Abbott Laboratories is facing investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in connection with its formula business, the company revealed in a recent SEC filing.  The developments are the latest in a series of inquiries into the factors that precipitated the company’s Michigan factory …

Police charged the business partner of the missing Pennsylvania mother who was found wrapped in plastic in a shallow grave with first-degree murder.  Blair Watts, 33, was arrested on Friday for allegedly killing 43-year-old Jennifer Brown and disposing of her body, police said.   Brown and Watts entered a business …

Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday praised President Biden for being “in command” during his State of the Union address despite “gamesmanship” from some Republicans in attendance, who heckled the president at points in his speech. “There sadly tends to be a theatrical element to that evening as …

Police in San Francisco are investigating a shooting inside a synagogue during which the unidentified suspect may have fired blanks rather than live rounds Wednesday night in what a synagogue official called an attempt to terrorize Jewish people. The synagogue didn’t report the incident until Thursday morning. No injuries or …

The pandemic sparked a restlessness in American life, with many families opting to move in search of more space or a lower cost of living. That trend continued in 2022, with hundreds of thousands of people uprooting their lives and moving to new states.  But some regions are benefitting from …

Washington — Brian Deese, President Biden’s top economic adviser, is leaving the White House, the latest significant departure from the president’s team at the midway point in his term. The announcement of Deese’s departure comes one day after the departure of White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who has …

Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24” and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45. Wersching died Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist told The …

Video and audio of the violent October attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was released to the public Friday. It was released after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Murphy ruled there was no reason to keep the footage secret, especially after prosecutors played …

The death toll from the weekend shooting in Monterey Park, California, rose to 11 on Monday, officials announced. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services said in a statement that one of the four victims taken to LA County-USC Medical Center for treatment has died. “Our heroic staff at LAC+USC …

Wall Street is opening lower as worries build that the U.S. may be headed for a painful recession.  The S&P 500 fell 30 points, or 0.8%, to 3,899 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 252 points, 0.8%, to 33, 045 — their third straight drop. The Nasdaq composite lost …