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NEW YORK — Executives at KSK Construction, the Brooklyn-based contractor facing scrutiny as part of a federal investigation into Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign, have made contributions to and worked with Turkey’s second largest political party, which controls more than a fifth of the country’s parliament, according to federal disclosures. The revelations about KSK’s ties to the Turkish Republican People’s Party come on the heels of reports that the federal probe is scrutinizing whether Adams’ campaign conspired with KSK and the Turkish government to funnel illegal foreign cash into the campaign’s ......

Community Through Hope, the Chula Vista charity that provided food, showers and other help to unsheltered people across the South Bay in recent years, generated a lot of sympathy when it announced last month that it was shutting its storefront due to a lack of resources. Founder and chief executive Rosa Vasquez blamed the COVID-19 pandemic and a spike in demand for services for the unfortunate downturn in revenue. But she nonetheless pledged to build back the organization with the help of more donations. "We are not giving up," Vasquez told CBS 8 last month. "We really do believe that if folks......

To many, Melania Trump doesn’t act like the typical former first lady or the loyal spouse, as her attention-seeking husband is running for president again while brashly fending off legal battles that could lead to prison. The Slovenian-born former model hasn’t appeared beside Donald Trump at campaign events or when he’s had to go to court in New York and Florida to be arraigned on state and federal criminal charges. Unlike other recent first ladies, she also hasn’t stayed in the public eye by writing a best-selling memoir, earning lots of money by giving paid speeches, or launching a foundatio......

Silicon Valley is an embarrassment of riches for some and a struggle to get by for many who live there, but a report Tuesday puts the gap between rich and poor in the cradle of technology and innovation into stark relief: Just eight households in the California region hold more wealth than the 500,000 at the other end of the earnings scale. The Fourth Annual Silicon Valley Pain Index published Tuesday by San Jose State University’s Human Rights Institute features new data that highlights the region’s persistent earnings inequalities and the astronomical concentration of wealth into the hands o......

As promised, Johnny Depp is putting the $1 million settlement he was awarded from the Amber Heard defamation case to good use. The former “Pirates of the Caribbean” star has reportedly spread out the payment among five charities, including Make-A-Film Foundation, The Painted Turtle, Red Feather, Tetiaroa Society, and Amazonia Fund Alliance. Sources told People that each organization will receive $200,000. Last June, a seven-person Virginia jurysided with Depp in his messy $50 million defamation trial, stemming from Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she said she was a survivor of dome......

CULLOM, Ill. — Hack Street isn’t exactly Michigan Avenue. The main thoroughfare of downstate Cullom — a town of around 600 about halfway between Bourbonnais and Bloomington — showcases cement geese hand-molded by the mayor and a market often staffed by one clerk. But don’t confuse a quiet town with a dead one. Cullom’s business center is crowded, its high school enrollment is stable, and most homes here are occupied, so trying to buy one can be difficult. Rural towns like Cullom stand in contrast to some larger downstate communities that have struggled amid population loss and a changing natio......