Friday, December 6, 2024

Can this Vietnamese billionaire save herself from death row? | About That

Vietnamese billionaire Truong My Lan

Vietnamese billionaire Truong My Lan was recently sentenced to death for one of the biggest bank frauds in history. She just lost her appeal, but her fate isn't sealed yet. Andrew Chang explains how she still might avoid the death penalty and what it will cost her.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6585918?cmp=rss

Suspect in health insurance CEO's fatal shooting may have left NYC on bus, police say

a suspect appears in two CCTV captures

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-healthcare-brian-thompson-gunman-hunt-1.7403940?cmp=rss

TikTok loses bid in appeal court to halt law that could lead to U.S. ban

The TikTok logo is seen on display at an event in Hangzhou, China.

A U.S. federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tiktok-future-us-court-appeal-ruling-1.7403778?cmp=rss

Body of missing grandmother recovered from Pennsylvania sinkhole

A solemn man with a white beard holds a framed photo of his wife with him on a beach vacation.

A Pennsylvania coroner's office said Friday that investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pennsylvania-sinkhole-womans-remains-found-1.7403506?cmp=rss