Gwen Osborne, a 72-year-old retired newspaper reporter in Chicago, liked to spend long hours in her apartment reading her Bible and writing. It’s also where she died, overcome by the temperatures of a Midwestern heat wave. Osborne was one of three residents who died in the same building in May 2022. The building had a policy of not turning on …
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Washington — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday in the federal gun trial, and now a judge will have to determine whether the president’s son should be imprisoned for the felony conviction. Hunter Biden was convicted by the 12-person jury of two felony counts for making false statements on a federal gun form about his drug use, and one count for …
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Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long-lost jet in Lake Champlain. The corporate jet disappeared shortly after departing the Burlington airport for Providence, Rhode Island, on Jan. 27, 1971. Those aboard included two crew members and three employees of the Atlanta, Georgia, …
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Merger discussions between National Amusements, which controls Paramount Global, and Skydance Media have ended without a deal. The two companies “have not been able to reach mutually acceptable terms regarding the potential transaction with Skydance Media for the acquisition of a controlling stake in NAI,” National Amusements said in a statement to CBS News. The announcement ends months of speculation …
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Washington — President Biden issued a statement in response to his son Hunter Biden beingconvicted on three felony gun charges in federal court in Delaware on Tuesday, with the president saying he will accept the outcome of the case and loves his son. The president returned to Delaware Tuesday afternoon after the conviction, and was photographed hugging his son. The …
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The State Department on Tuesday announced up to $8 million in rewards to target human smugglers operating in the largely ungoverned Darién region between Colombia and Panama. Hundreds of thousands of migrants cross Panama’s treacherous Darién Gap jungle on foot each month on their way to the U.S. southern border. The announcement came on the third anniversary of Joint Task …
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Gas prices are falling across the nation, a pleasant surprise for U.S. drivers as fuel prices typically surge this time of year. The average price for regular unleaded gas in the U.S. was $3.44 per gallon on Monday, down roughly 9 cents from a week ago, according to AAA. That’s 19 cents less than a month ago and 14 cents …
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Oprah Winfrey has announced her latest Book Club pick, “Familiaris,” by New York Times bestselling author David Wroblewski. Published by Blackstone Publishing, the book is a follow-up to Wroblewski’s acclaimed novel, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.” “David takes us on an extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship and living …
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Washington — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise confirmed the House will vote Wednesday on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, escalating a battle over audio recordings related to President Biden’s handling of classified documents. The Justice Department has defied subpoenas from the Republican-led House Judiciary and Oversight committees, who have demanded that Garland turn over audio recordings …
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A rare white grizzly was killed after being struck by a vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway, about 12 hours after her two bear cubs died after being hit by a car on the same roadway, Parks Canada officials said on Tuesday. Park officials received a report that the two cubs were struck and killed early Thursday morning. On the evening …
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