Former Trump White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway met on Monday with staff members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Conway’s attorney, Emmet Flood, joined her for the meeting. Conway arrived at the conference room where the committee meets shortly after …
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Thomas James, Navy sailor credited with disarming Colorado Springs shooting suspect, says he “wanted to save the family that I found”
A member of the U.S. Navy who was injured while helping prevent further harm during a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado last weekend said Sunday that he “simply wanted to save the family that I found.” Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas James made his first public comments on the …
Read More »Pink paid tribute to Olivia Newton
Pink paid tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John at the American Music Awards (AMAs) on Sunday night, performing “Hopelessly Devoted to You” during the awards show. Newton-John died earlier this year after a long battle with breast cancer. The Australian actress and singer got her big break in the musical …
Read More »Transcript: Rep. Karen Bass on “Face the Nation,” Nov. 20, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California that aired Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass, who made history last week when she became the first woman and the first Black …
Read More »Execution of Alabama inmate stayed by appellate court; state has appealed
An appellate court on Thursday night ordered a halt to the scheduled execution of an Alabama inmate convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife, but the state is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to proceed with the lethal injection. The 11th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals …
Read More »“Zombie Debt”: Homeowners face foreclosure on old mortgages
Rose Prophete thought the second mortgage loan on her Brooklyn home was resolved about a decade ago — until she received paperwork claiming she owed more than $130,000. “I was shocked,” said Prophete, who refinanced her two-family home in 2006, six years after arriving from Haiti. “I don’t even know …
Read More »6 airlines must pay $600 million in refunds over pandemic delays
Frontier Airlines and five foreign carriers have agreed to refund more than $600 million combined to travelers whose trips were canceled or significantly delayed since the start of the pandemic, federal officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Transportation said it also fined the same airlines more than $7 million …
Read More »Roxanne Wood murder: Genetic genealogist Gabriella Vargas helps solve a case that had “a gnat’s eyebrow of DNA” left from the crime scene
Gabriella Vargas is a self-proclaimed “pink-haired, tattooed mom from California who enjoys woodworking and gardening.” She also happens to be one of the most talented investigative genetic genealogists in the world, according to the investigators she worked with. When the 34-year-old Roxanne Wood cold murder case came across her desk …
Read More »Officer shoots driver after car plows through barricade at Omaha Halloween celebration
Omaha, Nebraska — A Halloween celebration turned frantic after a man drove through a barricaded area and was shot by an Omaha police officer Monday night, police said. CBS Omaha affiliate KMTV reports that the man was critically wounded. His name hasn’t been released. Police said no one else was …
Read More »Job openings jump to 10.7 million despite Fed attempts to cool economy
U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in September, suggesting that the American labor market is not cooling as fast as the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve hoped. Employers posted 10.7 million job vacancies in September, up from 10.3 million in August, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Economists had expected the …
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