Altria to Buy Vaping Company NJOY for $2.75 Billion

Altria agreed to buy e-cigarette maker NJOY for $2.75 billion in cash as the Marlboro maker looks to strengthen its portfolio of smoke-free products. The deal for privately held NJOY, one of the few e...

Exxon Mobil sued over 5 nooses displayed at Louisiana facility

Exxon Mobil Corp. violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman’s nooses were displayed at its facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the U.S. government said in a lawsuit. A...

His Hollywood Sexual Abuse Crimes, Explained

Topline Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday on one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault, adding to an existing 23-year prison sentence, afte...

Crypto scammers abuse ‘lax’ UK company laws to fool victims: Report

The United Kingdom is host to at least 168 companies accused of running fraudulent crypto or foreign exchange (forex) scams, according to an independent analysis. A joint investigation by media firms ...

Tether moves to combat child abuse content marketplaces

Tether aims to increase visibility and mitigate controls of cryptocurrency payments used in child abuse content marketplaces through a collaboration with INHOPE.  The stablecoin operator will work wit...

Tether and INHOPE Join Forces to Fight Child Abuse Material Online

Tether is hoping that by collaborating with INHOPE, it will be possible to increase the visibility of bitcoin payments used in content marketplaces that promote child abuse and make it simpler for aut...

Three words crypto execs love to abuse

People on cryptocurrency Twitter are overjoyed at the prospect of helping you, and are quick to offer life, diet, entrepreneurial, and other advice; but never financial. It’s a common-held belief that...

FC Barcelona Legend Dani Alves Arrested For Alleged Sexual Abuse

FC Barcelona legend Dani Alves has been arrested for an alleged sexual assault. Getty Images FC Barcelona legend Dani Alves has been arrested after being accused of sexual abuse in late 2022. The Braz...

Elon Musk says he can’t get fair trial in California in Tesla shareholder suit, wants Texas

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk has urged a federal judge to shift a trial in a shareholder lawsuit out of San Francisco because he says negative local media coverage has biased potential jurors against him. I...

Former FTX lawyer tipped off US prosecutors on SBF fund abuse: Reuters

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX’s former top lawyer, Daniel Friedberg, shared his knowledge of founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s use of customer funds with U.S. prosecutors. Friedberg joined a mee...

Sites selling child abuse material for crypto taken down

An international investigation took down two communities and one crypto-powered market dedicated to exchanging child sexual abuse material on the deep web. An international joint investigation led by ...

In New Recordings, Former Georgian President And Putin Foe Alleges Abuse Amid Claims He Is Being Poisoned

Lawyers representing Mikheil Saakashvili, whose health has declined since his imprisonment in October 2021, claim he will die without immediate medical treatment. Former Georgian president Mikheil Saa...

MetaMask cofounder calls Apple purchase tax ‘abuse,’ supports Coinbase decision

Dan Finlay, the co-founder of MetaMask, has sided with Coinbase, saying he is ready to dump Apple due to their 30% in-app purchase tax and their recent ban of Coinbase’s iOS wallet software. Apple’s r...

MetaMask Co-Founder Wants to ‘Dump’ Apple, Calls iOS Purchase Tax ‘Abuse’

MetaMask co-founder and ex-Apple employee Dan Finlay says he’s all in favor of the crypto industry ditching Apple’s App Store altogether, calling Apple’s 30% in-app purchase tax “an abuse of monopoly....

Telegram founder wants to build new decentralized tools to combat power abuse

Telegram is set to build a set of decentralized tools, including noncustodial wallets and decentralized exchanges, said founder Pavel Durov via his Telegram channel on Nov. 30. The initiative is a res...

Metaverse exploitation and abuse to rise in 2023: Kaspersky

Malware, ransomware attacks and phishing are not the only scourges of the crypto industry as the Metaverse could become a big target next year, according to cybersecurity experts. In its “Consumer Cyb...

Michelin Green Star Awarded To Unique Restaurant Aimed At Substance Abuse Recovery

The small village of Coriano is set in the rolling hills of Rimini, in the southern part of the … [+] Emilia Romagna region getty Vite, a restaurant set in the hills of Rimini in Emilia Romagna,...

Baltimore Catholic Archdiocese Covered Up Sexual Abuse Of More Than 600 Victims, Probe Finds

Topline A criminal investigation into the Archdiocese of Baltimore revealed clergy members and other church staff sexually abused more than 600 young victims over 80 years, according to a court filing...

Bernstein launches coverage of Canada’s Tilray, Cronos and Canopy Growth but stops short of any buy ratings

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Nadine Sarwat initiated coverage of three Canadian cannabis stocks on Wednesday but stopped short of any buy recommendations at current levels. “Is the buzz gone...

Shocking: Websites accepting crypto for child abuse material rise in 2022

The number of websites selling child sexual abuse material for crypto has doubled yearly since 2018. According to the data shared by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity foundation aiming to...

Republicans claim Google is sending their fundraising emails to Gmail users’ spam folders

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its email solicitations ahead of November’s midterm elec...

20-year-old investor who made $110 million on a meme stock is now pushing for change at psychedelics company MindMed

The 20-year-old investor who found fame this year when he made $110 million trading shares of troubled retailer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, -5.48%, has turned activist shareholder and is pushing ...

Mango Markets Exploiter Launches Shitcoin to Abuse Bots, Warns Twitter Community

Last week, Mango Markets lost $115 million worth of crypto due to a “profitable trading strategy” employed by Avraham Eisenberg and his team. While technically an exploit of the Mango Markets platform...

England And United States Women’s Teams Show Solidarity For Abuse Victims At Wembley

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 07: Players of England and USA pose for a photograph with a banner reading … [+] ‘Protect the Players’ prior to the Women’s International Friend...

Angelina Jolie Accuses Brad Pitt Of Physical Abuse In New Court Filing

Topline Angelina Jolie disclosed new details about a 2016 incident with her former husband Brad Pitt in a court filing Tuesday that alleges Pitt was physically violent with Jolie and several of their ...

U.S. Soccer Failed To Protect Women’s Players From ‘Systemic’ Abuse And Sexual Misconduct, Report Finds

Topline Abuse and sexual misconduct within women’s soccer are “systemic” from youth leagues to the highest levels of the game, according to a damning report published Monday after a yearlong independe...

R. Kelly Convicted On Child Pornography And Sex Abuse Charges

Topline A Chicago jury found R. Kelly guilty of child pornography for taping his sexual encounters with underage girls, according to multiple reports, just months after the R&B singer was sentence...

South Korean Man Sentenced For Sexual Abuse in Metaverse

Anurag is working as a fundamental writer for The Coin Republic since 2021. He likes to exercise his curious muscles and research deep into a topic. Though he covers various aspects of the crypto indu...

Anna Kendrick And Director Mary Nighy Dive Deep Into The Important Cinematic Storytelling Of ‘Alice, Darling’

Wunmi Mosaku, Anna Kendrick and Kaniehtiio Horn in their new film “Alice, Darling” Lionsgate Both on-screen and in our everyday lives, terms like “gaslighting” and “toxic” have often been ...

BYU Finds No Evidence Of Racial Abuse Against Black Duke Volleyball Player

Topline Brigham Young University said Friday it did not uncover evidence of a fan uttering a racial slur at Duke University volleyball player Rachel Richardson and lifted a ban on the person who alleg...

Must be ‘fit and active’ or ‘digital native’: how ageist language keeps older workers out

Ageism is wrong. Age discrimination is illegal. But if you are or have been an older job seeker and you suspect your age is a barrier to getting job offers, your instincts aren’t wrong. “Ageism is a r...

U.K. Tobacco Company Imperial Brands Is a Good Bet Against Inflation

Tobacco companies as a whole have historically been one of the most recession-resistant industries. Dreamstime Text size Stockholders have had a rough time this year, with surging inflation and fears ...