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The former head of Wells Fargo's retail bank has pleaded guilty to obstructing a bank examination and will pay a banking regulator a $17 million fine for her role in the bank's sweeping fake accounts scandal....

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a House-passed plan to use the state's final $1 billion in federal pandemic relief funds largely on a mix of water and sewer infrastructure,......

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — After hundreds of Inter Milan fans with tickets were denied entry to a Champions League game at Porto, UEFA said Wednesday it will look into the incident and the Italian club......

A top U.S. law enforcement official on Wednesday said he sees no link between a rise in Chinese migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and illicit fentanyl entering the United States, in response to questioning by a Republican lawmaker....

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers intends to join the New York Jets for the 2023-24 NFL campaign after leaning toward retirement earlier this off-season, he said Wednesday on the "Pat McAfee Show."...

Russian hackers appear to be preparing a renewed wave of cyber attacks against Ukraine, including a "ransomware-style" threat to organizations serving Ukraine's supply lines, a research report by Microsoft said on Wednesday....

The U.S. government on Wednesday charged Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese businessman with ties to former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, with leading a complex conspiracy to defraud his online followers out of more than $1 billion....

A U.S. military surveillance drone's crash into the Black Sea after being intercepted by Russian jets was likely an unintentional act from Russia's side, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told MSNBC on Wednesday....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is reintroducing the requirement to obtain tourist visas for citizens of the U.S., Australia, Canada, and Japan starting Oct. 1, the foreign ministry said. Former......

U.N. nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium has gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement on Wednesday seen by Reuters....

Fighting broke out in Naples on Wednesday ahead of Napoli's Champions League last-16 second leg against Eintracht Frankfurt, as supporters set a police car on fire and threw stones at buses in the city centre....

The United States needs "strong legislation" on banking regulation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday, "hopefully" something bipartisan....

Most Republican members want answers from regulators as to why they were "asleep at the switch" over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and it is premature to discuss legislative solutions to banking problems, the U.S. Senate's No. 2 Republic...

A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a reduced charge for his role in a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing another victory to prosecutors who have viewed the scheme as domestic terrorism....

The downing of a U.S. drone by a Russian jet is part of a pattern of military behavior by Russia that is becoming more aggressive, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday....

Swiss authorities and Credit Suisse Group AG are discussing ways to stabilize the bank, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter....

A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday found that Constellation Brands Inc did not violate a U.S. distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev SA unit Grupo Modelo by selling hard seltzers branded with the Modelo and Corona names....

New coaches often spend their first several months dwelling on the need to instill a different culture into their programs. Consider Wisconsin's Luke Fickell an exception. Fickell says the Badgers......

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is urging life sciences company Illumina Inc to divest cancer test developer Grail Inc and said on Wednesday that his director candidates will be best placed to pursue this goal....

A major European bank has held talks with Credit Suisse, urging the lender to seek an urgent central bank liquidity backstop, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions....

The American Kennel Club said registration data from 2022 revealed French bulldogs are now the most popular breed in the country, ending the Labrador retriever's 31-year reign....

Latin America has a "very resilient and well-managed" financial system, Inter-American Development Bank President Ilan Goldfajn said on Wednesday, following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which has roiled markets....

SVB Financial Group , the company whose former subsidiary Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by U.S. banking regulators last week, is exploring seeking bankruptcy protection as one option for selling assets that include its investment bank and venture cap...

Exxon Mobil Corp. is considering selling its majority stake in the Rovigo LNG terminal offshore Italy as part of a strategy to divest from non-core assets, the company said in a statement on Wednesday....

Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec won the last women's downhill race of the season at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in Soldeu, Andorra on Wednesday....

The U.S. Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible....

Russia is making small advances near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut but this was coming at a great cost, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday....

A report from the International Energy Agency shows that the price cap on Russian oil imposed by the Group of Seven rich nations and Australia is working to curtail Russian revenues, but keep markets flowing, a Treasury spokesperson said....

Mexico's banking system is robust and strong, and has not been affected by last week's sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States, the president of the Mexican banking association (ABM) told Reuters on Wednesday....

NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Bassett plays a woman who jumps through time and space on NBC's "Quantum Leap," a fitting job for an actor who has lived many lives already. Bassett, who spent seven years in......