A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. Depp won a defamation suit against Heard last month in a high-profile civil trial. Heard won a smaller, $2 million judgment …
Read More »IRS internal watchdog to review rare audits of Comey and McCabe
Washington — The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has asked the tax agency’s internal watchdog to examine the events surrounding rare audits of former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who both were frequent targets of former President Donald Trump, the agency said Thursday. IRS …
Read More »Megan Hess, Colorado funeral home owner accused of selling body parts, pleads guilty in federal court
A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court. The Daily Sentinel reports that Megan Hess faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after entering the plea Tuesday in Grand Junction. Other …
Read More »Small businesses are hit with back rent demands amid high inflation
The rent has come due for America’s small businesses and at a very inopportune time. Landlords were lenient about rent payments during the first two years of the pandemic. Now, many are asking for back rent, and some are raising the current rent as well. Meanwhile, most of the government …
Read More »In Philadelphia, and across U.S., police say “crushing volume” of killings outruns their ability to close cases
Just before dawn on a recent Thursday, a SWAT team and detectives from Philadelphia’s homicide unit quietly snaked through the streets of the city’s Mayfair neighborhood. The overworked detectives were closing in on a possible murder suspect in the death of an immigrant Uber driver. Philadelphia saw 562 homicides in …
Read More »American Airlines and United pare flights as delays and cancellations surge
Airlines in the U.S. are struggling to meet a surge in consumer demand for domestic and international air travel as they face acute worker shortages, including in the cockpit. American Airlines on Thursday said it is dropping service to four small cities in Iowa, New York and Ohio because …
Read More »Beyoncé drops song, “Break My Soul”
It’s out. “Break My Soul,” the first song from Beyoncé’s forthcoming seventh album, “Renaissance,” has dropped. The superstar singer announced on social media Monday that it would drop at midnight. But Billboard reports it actually happened at 10 Monday night, EDT. Beyoncé made the announcement by changing the bio …
Read More »Former Arlington police officer indicted in 2021 shooting
FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Tarrant County Grand Jury indicted former Arlington Police Officer Robert Phillips on Thursday related to the Oct. 20, 2021 fatal shooting of Jesse Fischer. Phillips was indicted on a charge of murder. The first-degree felony could cost Phillips five to 99 years or life …
Read More »Public warned against using infant rockers for sleep after 14 deaths
Federal safety officials are warning against using infant rockers for sleep, citing at least 14 deaths linked to products made by Fisher-Price and another by Kids2. At least 13 reported deaths between 2009 and 2021 involved Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rockers and Newborn-to-Toddler Rockers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price …
Read More »Gabriel Sterling, Georgia elections official who harshly criticized Trump, to testify before grand jury
A Georgia elections official who in 2020 gave a fiery press conference rebuking former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the state’s election results will testify Wednesday before a grand jury investigating whether Trump’s actions broke the law. Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, was the voting system implementation manager …
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