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Japan’s largest bank apologizes over theft of millions of dollars from safe deposit boxes

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s biggest bank apologized Monday for the alleged theft by an employee of more than 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers’ safe deposit boxes.The bank, formally known as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., said Monday that it was investigating and that verified thefts from about 20 of the 60 clients thought to have been affected amounted to 300 million yen (nearly $2 million). Compensation was being worked out, it said.The thefts occurred at two Tokyo branches of the bank, from April 2020 until the end of October this year, when the problem was discovered.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.MUFG’s president and CEO Junichi Hanzawa told reporters the female employee responsible for managing the safe deposit boxes and […]

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North Korean media reports South Korean President Yoon’s impeachment

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean state media KCNA on Monday reported on the South Korean parliament passing President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote on Saturday.Yoon was impeached in a second vote by South Korea's opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, which shocked the nation.KCNA had reported for the first time on Dec. 11 South Korea's martial law crisis which was sparked on Dec. 3.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.On Monday, KCNA did not offer much commentary, but called Yoon's defiant televised remarks on Dec. 12 "a press statement spliced with lies and obstinacy" and noted the rally in front of South Korean parliament that called for Yoon's impeachment.It also noted media reports on various South Korean military […]

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One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again

DAMASCUS (AP) — At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. The few maintenance workers who showed up for work huddled around Maj Hamza al-Ahmed, eager to learn what will happen next.They quickly unloaded all the complaints they had been too afraid to express during the rule of President Bashar Assad, which now, inconceivably, is over.They told the bearded fighter they were denied promotions and perks in favor of pro-Assad favorites, and that bosses threatened them with prison for working too slowly. They warned of hardcore Assad supporters among airport staff, ready to return whenever the facility reopens.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.As […]

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Jamie Foxx recovering after physical altercation at Beverly Hills restaurant

Jamie Foxx is recovering after an incident at a restaurant during his birthday dinner on Friday left him with injuries.“Jamie Foxx was at his birthday dinner when someone from another table threw a glass that hit him in the mouth,” a spokesperson for Foxx said. “He had to get stitches and is recovering. The police were called and the matter is now in law enforcement’s hands.”The Beverly Hills Police Department said it responded to “a reported possible assault with a deadly weapon at Mr. Chow restaurant, located at 344 N. Camden Drive.” The incident happened just after 10 p. m., police said, though the department does not mention Foxx by name.“Upon investigation, officers determined that the reported assault with a deadly weapon was unfounded,” BHPD said. “Instead, the incident involved a physical altercation between parties. The BHPD conducted a preliminary […]

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Frank McCourt, the billionaire who wants to buy TikTok, says the path to a sale is murky because ‘we don’t know what ByteDance is selling’

Frank McCourt has made a $20B bid to buy TikTok without its algorithm but told Business Insider the path toward a sale is murky since the app's parent company, ByteDance, isn't entertaining talks.Anadolu/Getty Images Billionaire businessman Frank McCourt has made a $20 billion bid to buy TikTok without its algorithm. He told Business Insider the path toward a sale is murky since ByteDance isn't entertaining talks. TikTok has vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court to stop its looming ban in US app stores. Frank McCourt, the billionaire businessman who wants to buy TikTok, told Business Insider that, despite a Friday court ruling allowing the TikTok ban's looming January 19 deadline to proceed if the company isn't sold, the path to a sale remains unclear because "we don't know what ByteDance is selling." McCourt is among a small handful of […]

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Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time.In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” he wrote.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.Setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall is intended to maximize daylight during summer months, but has long been subject to scrutiny. Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942.Lawmakers have […]

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Over 2 dozen delays, closures reported due to slick roads this morning

Over two dozen delays and closures have been announced due to slick roads this morning.[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Benjamin Logan Schools in Logan County is closed this morning. Riverside Local Schools in Logan County is delayed by 2 hours and there will be no morning preschool.Ohio Hi-Point Career Center in Logan County is also delayed by 2 hours.In Champaign County, four districts are delayed by 2 hours. Mercy Health Urbana Cardiac Rehab in Champaign County is also on a 2-hour delay.Nine districts in Miami County are delayed by 2 hours, including Troy City Schools and Piqua City Schools. Nicholas School in Miami County is also delayed by 2 hours.Nine districts in Shelby County are delayed by 2 hours. Sidney Holy Angels in Shelby County is delayed 2 hours and there will be no morning preschool.Minster […]

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911 caller hides during Lafayette laundromat shooting, describes aftermath to dispatchers

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Louis McGlothlin woke up Dec. 5 in Lincoln, Nebraska, climbed into his Ford pickup truck and drove nearly a dozen hours to Lafayette, where he killed a man and wounded a second man and a woman that night, police say.McGlothlin, 73, arrived at the laundromat in the 3100 block of South Street about 7:40 p.m., grabbed his handgun and walked through the doors at the southwest end of the laundromat.Without saying a word, McGlothlin turned to his left and fired, mortally wounding 35-year-old Keith Ford of Lafayette. McGlothlin and Ford never knew one another, according to police.Paramedics later rushed Ford to IU Health Arnett, where he died.Police investigate a shooting that left four wounded - two of them dead - at the laundromat on 3100 South St. Photo taken Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Lafayette, Ind.McGlothlin continued […]

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Americans less welcoming of immigrants without legal status, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By Jason Lange and Ted HessonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans have grown less welcoming toward immigrants living in the U.S. illegally since Donald Trump's first presidency but remain wary of harsh measures like using detention camps for Trump's promised mass deportation effort, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.Some 33% of respondents in the poll, conducted Dec. 5-10, said most or all immigrants without legal status should be allowed to stay in the United States, down from 39% in Reuters/Ipsos polling conducted in 2017, early in Republican President-elect Trump's first four-year term.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.The share of respondents who said most or all immigrants in the U.S. illegally should be deported was largely stable at 53%, compared with 51% in 2017. The share […]

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