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Washington — Three men stand accused of devising a murder-for-hire plot in the U.S. against an Iranian dissident and a woman with whom the dissident fled, according to a recently unsealed federal indictment. Justice Department prosecutors alleged Naji Sharifi Zindashti, working from Iran, orchestrated the international scheme over two years, from 2020 to 2021. They said in the indictment that …

Washington —House Democrats released a report on Monday defending Defense Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas against an impeachment effort they call a “politically motivated sham” aimed at appeasing the far right. In their 29-page report, which comes ahead of a House Homeland Security Committee vote on a resolution to impeach the cabinet secretary set for Tuesday, Democrats on the committee argued that …

Britain’s King Charles III was discharged from a private London hospital after a scheduled treatment for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said in a statement Monday. The palace said the monarch had “rescheduled forthcoming public engagements to allow for a period of private recuperation.” The palace said when it first announced his upcoming the procedure that the king’s condition is …

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former President Donald Trump’s name will stay on the ballot in the March primary in Illinois, after the state’s election board ruled Tuesday it doesn’t have the authority to determine whether he violated the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. At a hearing Tuesday morning, the Illinois State Board of Elections agreed with a hearing officer’s recommendation …

Last spring, amid high (and rising) interest rates, many people turned to savings accounts to help buffer higher borrowing costs. By opening a certificate of deposit (CD) or high-yield savings account, you were likely to earn many times more interest than you would have by simply leaving your money in a regular savings account, the latter of which still comes …

House hunters frequently consider price per square foot when they’re shopping for real estate because the figure can provide value comparisons with other properties in the same area. But looking at a neighborhood’s average selling price on a square-foot basis can also shed some insight into where America’s priciest and cheapest real estate is located. A new report from home …

She was there for the Chiefs’ AFC wild card game, the playoffs matchup against the Bills and the AFC championship win against the Ravens, but can Taylor Swift make it to the Super Bowl? The singer has concerts scheduled in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 8, 9 and 10 as part of herEras Tour. Super Bowl LVIII will be played thousands …

The 2024Super Bowl matchup is set — the San Francisco 49ers will play the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas on Sunday, Feb. 11. The game will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+, but if you want to see the game in person, you’ll have to shell out a pretty penny. The average ticket price is a whopping $12,082 …

After keeping rates paused since last summer, all eyes will turn to the Federal Reserve this week as they meet for the first time in 2024. On the agenda will be the future of the benchmark interest rate range, which currently sits between 5.25% and 5.50% —the highest it’s been in decades. The Fed had been consistently raising that rate …

Noah Kahan will contend for his firstGrammy Awardwhen the ceremony gets underway on Sunday, Feb. 4. But the singer-songwriter, whose latest record earned him a coveted nomination in the Best New Artist category, has been rehearsing his Grammys acceptance speech since childhood. “When I was falling asleep, I would practice my Grammys speech when I was a little kid,” Kahan …