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Ana Sandoval, mother of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney who has been detained for five months in Venezuela, hugs her son Henry Martinez, Hernandez's half-brother, while posing for photos in Compton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation's top adversaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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LA man jailed in Venezuela begs for Biden not to forget him
By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press
Tue,08/30/22-2:45PM , 155 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — A Los Angeles attorney detained in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S.
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Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, attends a House session on Jan. 8, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla. The former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire, according to new allegations in a civil suit filed Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in New York federal court. (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)

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New claims against ex-Miami congressman hired by Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press Writer
Sat,08/20/22-2:17PM , 241 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's socialist government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire, according to new allegations in a civil suit.
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Blood stains mark a screen as author Salman Rushdie, behind screen, is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., about 75 miles (120 km) south of Buffalo. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)

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Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press
Fri,08/12/22-10:12AM , 328 Reads
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.
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Confiscated shark fins are shown during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Doral, Fla. A spate of recent criminal indictments highlights how U.S. companies, taking advantage of a patchwork of federal and state laws, are supplying a market for fins that activists say is as reprehensible as the now-illegal trade in elephant ivory once was. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

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Feds target US companies caught in lucrative shark fin trade
By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press
Tue,08/02/22-8:08AM , 210 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — It's one of the seafood industry's most gruesome hunts.

Every year, the fins of as many as 73 million sharks are sliced from the backs of the majestic sea predators, their bleeding bodies sometimes dumped back into the ocean where they are left to suffocate or die of blood loss.
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