- Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has received a year in prison and a $250,000 fine for his role in the death of 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch mine collapse in 2010.
- Lawmakers in Puerto Rico have passed an emergency debt bill giving Gov. Alejandro Padilla broad latitude to deal with the island's debt payments in order to stave off default.
- The US Treasury Department is speeding up plans for new shell corporation rules in the wake of this week's "Panama Papers" leaks alleging global offshore tax fraud by a Panama law firm.
- A new study indicates that closing the gender pay and employment gap in the US would increase the country's GDP by more than $2 trillion yearly by 2025.
- The "Olympics of online sports" could be coming to Rio this summer as UK organizers want to put together an international e-sports competition for medals and glory.
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