Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen’s 3-month-old baby made her television debut Friday on “CBS Mornings.” Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro was born on April 6 weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces, De Niro told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King in May when he revealed he had welcomed his seventh child. Chen …
Read More »Need an apartment? Prepare to fight it out with many other renters
If you’re looking for a place to rent, prepare to duke it out with eight other people, and as many as 23 in the most competitive U.S. housing markets, a new report found. As daunting as that figure may seem, it’s actually fallen from the pandemic years, when the typical apartment saw between …
Read More »Death penalty sought against man charged with abducting and killing Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher during her morning jog
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her, a district attorney said Thursday. Cleotha Abston is charged with snatching Eliza Fletcher from a street near the University of Memphis on Sept. 2 and forcing …
Read More »Small businesses got more than $200 billion in potentially fraudulent COVID loans, report finds
More than $200 billion in federal aid to small businesses during the pandemic may have been given to fraudsters, a report from the Small Business Administration revealed on Tuesday. As the agency rushed to distribute about $1.2 trillion in funds to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan and Paycheck Protection programs, …
Read More »3 elderly people stabbed to death inside Boston
NEWTON, Mass. — The Nonantum neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, is on high alert after police say three elderly people were killed inside a home Sunday morning. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said there is evidence of forced entry at the home and the victims suffered stab wounds and blunt force …
Read More »Biden hosts India’s Modi for state visit, navigating critical relationship amid human rights concerns
Washington — President Biden emphasized the power of democracies on Thursday as he hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, boasting of the collaborations between the two nations on “nearly every human endeavor” while stressing that universal human rights remain vital to the success of both the …
Read More »U.S. Marine arrested in firebombing of Planned Parenthood clinic in California
A U.S. Marine was arrested Wednesday alongside another suspect in connection to the firebombing of a California Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa last year, according to the Department of Justice. The two men have been accused of using a Molotov cocktail to commit an act of arson; the DOJ did …
Read More »Gas stove debate boils over in Congress this week
Days after a rare bipartisan moment in which Congress voted to avert a debt ceiling crisis, a fierce and politically charged debate begins this week over the future of gas-fueled stoves in American homes. The House Rules Committee began proceedings Monday, ahead of a vote later this week on …
Read More »Melody Sasser accused of trying to hire hitman to kill wife of man she met on Match.com
A Tennessee woman has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on dating app Match.com, according to a federal criminal complaint. Melody Sasser is charged with murder for hire, according to the complaint filed last month in U.S. District Court …
Read More »10 states sue to try to block large flood insurance rate hikes
Louisiana and nine other states filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday to block sharp increases in national flood insurance rates that are slated to be phased in over the coming years, saying the steeper price could cost some people their homes and businesses. Dozens of local Louisiana governments …
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