Washington — Prosecutors trying to prove that New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez wielded his political influence in exchange for bribes cannot show jurors evidence that they argue is “critical” to their case, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein said prosecutors could not use text messages from 2019 that allegedly show Menendez, who was the top …
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Constantly announcing toco-workers how swamped you are at the office isn’t likely to impress your colleagues — in fact, it may have the opposite effect, new research shows. “Stress bragging” or “busy bragging” about your overflowing plate often leads to resentment from peers, astudyfrom the University of Georgia (UGA) shows. It also tends to make boasters appear less competent at …
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Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet. Scientists from Italy’s International Research School of Planetary Sciences wrote in anarticle published Mondaythat they spotted evidence of changes to the planet’s surface. They compared images of the area taken from 1990 to 1992 taken by the Magellan spacecraft, the first …
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The man convicted in the 2022 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi apologized and was again sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, as the sentencing hearing in his case was reopened due to a court error. David DePape received the sentence, identical to the one he received earlier this month, after being found guilty of assaulting the husband of former …
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T-Mobile, the nation’s second-biggest mobile carrier, plans to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in an acquisition worth $4.4 billion, the wireless carriersannounced on Tuesday. The deal involves cash and as much as $2 billion in debt, with Bellevue, Washington-based T-Mobile buying 30% of U.S. Cellular’s spectrum assets as well as the regional carrier’s customer accounts and retail stores. U.S. Cellular …
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A pilot was seriously injured when an F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday afternoon near New Mexico’s Albuquerque International Sunport, authorities said. The plane was a developmental model of the F-35 fighter jet, which was being delivered by Lockheed Martin, two Defense Department officials told CBS News. It had just taken off from Albuquerque and was en route to Edwards Air …
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — With the 2024 race to the White House ramping up, PresidentBiden traveled to Pennsylvaniaon Wednesday for another campaign event in Philadelphia. On his latest stop in the Keystone State, Mr. Biden was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris. The president and vice president appeared at Girard College in Fairmount to launch their “Black Voters for Biden-Harris” initiative. …
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Three people have been shot to death in a small South Dakota town, and a former law officer who once served as the town’s mayor has been charged in the killings. Jay Ostrem, 64, was jailed on $1 million cash-only bond on three counts of first-degree murder, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday in a news release. “Law …
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Insurance companies are hiking the cost of homeowners coverage to offset the growing risk posed by powerful storms of the kind that ripped across five states over the Memorial Day weekend. The stormsleft a trail of destructionin Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas and parts of Virginia, leveling homes and killing at least 23 people. The increasing frequency and severity of extreme …
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (KDKA) — One person is dead and multiple others were injured after an explosion caused extensive damage to a building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon. The explosion happened at the Realty Building on East Federal Street around 3 p.m. Tuesday. The building houses a Chase Bank at the bottom and apartments up top. The area was …
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