Kathy Whitworth set a benchmark in golf no one has ever touched, whether it was Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright or Annika Sorenstam. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour. Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who …
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A Chick-fil-A in Hendersonville, North Carolina, illegally paid some workers with meal vouchers instead of wages, while also violating child labor regulations by using teenagers for hazardous work, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The DOL has fined the franchisee $6,685 following an investigation that found certain employees were asked …
Read More »Number of executions continued to fall this year but many were botched, report says
Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued their more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were “botched” or highly problematic, an annual report on capital punishment says. There were 18 executions in the U.S. …
Read More »Portage Park mass shooting suspect held without bail
CHICAGO (CBS) – A judge ruled that the man charged with murdering three people and critically wounding another in the mass shooting outside of a party in Portage Park over the weekend would be held without bail. Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count …
Read More »Federal Reserve boosts interest rates — again. Here’s what it means for your wallet.
With inflation still high, though cooling, the Federal Reserve is again turning to its most effective weapon in its battle against soaring prices: Another rate hike. The central bank on Wednesday boosted its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage point, marking its seventh consecutive hike this year. There are some …
Read More »Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi on her father Paul Pelosi’s recovery: “The emotional scars, I don’t know if those ever heal”
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, the youngest daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has a new documentary about her mother, “Pelosi in the House,” premiering on HBO next week. Not in the film, however, is the brutal hammer attack on her father by an intruder in their San Francisco home on October …
Read More »Amazon accused of stealing tips from delivery drivers
It’s been more than a year since federal regulators ordered Amazon to pay back nearly $62 million in drivers’ tips it allegedly skimmed over the years. Now, a government prosecutor wants the e-commerce giant to compensate customers he says were also misled in the process. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl …
Read More »Oklahoma man charged in killings of 4 men found in river
A Oklahoma man accused of killing and dismembering four men in eastern Oklahoma was charged Monday with four counts of first-degree murder. Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski announced the charges against Joseph Kennedy, 67, at a news conference. The dismembered bodies of Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike …
Read More »Donald Trump knew about his company’s alleged tax fraud scheme, prosecutor says in closing arguments of Trump Organization trial
Donald Trump was in on his company’s alleged tax scheme, said a New York prosecutor during closing arguments in the state’s criminal fraud and tax evasion case against two Trump Organization companies Friday. The former president was not charged in the Manhattan District Attorney’s effort to prosecute the Trump companies, …
Read More »Amazon CEO says retailer will continue to sell antisemitic film
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday the company does not have plans to stop selling an antisemitic film that gained notoriety recently after Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out an Amazon link to it. Pressure has been mounting on Amazon to discontinue sale of the film, called “Hebrews to …
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