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The woman was released from U.S. custody on Friday under stringent pretrial conditions after being charged federally with stowing away on a flight from New York to Paris over the Thanksgiving holiday. In Brooklyn federal court on Friday, Svetlana Dali, 57, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Marutollo, who issued a ruling requiring her to subject to GPS tracking, a curfew, and a ban from all airports while she awaits trial. Dali was ordered by the judge to surrender his travel documents and to have a mental health assessment and therapy. Dali, a permanent resident of the United States, is also limited to the Eastern District of New York, where she faces one count of stowing away on a ship or airplane without permission, and the city of Philadelphia, where she will live with a c...

This year's holiday shopping is predicted to hit all-time highs. However, an increasing portion of those purchases will be returned. According to a recent analysis by the National Retail Federation and return management business Happy Returns, returns are predicted to account for 17% of all merchandise sales in 2024, or $890 billion in returned products. This is an increase from a return rate of almost 15% of all retail purchases in the United States in 2023, which amounted to $743 billion in returned products. The NRF also discovered that while returns occur all year round, they are far more common over the holidays. Retailers anticipate an average return rate for the holidays that is 17% higher than the yearly figure as shopping peaks in the coming weeks. According to Amena Ali, CEO of O...

Whether you rent or buy, housing is not inexpensive. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Census, the median sales price for a single-family home in the United States was $437,300 in October, up from $426,800 the previous month. Redfin, an online real estate brokerage website, reports that the typical rent price in the United States was $1,619 in October, which is about the same as it was a year ago, up 0.2%, and down 0.6% from the previous month. More from CNBC This factor can get your mortgage application denied Student loan borrowers may find bankruptcy harder under Trump College enrollment falls 5% for 18-year-old freshmen Although it can be challenging to forecast exactly how the housing market will behave in 2025, a number of economists have...

The U.S. Attorney's Office in California's eastern district has apprehended and charged a 55-year-old fugitive who had been at large for eight years after breaking out of a federal prison in the state. According to a news release from U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert, a federal grand jury on Thursday handed a one-count indictment against San Francisco resident Eric Pree, accusing him of escaping from detention. Pree was found guilty in 2012 of federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to Talbert's office. He received a one-year, five-month sentence. Prior to his disappearance from the U.S. Penitentiary Atwater on January 29, 2017, Pree was incarcerated there serving his term. According to a news statement from Talbert's office, "Pree did not have permission to leave the A...

Following a spectacular lightning-strike rout across the nation, rebel troops on Sunday abruptly ended the Assad family's decades-long rule in Syria by seizing Damascus. Senior commander of the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Hassan Abdul-Ghani, declared triumph for the rebel forces that had swept through Syria in a few days and overnight seized Damascus. In a WhatsApp post, he declared, "We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad." Free Syria is waiting for the world's displaced people. Syrians looked to be rejoicing throughout Damascus overnight and into the day, according to videos that went viral on social media and were confirmed by NBC News. Crowds were seen honking horns, waving flags, and firing their weapons into the air, while others stood ...

According to court documents, twelve of the fifteen students from Salisbury University who were charged with assaulting and beating a guy in Maryland due to his sexual orientation had their first-degree assault and hate crime charges dropped. According to Salisbury police, all 15 students were arrested last month for allegedly enticing a man into an off-campus residence on October 15 under false pretenses, then hitting, kicking, spitting on, and calling him nasty insults. According to authorities, the 18–21-year-old students were first charged with a number of offenses, including first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, false imprisonment, and related hate crimes. Twelve of the accused students have had their felony first-degree assault charge reduced to a misdemeanor second-degree ass...

Following a spectacular lightning-strike rout across the nation, rebel troops on Sunday abruptly ended the Assad family's decades-long rule in Syria by seizing Damascus. Senior commander of the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Hassan Abdul-Ghani, declared triumph for the rebel forces that had swept through Syria in a few days and overnight seized Damascus. In a WhatsApp post, he declared, "We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad." Free Syria is waiting for the world's displaced people. Syrians looked to be rejoicing throughout Damascus overnight and into the day, according to videos that went viral on social media and were confirmed by NBC News. Crowds were seen honking horns, waving flags, and firing their weapons into the air, while others stood ...

The top-four seeds and first-round byes in the 12-team College Football Playoff, which will ultimately determine a national champion, were awarded to top-seeded Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, and Arizona State on Sunday. This season's playoffs expanded from four to twelve teams, and the 13-member selection committee chose the top five conference winners in addition to seven at-large teams. A top-four seed and the benefit of a bye into the quarterfinals were only available to the top four conference winners. The committee's final top-25 rankings deviated from its seedings as a result of that regulation. Seedings for the 12-team bracket: 1. Oregon (13-0) 2. Georgia (11-2) 3. (12-1) Boise State 4. Arizona State (11-2) 5. Texas (11-2) 6. Penn State (11-2) 7. 11-1 Notre Dame 8. Ohio State (10-2)...