Aegon Locations: Westeros, Pentos, Driftmark, Lys, Volantis, Qarth, King's, Essos, Dorne, Imperial China

☆ Australia Appoints Former Minister to Head Sovereign Wealth Fund
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Lewis JacksonSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's centre-left Labor government on Monday said it would appoint a former climate change minister to chair the A$212 billion ($139 billion) sovereign wealth fund, the second successive ex-minister to hold the position. Until then, Combet will continue as chair of the Net Zero Economy Agency, which oversees Australia's net zero transition plans, Chalmers said. Future Fund board member Mary Reemst has been appointed acting chair until he begins the role. Started in 2006 by then Treasurer Peter Costello with proceeds from the privatisation of state telco Telstra, the Future Fund today rivals the country's largest pension funds in size. In one of his final speeches last November, he urged government to resist using the fund to support political projects.

Persons: Lewis Jackson SYDNEY, Greg Combet, Jim Chalmers, Combet, Chalmers, Mary Reemst, Mr Combet, Peter Costello, telco, Costello, Lewis Jackson, Stephen Coates Organizations: Labor, IFM, Future Fund, Economy Agency, telco Telstra, Fund, Liberal Party

A court filing shows that Giuliani owes more than $1.3 million to the law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron. The lawyer Robert Costello sued Giuliani in September for $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees dating to 2019. Giuliani had planned to raise some of his legal defense money at two of Trump's properties, Andrew Giuliani previously said. "Yes, I gave Rudy $100,000 for his legal defense PAC and I was happy to do so," Elizabeth Ailes told CNBC. And the real estate investment firm Probity International, which is run by Trump donor Robert Zarnegin, gave $35,000 to the Giuliani PAC.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's, Andrew Giuliani, Caryn Borland, Giuliani, Borland, Caryn Hildenbrand, Caryn, Hildenbrand, Michael, Trump, Mike Pence, Caryn Borland's, Joe Biden, Davidoff Hutcher, Citron, Robert Costello, Elizabeth Ailes, Roger Ailes, Rudy, Ailes, Newsmax, Roger, Elizabeth, Donald Trump, Lewis Topper, Robert Zarnegin, Arnold Gumowitz, Andrew Giuliani's, Matthew Martorano, Martorano Organizations: New York, U.S, CNBC, Living Trust, Trump, Internal Revenue Service, The New York Times, Giuliani, Voting Systems, Washington , D.C, PAC, Fox, Fox News, Businessman, Probity International, Giuliani PAC, Trump Save America Locations: Washington , U.S, del Mar , California, Georgia, Washington ,, Bedminster

NEW YORK (AP) — It's a little late for John Leventhal to be considered a hot young thing in music. The thought of doing a solo record sort of creeped into my consciousness and, when the pandemic hit, I really couldn't avoid it. AP: How do you think a first John Leventhal album would have sounded if you made it 50 years ago? I don't think I would have made a good record 40 years ago because it wouldn't have been tempered by what I've learned. It felt more like creating a product, like it was someone in the record industry's “good idea.” And it is a good idea.

Persons: —, John Leventhal, He's, Shawn Colvin, Jim Lauderdale, Leventhal, Marc Cohn, Sarah Jarosz, Joan Osborne, William Bell, Rosanne Cash, Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Ry Cooder, Elvis Costello, Donald Fagen, Cash, Cohn, Matt Berninger, LEVENTHAL, I've, We're, Doc Watson, Howlin, Wolf, Igor Stravinsky, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, George Jones, I'm, It's Organizations: Boys of, Associated Press, Beatles Locations: New York, Boys of Alabama

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors say they are planning a major announcement in their investigation of the suspected serial murders of a group of women whose bodies were found strewn along a coastal highway near Long Island's Gilgo Beach. The prime suspect in some of those killings, Rex Heuermann, is due in court Tuesday, months after he was charged in the deaths of three women. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney is set to make the announcement after a court hearing in the case in Riverhead, New York. Heuermann was charged in July with the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Costello, whose bodies were found buried along a remote beach parkway. Prosecutors said Heuermann is also suspected in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who vanished in 2007.

Persons: Rex Heuermann, Ray Tierney, Heuermann, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Maureen Brainard, Barnes Organizations: — Prosecutors, Prosecutors, Netflix, ” Authorities Locations: RIVERHEAD, N.Y, Long, Suffolk County, Riverhead , New York, Suffolk, Riverhead, Gilgo Beach, Manhattan, Massapequa

☆ Gilgo Beach murders: timeline of the case and investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Emma Tucker | Authorities Find First Remains In Gilgo Beach Murders | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN has reached out to Heuermann’s attorney, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department for comment. Here is a timeline of the Gilgo Beach killings, how the investigation unfolded and what ultimately led to Heuermann’s arrest. Two days later, investigators discovered the remains of three additional victims – Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Amber Costello and Megan Waterman – strewn across a half-mile stretch on Gilgo Beach. Authorities later said they believed Gilbert’s death may have been accidental and not related to the Gilgo Beach slayings. The task force included the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Police and the FBI.

Persons: Long, Rex Heuermann, ” Heuermann, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Maureen Brainard, Barnes, Heuermann, Amber Lynn Costello, Shannan Gilbert, hadn’t, “, Barthelemy, ”, Jane Doe, Jessica Taylor, Spencer Platt, Steve Cohen, Barthelemy’s, Cohen, James Carbone, WH ”, Geraldine Hart, “ Jane Doe, Valerie Mack, Hart, Rodney Harrison, Ray Tierney, surveilling, “ Brainard, Tierney, Harrison, Eduardo Munoz Alvarez Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Attorney, CNN Sunday, Attorney’s Office, Suffolk County Police Department, Police Department, Police, Craigslist, Garden, Getty, New York’s Suffolk County Police Department, FBI, Suffolk County Police, Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police, New, Suffolk County Crime Laboratory, RH, & Associates Locations: Shore, York, Suffolk County, Suffolk, Megan Waterman Suffolk, Gilgo Beach, Gilgo, Jersey City , New Jersey, Manhattan, Madison, Manorville, Long, Wantagh , New York, Nassau County, New York City, Fire, Beach, Oak Beach , New York, ”, New York’s Suffolk County, Philadelphia, New York, Heuermann, Yaphank

Atlanta CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys in the Georgia election subversion case are set to defend their client in a Fulton County courtroom for the first time on Friday as they try to have the charges thrown out on First Amendment grounds. This is the first time Trump’s attorneys will appear in court in the Fulton County case, though their client won’t be with them. Trump hasn’t yet been in the Atlanta courthouse – he previously waived his right to an arraignment hearing – though he was processed at the Fulton County jail in late August. She used a similar legal strategy in a 2014 RICO case in Fulton County, according to a source familiar with the matter. Despite his mounting legal debt and the fact that he is almost 80, sources close to Giuliani said he intends to fight the Georgia case.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, ” Drew Findling –, Steven Sadow, Jennifer Little, Sadow, “, ” Sadow, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Chesebro, Powell, McAfee, Trump’s, Fani Willis, ” Willis, Jack Smith, Smith, ”, Willis ’, Eastman, John Eastman, Fulton, Donald Trump, Willis, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Meadows, ” “, Bob Cheeley, Cheeley, Robert Cheeley, Cheeley’s, Buddy Parker, Rudy Giuliani –, haven’t, Giuliani, Allyn Stockton Jr, David Shafer, ” Shafer, Rudy Giuliani’s, Robert Costello, Giuliani groped, CNN Giuliani, Brian Tevis, David Wolfe, CNN’s Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Marshall Cohen Organizations: Atlanta CNN —, Trump, United, Fulton, Republican, Prosecutors, Washington Post, “, U.S, CNN, Trump Trump, Trump White House, Secret, Justice, Appeals, DC, Georgia’s, Senate, Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia Republican Party, Georgia State Senate, Electoral College, New, Atlanta Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta, United States, Fulton County, Washington , DC, Meadows, ” Meadows, Washington, Trump, State of Georgia, New York, Aidala, Stockton, Rabun County

☆ Shane MacGowan, hard-drinking poet of The Pogues, dies at 65
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Conor Humphries | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Shane MacGowan, former lead singer of The Pogues, performs during the Montreux Jazz festival in the [Miles Davis] Hall late July 15, 1995. MacGowan and his band The Popes were part of the 'Irish Night' during the festival. MacGowan brought Irish traditional music to a huge new audience in the late 1980s by splicing it with punk, and achieved mainstream success with his bittersweet, expletive-strewn 1987 Christmas anthem "Fairytale of New York". Irish President Michael D. Higgins, also a poet, described MacGowan on Thursday as one of music's greatest lyricists. Following a decade with a new band, the Popes, MacGowan and the Pogues reunited and toured regularly until 2014.

Persons: Shane MacGowan, Miles Davis, MacGowan, Stringer, Pogues, Nick Cave, Victoria Mary Clarke, Jesus, Mary, Therese, Pogue Mahone, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, Michael D, Higgins, Kirsty MacColl, Bono, Sinead O'Connor, Glen Matlock, Johnny Depp, Cave, Muvija M, Graham Fahy, Conor Humphries, Padraic Halpin, Alex Richardson, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Montreux Jazz, Hall, Guardian, Westminster School, Pogues, Sex, Thomson Locations: Kent, Ireland, DUBLIN, London, Irish, York, English, Soho, Siam, New Zealand, Japan

SYDNEY, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Australia's financial position will be more precarious and credit rating at risk should the government succumb to the temptation to spend the sovereign wealth fund on political projects, its outgoing chair said in a speech on Monday. The A$205 billion ($130 billion) Future Fund will come under pressure to fund state priorities as an aging population reduces taxpayers and consumes a larger chunk of spending, Chairman Peter Costello said on Monday at a UBS conference in Sydney. "As government's financial position declines, I expect we'll see more plans to spend it," he said. "Once it is spent there is nothing to offset government sovereign debt, unfunded pension and unfunded military claims. Once it is spent the pressure to raise taxes and borrow more will accelerate."

Persons: Peter Costello, Costello, telco, Lewis Jackson, Stephen Coates Organizations: SYDNEY, UBS, Labor, Liberal, Australia's AAA, telco Telstra, Thomson Locations: Sydney, China

NEW YORK (AP) — Those miracles of modern science, the Rolling Stones, celebrated the release of their first album of original music in 18 years with a Manhattan club gig on Thursday. Mick Jagger alluded to past stunts the Stones had done in New York to tout new music over the years, including performing on a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue. “Hackney Diamonds,” coming at a time many fans wondered if the Rolling Stones would ever bother again with new music, has been well received by critics, with many noting the crisp energy the band displayed. This time, the bar band was the Rolling Stones. Lady Gaga, dressed in a maroon sequined pantsuit, appeared to recreate her duet — duel, really — with Jagger on the new “Sweet Sounds of Heaven.”“New York, the Rolling Stones!” she said before leaving, after exchanging kisses with Jagger and Richards.

Persons: Christie Brinkley, Elvis Costello, Trevor Noah, Mick Jagger, ” Jagger, “ There's, Charlie Watts, Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, They're, “, Questlove, Jagger pranced, Richards, Jumpin, Jack Flash, ”, Lady Gaga Organizations: Racket Locations: Manhattan, New York, Manhattan's Meatpacking, ” “ New York

Abdul-Jabbar spent five seasons as the league’s oldest player. ALL-STAR LEVELThe “oldest player” in an NBA season has been picked for the All-Star Game on 13 previous occasions. Stockton turned 41 that season; he spent two years as the league’s oldest player and missed zero games in that span. NUMBER 43James will become the 43rd player in NBA history to hold the distinction of being the league’s "oldest player." Robert Parish was the league’s oldest player for seven seasons, the most in NBA history.

Persons: LeBron James, He’s, James, —, Udonis Haslem, Andre Iguodala, James wasn't, Darko Milicic, Milicic, KAREEM —, Kareem Abdul, Jabbar, Abdul, ”, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Nobody, Vince Carter, Dirk Nowitzki, Carter, Nowitzki, — Moses Malone, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis, Robert Parish, John Havlicek, Larry Costello, Slater Martin, Bobby Wanzer, Johnny Green, Parish, It’s, John Stockton, Stockton, Shaquille O’Neal, Mike Novak’s, Paul Silas, James ’, Bob Cousy, Nat Hickey —, Elvin Hayes, Dikembe Mutombo, Al Cervi, Dolph Schayes, Andre Miller, Silas, Cousy, Hickey, Lenny Wilkens, Grant Hill, Steve Nash, Dale Ellis, Sam Perkins, — James, ___ Organizations: NBA, Utah, Cleveland, Providence Steamrollers Locations: Akron

☆ MyPillow lawyers say CEO Mike Lindell owes them millions of dollars
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Dareh Gregorian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow Inc., speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. The attorneys defending Mike Lindell and his business against defamation claims from voting machine companies are seeking to sever ties with the "MyPillow Guy" over millions of dollars in unpaid legal fees. "At this time, Defendants are in arrears by millions of dollars to PDK," the filing said. The firm said that if it was forced to continue providing legal services to Lindell, the "future fees and costs will amount to millions of dollars in addition to the millions of dollars already owed." Lindell is not the only Trump ally facing an action on unpaid legal fees tied to false claims about the 2020 election.

Persons: Mike Lindell, Guy, Parker Daniels Kibort, Lindell, MyPillow, Eric Coomer, Lindell's, wasn't, he'd, Robert Zeidman, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Robert Costello, Giuliani, who's, He's, Andrew Giuliani, they'd Organizations: Conservative Political, Lindell, Voting Systems, Dominion, NBC News, Newsweek, Software, NBC, New, New York City, Smartmatic, Trump White House, WABC Locations: Dallas , Texas, Minneapolis , MN, Lindell, New York, Dominion, Georgia, Fulton County, New York City

TORONTO (AP) — You don’t expect to see a movie named “Dicks: The Musical” on the marquee and neither did its makers. Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, who created and star in “Dicks: The Musical,” certainly struggled to believe it. But “Dicks: The Musical," a freewheeling queer cult-favorite-to-be, is a gleefully tasteless bid to break free of comedy doldrums. “People maybe want to go for a bigger laugh but they’re afraid they’re going to offend too many people. As Jackson and Sharp developed the movie, they carved out the role of God, as narrator, for Yang.

Persons: “ Dicks, Bowen Yang, —, Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson, ”, ” Jackson, Hanna, Barbera, Megan Thee, Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, Larry Charles, “, Sharp, ” Sharp, Jackson, Yang, “ It’s, ‘ Barbie, ’ ”, ” chimed Yang, Charles, Seinfeld ”, Abbott, Costello, Sacha, Baron Cohen, doesn’t, ” Charles, they’re, ” “ Dicks, Kori Adelson, ’ ” Sharp, ” Yang, Mullally, ” “, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, Megan Thee Stallion, Toronto, New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, bros, UCB, Chernin Entertainment, Twitter Locations: York, Los Angeles

☆ 10 things I wish I knew before I moved from New York to London
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kim Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —It’s been nearly 20 years since I moved from New York to London. I don’t drink alcohol, so, when I first moved to the UK, I avoided the pubs for about a year. To my great surprise, I discovered that British pubs were nothing like I had imagined! “Yeah?” “Yeah!!!!! According to the UK Tea and Infusions Association, Brits drink over 100 million cups daily and 36 billion cups per year!

Persons: CNN — It’s, Leicester, Kim Davis, breathlessly, I’m, “, ”, I’ve, mickey ”, Sheldon Cooper, don’t, Hershey, et Walker, Eliza Doolittle, Little, it’s, Ariel, ” Don’t, There’s, Parinya, Abbott, Costello “ Who’s, Tummy, Mason, You’ll Organizations: CNN, Brit, British, Harrods, LIPTON Locations: New York, London, United States, United Kingdom, Yorkshire, Britain, Europe, “, America, York, Darjeeling, Assam, Ceylon

☆ Hunter Biden accuses Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani's ex-lawyer of hacking and tampering with his data and causing the 'total annihilation' of his digital privacy in new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani's former lawyer, Bob Costello, in a new civil lawsuit. The suit alleges that they hacked Biden's devices and tampered with his data, causing the "total annihilation" of his digital privacy. It's Biden's latest legal salvo against those he accuses of trying to get access to his data for political purposes. AdvertisementAdvertisementHunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and his former lawyer on Tuesday, alleging that they hacked his devices and tampered with his data, causing the "total annihilation" of his digital privacy. Biden has accused Giuliani, Costello, and several entities owned by Giuliani of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Bob Costello, —, Plaintiff's, Biden, Giuliani, Costello, Garrett Ziegler, Ziegler Organizations: Service, Computer Fraud, Trump White House, White

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden sued Rudy Giuliani and another attorney Tuesday, saying the two wrongly accessed and shared his personal data after obtaining it from the owner of a Delaware computer repair shop. The suit filed in California also claims Biden’s data was “manipulated, altered and damaged” before it was sent to Giuliani and Costello, and has been further altered since then. House Republicans, meanwhile, have continued to investigate every aspect of Hunter Biden's business dealings and sought to tie them to his father, the president, as part of an impeachment inquiry. Hunter Biden, meanwhile, after remaining silent as the images are splayed across the country, has changed his tactic, and his allies have signaled there's more to come. Giuliani provided the information to a reporter at the New York Post, which first wrote about the laptop, Biden's attorney said in a letter pushing for a federal investigation.

Persons: — Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Giuliani, Robert Costello, Costello, Ted Goodman, Hunter, ”, Biden doesn’t, he's, Trump, Biden, Eric Tucker Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, Giuliani, New, New York City, Associated Press, Department, Trump, House Republicans, New York Post Locations: Delaware, California, New York, Wilmington

☆ Biden's son Hunter sues Giuliani, lawyer over alleged data breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, sued Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani's former lawyer Robert Costello, accusing the pair of violating his privacy over data allegedly taken from his laptop, court documents filed on Tuesday showed. Republicans have focused on Hunter Biden as President Joe Biden, a Democrat, seeks re-election next year. Representatives for Giuliani and Costello could not immediately be reached for comment on the lawsuit. Earlier this month, Costello and his law firm separately sued Giuliani over more than $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Jonathan Ernst, Joe Biden's, Rudy Giuliani, Robert Costello, Biden, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Costello, Trump, Jonathan Stempel, Susan Heavey, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, White House, Trump, U.S . Internal Revenue Service, Republicans, Democrat, Democratic, Plaintiff, Thomson Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Los Angeles, Delaware

☆ Hunter Biden sues former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over infamous laptop
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden on Tuesday sued former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his companies, and another attorney over alleged violations of computer fraud and data access related to a laptop computer Biden is said to have left at a Delaware repair shop. "They also are among those who have been primarily responsible for the 'total annihilation' of Plaintiff's data." Giuliani delivered information allegedly gleaned from Biden's laptop to The New York Post, a right-wing newspaper, in October 2020, a month before the election between Trump and Joe Biden. The Post then published a story based on that data, which suggested that President Biden may have attended a meeting with a representative of a Ukrainian company that employed Hunter. The suit also says Biden's data was "manipulated, altered and damaged" before it was copied and sent to Giuliani and Costello.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Biden, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Hunter, Hunter Biden's, Robert Costello, Plaintiff's, Costello, John Paul Mac Isaac, Rather, Mac Isaac, Plaintiff Organizations: Trump, Republican, New, Democratic, GOP, Giuliani Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Delaware, Los Angeles, New York, Ukrainian

CNN —Hunter Biden filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against Rudy Giuliani and his former attorney, claiming they caused “total annihilation” of his digital privacy and violated federal and state computer privacy laws through their alleged efforts to hack his devices. It comes as Republicans launch an impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden, that’s also examining Hunter Biden’s business dealings. Earlier this month, Hunter Biden brought a similar civil suit against former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler, claiming that since leaving his White House post, Ziegler “has devoted most of his waking time and energy” on the effort to access devices that purportedly belonged to Hunter Biden. And last week, Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service, alleging its agents illegally released his tax information and that the agency failed to protect his private records. The suit accuses Giuliani and Costello of breaking both federal and California state computer privacy laws and asks for a jury trial in the matter.

Persons: CNN — Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, Giuliani, Robert Costello, Plaintiff, Costello, Joe Biden, that’s, Hunter, “, Garrett Ziegler, Ziegler “, Hunter Biden’s, Giuliani “, ’ Organizations: CNN, Trump White House, White, Internal Revenue Service, New, ’ Locations: California, New York

☆ Rudy Giuliani's ex-lawyers sue him for the $1.4 million they say he owes for defending him in election interference investigations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Jack Newsham | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani's ex-lawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking nearly $1.4 million in unpaid bills. Costello and Giuliani's advisor Ted Goodman didn't immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday evening. One of Trump's PAC has also paid $340,000 to a legal records firm that Giuliani owed money to, records show. In July, a panel of the DC Bar recommended that Giuliani's law license be revoked. Giuliani isn't the only Trump ally to fail to pay legal fees to Costello.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani's, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Davidoff Hutcher, Citron, Robert Costello, Costello, Jack Smith's, Fani Willis, . Costello, Ted Goodman didn't, Eduardo Munoz Rudy Giuliani's, Trump, it's, Steve Bannon Organizations: Service, US, Office, of, New York City, New York Law, REUTERS, CNN, Trump's PAC, DC Locations: Wall, Silicon, Manhattan, Georgia, Southern, of New York, Bedminster , New Jersey, New York, Mexico

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