After an interview showed John Fetterman using a closed captioning device to read questions, the Democrat, who is running for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, tackled the subject that has been front and center on the campaign trail — his health. “The elephant in the room for a lot of folks …
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Turkey farm workers charged with cruelty in Pennsylvania
Eleven people working for one of the nation’s leading turkey producers have been charged with animal cruelty in Pennsylvania after state police said they were caught on video kicking, stomping and beating turkeys at several farms. The workers were responsible for capturing and crating turkeys destined for slaughter, Pennsylvania State …
Read More »Man accused of killing women near Phoenix canal in 1990s heads to trial
A bench trial is scheduled to begin Monday for a man accused of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate killings nearly 30 years ago near a metro Phoenix canal system. Bryan Patrick Miller, 49, is charged with two counts each of first-degree murder, kidnapping and attempted sexual …
Read More »The 3 million richest Americans have greater combined wealth than 291 million
America’s current economic woes are eliciting comparisons to the 1980s — another era with sky-high inflation, rising interest rates and jittery financial markets, not to mention a taste for heavy eye makeup. But most Americans today are far worse financially than they were three decades ago, according to a new …
Read More »Cost of canceling student debt: $400 billion, agency says
The Biden administration’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for millions of Americans will cost the U.S. about $400 billion over 30 years, according to the nonpartisan agency that conducts economic analyses of government policies. The extension of the pause on debt repayments will cost …
Read More »Overdose deaths surge as fentanyl floods Colorado
Golden, Colorado — There is little time to waste when someone is experiencing a fentanyl overdose. In Arapahoe County, Colorado, last December, officers used Narcan to seemingly bring a woman back to life after she took an illegal drug laced with fentanyl. “It did kill me,” the woman, who requested …
Read More »Sterigenics lawsuit: Jury awards $363 million to cancer survivor Susan Kamuda
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics must pay $363 million to cancer survivor Susan Kamuda, who had claimed that its Illinois plant’s emissions caused her illness, a jury in Cook County ruled. “Just such a relief. What came after that really didn’t matter,” Kamuda said in reference to the jury’s ruling, according to …
Read More »Nick Cannon welcomes his ninth child weeks after announcing he is expecting another baby with Brittany Bell
Nick Cannon and photographer LaNisha Cole have welcomed their first child together. The baby girl is Cannon’s ninth child, and was born just weeks after the singer announced he was expecting a baby with Brittany Bell. “Introducing ONYX ICE COLE CANNON… Once again Today I am in Awe of the …
Read More »Woman accused of killing woman and cutting baby from her womb researched how to fake pregnancy, agent testifies
A state police investigator testified Tuesday that a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and removing her unborn child conducted intensive research on how to fake a pregnancy convincingly. The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock …
Read More »Steve Bannon faces New York state indictment, will turn himself in, sources say
Steve Bannon, one of former President Donald Trump’s advisers, faces an indictment on state charges in New York and will turn himself in, two sources close to Bannon confirmed to CBS News late Tuesday night. The details of the charges were not immediately clear. The New York District Attorney’s Office …
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