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Democrats

Clinton nonprofit got $17.7M in foreign cash, NY filing shows

Clinton Foundation officials used an obscure New York state charity board filing to disclose that the nonprofit organization received nearly $17.7 million in donations from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The specific foreign governments weren't identified

corruption

Bribes drain $2 trillion from global economy, hurting poor

WASHINGTON (AP) — A global finance leader asserts that as much as $2 trillion, or 2 percent of the global economy, in bribe money courses through developing and developed countries each year, undermining economic growth and diminishing basic services most needed by the poor. "Corruption has a pernicious effect on

Education

Detroit probe uncovers corruption in city schools

DETROIT (AP) — A dozen Detroit principals and an administrator are accused of finding a way to bleed their struggling public schools of $900,000 — ordering chairs, writing paper and other supplies that in most cases were never delivered, even as investigators doggedly battled fraud in a district that lacks textbooks

boston

Challenge to union campaign-finance loophole set for trial

BOSTON – A trial date has been set in December for a lawsuit challenging a Massachusetts campaign-finance law that lets unions contribute as much as $15,000 to a candidate for election to a state or local office while barring businesses from making any contributions at all. The action came just

Politics

Corruption probes close in on Argentina ex-President Fernandez

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Corruption allegations always swirled around former President Cristina Fernandez during her two terms in office, but they never stuck. Now, the walls seem to be closing on the fiery populist leader who typically criticized those who dared to question her management and ethics. In the past

Russia

Iceland leader becomes first to fall in offshore holdings leak

LONDON (AP) — The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claimed its first high-profile political casualty Tuesday as Iceland's prime minister stepped aside amid outrage over revelations he had used such a shell company to shelter large sums while Iceland's economy was in crisis. Icelandic

Massachusetts legislature

Sen. Joyce won’t seek re-election amid FBI, IRS probe

BOSTON – Embattled state Sen. Brian Joyce won't seek re-election this year, announcing his plans on Twitter barely a week after FBI and IRS agents raided his Canton law office and on the same day that Milton Democrat Rep. Walter Timilty took steps to challenge Joyce if he did

crime

Pope in Mexico condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’

ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the drug trade's "dealers of death" and urged Mexicans to shun the devil's lust for money as he led a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 people Sunday in this violence-riddled city. "Let us get