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Jan. 6 defendant nicknamed Sedition Panda convicted of assaulting law enforcement officer

Jesse James Rumson, the man who dressed in a panda costumeas he took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, has been convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer, according to court documents. Earlier this month, Rumson waived his right to a jury trial, opting instead for bench trial. He was convicted on all eight counts by U.S. …

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George Floyds brother says he still has nightmares about his 2020 murder

George Floyd’s family is still grieving, four years after he was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. “(It’s) absolutely hell,” sister-in-law, Keeta Floyd tells CBS News. “They don’t realize the things that are going on behind the scenes, for every life that has been lost since the death of George Floyd. It’s extremely painful. It’s a wound that never heals.” …

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Bird flu detected in beef tissue for first time, USDA says, but beef is safe to eat

Bird flu has been detected in beef for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday, but officials said the meat from a single sickened dairy cow was not allowed to enter the nation’s food supply and beef remains safe to eat. The USDA said the H5N1 virus was found as part of testing of 96 dairy cows …

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Biden administration cancels more student loan debt: What to do if you dont qualify

Student loan borrowers with significant amounts of debt received some welcome news this week after the White House revealed the approval of $7.7 billion in student loan forgiveness. The latest round of forgiveness will extend to 160,500 additional borrowers. In total, the Biden administration will now forgive $167 billion in student loans for 4.75 million people. Those who qualify for …

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Family members infected with brain worms after eating undercooked bear meat

A number of family members who shared a meal of bear meat that one of the family members had harvested earlier were subsequently infected with brain worms, according toa new reportfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In July 2022, the Minnesota Department of Health was flagged that a 29-year-old man had been hospitalized multiple times over a two-and-a-half-week …

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How much interest would a $15,000 6-month CD earn now?

If you have $15,000 in a safe or a traditional savings account, you may be looking for a more effective way to grow your savings dollars. After all, traditional savings accounts currently only offer 0.45% average annual returns and your safe doesn’t produce any return. But, a certificate of deposit (CD) may help you passively grow your savings dollars. In …

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Prosecutors in Trump classified documents case seek to bar him from making statements that endangered law enforcement

Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution. The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents …

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Fired up about barbecue costs this Memorial Day? Blame the condiments.

Having friends and family over for a Memorial Day barbecue will cost you more this year, with the price of many grilling staples having risen even more sharply than that of other groceries. Americans will pay an average of just over 10% more this year than in 2023 for barbecue basics including ground beef, hot dogs, buns, relish, ketchup and …

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Will a HELOC or home equity loan be better in June?

If you need to borrow money, you may want to consider tapping into your home equity. After all, the average American homeowner has nearly $300,000 in equity in their home. In turn,tapping into your equity could give you the funds you need for a wide range of purposes. And if you’re going to borrow against your home equity, you have …

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Judge in hush money trial rejects Trump request to sanction prosecutors

Manhattan prosecutors won’t be penalized for a last-minute document dump that caused former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial to start later than scheduled, a judge ruled Thursday. Judge Juan Merchan rejected the defense’s request that prosecutors be sanctioned for a deluge of nearly 200,000 pages of evidence just weeks before the trial’s scheduled start. The documents were from …

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