Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Biden administration to appeal Texas ruling striking down ACA mandate

 

at 3/31/23 4:08pm

The Biden Administration on Friday said that it would appeal a ruling by a Texas federal judge that struck down a mandate of the Affordable Care Act requiring private health insurance plans to cover preventive care.

— Andrew Tate to await possible sex-trafficking charges under house arrest

 

at 3/31/23 3:35pm

Self-styled self-help guru and social media influencer Andrew Tate will be released from prison in Romania, where he was being held on suspicion of sex trafficking, and held under house arrest.

— Assistant director for 'Rust' pleads guilty to gun charge

 

at 3/31/23 2:33pm

The "Rust" assistant director who handled the gun that killed a cinematographer, pleaded no contest on Friday to a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon.

— Marking Transgender Day of Visibility, Biden calls attacks on community 'un-American'

 

at 3/31/23 2:24pm

U.S. President Joe Biden marked Friday's Transgender Day of Visibility by calling attacks against the transgender community "un-American."

— American white supremacist arrested in Romania will be extradited

 

at 3/31/23 1:44pm

An American neo-Nazi who was at a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in 2017 was arrested in Romania Friday and will be extradited to the United States.

— Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee diagnosed with treatable cancer

 

at 3/31/23 1:28pm

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., who represents Flint, has been diagnosed with a "serious but curable form of cancer," he said in a statement Friday.

— Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg rejects GOP claims of bias in Donald Trump indictment

 

at 3/31/23 1:08pm

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg rejected assertions by Republicans that his indictment of former President Donald Trump was political, according to a letter sent to lawmakers on Friday.

— Volodymyr Zelensky visits Bucha, Ukraine on anniversary of Russian massacre

 

at 3/31/23 12:57pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined heads of state in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha to commemorate approximately one year from the massacre during which Russian paratrooper units killed hundreds of civilians.

— Oscar Pistorius denied parole in South Africa in girlfriend's death

 

at 3/31/23 12:00pm

The South African authorities on Friday denied parole to disgraced paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted in 2017 for the shooting death of his girlfriend at his home.

— Euro area inflation declined in March, but core inflation remains high

 

at 3/31/23 11:30am

Inflation for the euro area was estimated to be 6.9% in March, about 1.5% below the rate from February, data from the European Union's statistic's office showed Friday, though a less-volatile reading was a concern.

— Pope Francis to leave hospital on Saturday in time for Palm Sunday Mass

 

at 3/31/23 10:52am

Pope Francis is expected to be discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, allowing him to preside over Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican, officials said on Friday.

— Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern for East Palestine train derailment

 

at 3/31/23 10:32am

The Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that released toxic chemicals into the environment.

— Consumer-level inflation declines, but Biden says the fight isn’t over

 

at 3/31/23 10:22am

The latest data on inflation in the U.S. economy shows obvious progress, though there's more work yet to do, President Joe Biden said Friday.

— Donald Trump's indictment rooted in tawdry tale from 2006

 

at 3/31/23 9:47am

A 2006 alleged affair after a celebrity golf tournament and an effort to hide it a decade later is at the core of a historic indictment of a former U.S. president, the first in history.

— U.S. gasoline prices follow crude oil higher

 

at 3/31/23 8:12am

Retail gasoline prices are on the rise as broader markets start to breathe a sigh of relief over recent concerns about the health of the global financial sector, analysts said.

— British Amazon workers announce two rounds of strikes over pay

 

at 3/31/23 7:49am

Amazon workers in Britain Workers are set to stage a fresh wave of strikes next month as a dispute over pay threatened to escalate, the country's third-largest union said Friday.

— Pope Francis could leave Rome hospital 'in a few days' after viral bronchitis treatment

 

at 3/31/23 6:38am

Pope Francis could be discharged from a Rome hospital "in a few days" after being treated for viral bronchitis with antibiotics under a doctor's care, Vatican officials said Thursday.

— Britain joins $13 trillion Indo-Pacific trading bloc

 

at 3/31/23 6:25am

Britain joined a 10-country trading bloc in the Indo-Pacific on Friday, its biggest trade deal since quitting the European Union's $16 trillion single market in 2021.

— Economic adviser Cecilia Rouse leaves the White House

 

at 3/31/23 5:06am

Cecilia Rouse, the first African American to serve as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, announced her departure leaving behind worries of high inflation but an economy that remains strong.

— British economy defies expectations to post 0.1% growth in fourth quarter

 

at 3/31/23 4:18am

Britain's economy narrowly avoided going into recession in the fourth quarter of last year and instead defied expectations by growing slightly, the country's main statistical agency said Friday.

— Federal regulators recall 53K hoverboards after sisters die in fire

 

at 3/31/23 3:30am

Federal regulators have announced a voluntary recall of some 53,000 hoverboards after two girls died in a fire.

As of 3/31/23 7:44pm. Last new 3/31/23 5:24pm.