As the Highland Park community mourns and survivors begin their long road to recovery, new details are emerging about those who were killed in the Fourth of July parade shooting. The victims were parents and grandparents. Most were at the parade with their families. The oldest victim was 88-year-old Stephen …
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July, 2022
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6 July
Job openings fell in May but remained near historic high
U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs in May amid signs that the economy is slowing, though the overall demand for workers remained strong. Employers posted 11.3 million job openings at the end of May, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly 11.7 million in April. Job openings reached 11.9 million …
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June, 2022
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29 June
Crime Without Punishment: Homicide clearance rates are declining across the U.S. Baltimore’s is down to 42%.
Baltimore — Baltimore has seen so much pain, with more than 1,500 people killed in the past five years. More than half of those killings remain unsolved. WJZ, in collaboration with CBS News, is examining a crime often going without punishment in our country. The national homicide clearance rate is at an …
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27 June
Superyacht seized by U.S. from Russian billionaire arrives in San Diego Bay
A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday. The 348-foot-long (106-meter-long) Amadea flew an American flag as it sailed past the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway and under the Coronado Bridge. “After a transpacific journey of over …
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26 June
Recreating Matisse’s “The Red Studio”
It is one of the landmark paintings of the early 20th century: Henri Matisse’s “The Red Studio,” his depiction of his workroom filled with paintings and sculptures, even a plate, all of his own making. “He’s sharing his world with you; he’s inviting you into his private space,” said curator …
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25 June
Analyst on why “it’s a mistake” to assume that worst of inflation has happened
Whether on TV or in a grocery store, signs of record-high inflation are unavoidable. Food prices are up 10%, new vehicles 12.5% and gasoline almost 50% compared to last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “What’s Your Problem” podcast host and analyst Jacob Goldstein told CBS News that …
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20 June
Mass shooting in Harlem leaves star college basketball player dead, eight others wounded
An early-morning shooting Monday at a gathering in Harlem left a star college basketball player dead and eight other people wounded, New York City police said. Officers responded about 12:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting on a footpath along the FDR Drive and found five people shot, police said, …
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8 June
Nicholas Roske charged with attempting to murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Washington — A California man who was allegedly armed with a gun, knife and various tools when he was arrested in the early morning near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Maryland has been charged with attempted murder, federal officials said in court papers filed Wednesday. The man was detained around …
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7 June
Man says he was wrongly jailed for 17 days after American Airlines falsely identified him as a burglary suspect
An Arizona man alleged this week that he was wrongly jailed for 17 days after American Airlines falsely identified him as a burglary suspect to police. In his lawsuit, passenger Michael Lowe said he endured more than two weeks of an “unending nightmare” in a New Mexico jail as a …
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3 June
Dozens of banks told Texas attorney general they don’t “discriminate” against firearms companies
Two days after 19 children and two teachers were gunned down in a Texas elementary school on May 24, an investment banking firm sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton promising not to “discriminate” against the firearms industry. The firm, Chicago-based Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC, is the most …
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