Chrissy Teigen said this week that she has come to understand that the miscarriage she said she had in 2020 was instead an abortion. Teigen said it took her over a year to realize she’d had an abortion, which she said was necessary to “save my life for a baby …
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When is the best time to buy tickets to an NFL game?
With football season kicking off this week, NFL fans will be racing online to buy tickets, often for big bucks. An alternative? Wait until the last minute, when it’s often possible to land tickets for about $40 cheaper than everyone else, a recent analysis found. Researchers at personal finance website …
Read More »Father charged with murder after intentionally leaving his 1
An Ohio father has been charged in the death of his 1-year-old child whom he left in a hot car for hours, authorities said Friday. Landon Parrot, 19, brought his unresponsive child into the Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital on Thursday, New Philadelphia Police Chief Michael Goodwin said in a statement. Police …
Read More »CDC: E. coli sickens 97 people in 6 states; most ate lettuce at a Wendy’s
Consumer Reports is advising people against eating any Wendy’s sandwich or salad with romaine lettuce until more is known about a strain of E. coli that has at sickened 97 people in six states, hospitalizing 43. The non-profit advocacy group cited its food safety experts in urging a cautious approach …
Read More »Mary Peltola made history and beat Sarah Palin in Alaska’s special U.S. House election. Who is she?
Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola made history this week, becoming the state’s first Alaska Native member of Congress. Peltola beat out former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a special U.S. House election. But who is she? Peltola is a Yup’ik Alaska Native, and grew up on the …
Read More »Serena Williams center of attention at U.S. Open
They came to the U.S. Open on Monday from far and wide for Serena — no last name required, befitting someone as much an icon as superstar athlete — eager to see her play or, if not lucky enough to hold the right ticket, hoping for an autograph, a glance …
Read More »Inflation cools as U.S. consumer prices rose 6.3% in July
Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, according to a report closely watched by the Federal Reserve. Consumer prices rose 6.3% in July from a year earlier after posting an annual increase of 6.8% in June, with the latter representing the biggest jump since 1982, the Commerce Department reported …
Read More »Brink’s says rig driver slept while thieves stole 22 bags of jewelry worth millions
Los Angeles — One of the drivers of a Brink’s tractor-trailer was asleep inside the big rig parked near a remote Southern California rest stop earlier this summer when thieves broke a lock and stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry and gemstones, according to a lawsuit filed by the …
Read More »Judges who got kickbacks for sending kids to for
Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in …
Read More »North Carolina prosecutor dismisses murder charge against man in college student’s 2008 death
A local North Carolina prosecutor has dropped a first-degree murder charge against a man whose conviction in the death of a university student was overturned by a judge eight years later. Gaston County District Attorney Travis Page formally dismissed on Friday the charge against Mark Bradley Carver, 54, of Belmont, …
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