Police made an arrest in the Gilgo Beach case on Friday, July 14, 2023. Read the latest from CBS News. Two years after a judge ordered the release of a 911 call that Shannan Gilbert made before she vanished, the Suffolk County Police Department released the full audio Friday. The SCPD …
Read More »Judge lifts $10,000
New York judge Arthur Engoron on Wednesday lifted a civil contempt ruling levied against former President Donald Trump, but said Trump still needs to pay $110,000 in fines accrued and satisfy other conditions. Trump was held in contempt on April 25 after failing to comply with a subpoena requiring he …
Read More »Natural gas prices have soared to a 14
Add natural gas to the list of commodities in the U.S. whose prices are surging. Costs for the fossil fuel, which is used for heating and electricity as well as to produce plastics and petrochemicals, this year jumped to a 14-year high. The spot price for natural gas at the …
Read More »Man charged for allegedly opening plane’s emergency exit and sliding down the wing at Chicago airport
A California man was arrested Thursday after allegedly opening the emergency exit of a plane that had just landed at a Chicago airport and sliding down the wing, CBS Chicago reported. Randy Frank Davila, 57, has been charged with reckless conduct, according to Chicago police. The Chicago Police Department said …
Read More »Republicans target pause on student loan payments
Republicans are pushing back against letting student loan borrowers off the hook — even temporarily — as the White House is eyeing broader student loan debt cancellation. The Biden administration this month extended the pause on repayment that began at the beginning of the pandemic to August 31. In a …
Read More »Facebook parent Meta’s stock soars despite mixed earnings result
Facebook parent Meta’s stock is soaring after the company reported first-quarter profits and daily user counts that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Shares were up sharply in after-hours trading, going up as much as 15% above their closing price. That’s despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade …
Read More »Gilles Tetreault: The man who escaped from “The Dexter Killer” Mark Twitchell
Mark Twitchell was reportedly fascinated with the Showtime series “Dexter” and aspired to be a serial killer. Twitchell is now behind bars for murdering a man, but authorities believe he intended to kill others. Gilles Tetreault was excited for a date with a woman he met online. “She — she …
Read More »Elon Musk steps up Twitter efforts, reaching out to Wall Street partners for financing, reports say
Tesla CEO and America’s richest man Elon Musk is stepping up his bid to acquire Twitter. Musk, whose proposal to buy the platform for $43 billion was rebuffed by Twitter’s board last week, is now said to be looking for financing for the acquisition. Bloomberg News reported that Musk is …
Read More »“Rust” production company fined over $136,000 for alleged safety failures after Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on set
Rust Movie Productions LLC was fined over $136,000 by New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau on Wednesday, months after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin on the set. In a scathing report, safety officials said the production company showed “plain indifference to the recognized hazards associated with …
Read More »Amazon saw almost half of all injuries in U.S. warehouses in 2021, unions say
Nearly half of all injuries recorded in U.S. warehouses in 2021 occurred at Amazon, according to a report released Tuesday by a coalition of unions. “Amazon employed one-third of all warehouse workers in the U.S., but it was responsible for nearly one-half (49 percent) of all injuries in the warehouse …
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