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06/30/16 - Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and WLRN hosts Joseph Cooper and Bonnie Berman interview…

Prosecutors called the website the "PayPal for criminals," saying it allowed users to transfer money without leaving a trace.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will seek a new five-year term in elections scheduled for Oct. 6, brushing aside opposition objections and concerns about his waning popularity. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, has signaled his intension to resign his post as army chief if re-elected.

Lawmakers have less than two weeks of legislative days to head off a government shutdown, raise the nation's borrowing limit and provide financial assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General José Javier Rodríguez joined workers and labor advocates Monday to call attention to Florida’s wage theft crisis and his pledge, if elected, to use the office to enforce the state’s minimum wage law.

Florida lawmakers will have an additional $2.6 billion to play with in general-revenue taxes, along with nearly $6 billion in unspent federal coronavirus stimulus money, as they begin to piece together an election-year budget.

President Biden said the pardons are not an "acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing" but rather protect individuals from "unjustified and politically motivated prosectutions."

The InSight Mars lander was successfully launched on Saturday morning, by an Atlas V rocket taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It will gather data on Mars' interior.

Statistics compiled by the Iraqi government and the medical community say that 6,000 people were killed in May and June -- civilians who were victims of spiraling sectarian attacks. The statistics were released by the United Nations.

Two panels of witnesses will testify Monday, although the headliner witness, former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, will no longer appear "due to a family emergency."

Almost no one knows more about the rapidly growing Texas population than the state's demographer, Lloyd Potter. He talks about the historic shift in Hispanic population — and why he's glad he isn't studying the demographics of, say, New Hampshire.

"It is with great sadness that I confirm that a number of young Irish citizens have lost their lives," says Ireland's foreign minister.

The Boston Globe and its largest union say they plan to talk some more but negotiations have reached an impasse, largely over lifetime job guarantees. The 137-year-old newspaper says the guarantees have to end for it to survive. The Globe's owner, the New York Times Co., struck agreements with six of seven unions in an effort to cut $20 million in annual costs.

The value of the stolen art was estimated at more than $24 million when officials obtained insurance for the paintings. The works have not been recovered; some were destroyed, officials say.

Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon could face charges of criminal contempt after he defied a congressional subpoena to sit for a deposition.

The House Jan. 6 panel will take up criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump. The referrals will be voted on Monday in what's likely to be the group's last public meeting.

Brett Peterson, the NHL's first Black assistant GM, spoke at the Florida Panthers' “Black Faces in Uncommon Places” panel discussion.

Baymax, the lovable robot in the new Disney movie, was inspired by inflatable robots being developed at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

As they size up whom to cast their ballot for in the presidential election on Nov. 5, Hispanic voters nationwide are becoming more and more like other U.S. voters, focusing more attention on pocketbook issues, like the economy and inflation, said a leading expert on the nation’s Hispanic vote.

Reports say the decision was already in the works before allegations surfaced over the weekend that lead actor Kevin Spacey had attempted to seduce a teenage actor in 1986.