President Joe Biden visited the graves of his first wife and their baby daughter Sunday, the 50th anniversary of the car crash that took their lives. The pair and other members of the Biden family also attended mass at Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, where the gravesite …
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Congress eyes one
Washington — Lawmakers should be prepared to act quickly to pass a resolution funding the federal government for one week as negotiators continue to work on a longer-term spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday. Schumer said the longer-term measure, known as an omnibus bill, is “by far …
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Matt Luptak was flying with his 11-year-old daughter Sophia when her eyes started swelling and her airway began to close. “I knew an EpiPen was what I needed,” Luptak said. “The flight attendant tells me, ‘We don’t have those.'” Commercial airlines are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to carry …
Read More »How “Boy in the Box” mystery will help solve other cases
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — For 65 years the nation has been waiting for investigators to determine the identity of the boy who became known as America’s Unknown Child or “The Boy in the Box.” Now, we know that child was Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Investigators used modern forensic techniques, including forensic genetic …
Read More »Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy; owes nearly $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook families for hoax lies
Infowars host Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy protection Friday in Texas, citing debts that include nearly $1.5 billion he has been ordered to pay to families who sued him over his conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre. Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Houston. His …
Read More »Airbnb has plan to fix pesky cleaning fees
Pretty much everyone hates Airbnb cleaning fees — those pesky charges tacked on to your vacation rental bill that supposedly cover the costs to get the place ready for the next visitors. Travelers don’t like the expense — and hosts don’t like charging them, either. Dennis Shirshikov, an Airbnb host …
Read More »Alabama governor orders temporary halt to executions after third failed lethal injection
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection. Ivey’s office issued a statement saying she had both asked Attorney General Steve Marshall to withdraw motions seeking execution dates for two …
Read More »Video shows unarmed guard blocking gunman from entering Buffalo treatment clinic
A man with an AR-15 rifle was stopped by a security guard after entering a substance abuse treatment clinic in Buffalo, New York, and the situation was caught on video. The suspected gunman, identified as Jeffery Griffin, 48, according to CBS affiliate WIVB, entered the lobby of Alba de Vida …
Read More »FTX says “unauthorized access to certain assets has occurred” after declaring bankruptcy
Just a day after FTX Trading announced it was filing for bankruptcy, the company’s CEO said Saturday that “unauthorized access to certain assets has occurred.” “An active fact review and mitigation exercise was initiated immediately in response,” John Ray said in a statement, tweeted by the company’s general counsel. “We …
Read More »Forget the 4
As more businesses across America experiment with a four-day workweek, one Miami-area restaurant owner is taking the concept even further. Justin Lindsey, who owns a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Kendall, Florida, is allowing employees to work the equivalent of a full 40-hour week in just three days, with four days off. …
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