Actor Jeremy Renner was run over by a snowplow on New Year’s Day in the Reno, Nevada, area while trying to divert the vehicle as it headed towards his nephew, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Thursday. Renner was seriously injured in the accident. The 52-year-old Renner and his adult …
Read More »A headless man’s body was found in a Michigan field in 1997. Now, 2 brothers have been charged with his murder.
Two brothers were arrested this week on murder charges in connection to a 1997 Michigan cold case in which a man’s headless and handless body was found in a cornfield, authorities said. Brothers Richardo Sepulveda, 51, and Michael Sepulveda, 49, both from Ohio, were arrested Monday on charges including first-degree …
Read More »Tesla posts record profits for last quarter of 2022 but girds for more competition ahead
Tesla on Wednesday posted record net income in the fourth quarter of last year as it predicted that additional software-related profits will keep its margins higher than any other automaker. The Austin, Texas, maker of electric vehicles and solar panels said it made $3.69 billion in profits from October through …
Read More »Monterey Park shooting: Rep. Judy Chu calls for tighter gun laws
Rep. Judy Chu, who represents Monterey Park, California, said she couldn’t believe the extent of the violence when she heard of Saturday’s massacre at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio — “one of the worst mass shootings in L.A. County.” Chu, who is a former mayor of the California city and as …
Read More »Monterey Park shooting: 11 killed at Lunar New Year celebration, suspect dead from apparent self
The suspect in a shooting in Monterey Park, California, that left at least 11 dead and another nine wounded is dead, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Sunday. The suspect, identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Luna said. The massacre was the nation’s …
Read More »House Oversight chairman asks University of Pennsylvania for info on Biden think tank donors, visitor logs
Washington — The GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee is seeking information from the University of Pennsylvania about foreign donations and visitors to the Washington think tank where documents marked classified from President Biden’s tenure as vice president were discovered, as the panel expands it probe into Mr. Biden’s handling …
Read More »Why 200 millionaires want higher taxes: Inequality is “eating our world alive”
More than 200 millionaires say they have a message for the corporate executives and billionaires attending the World Economic Forum in Davos this week: “Tax the ultra rich.” The group, which includes actor Mark Ruffalo and Disney heir Abigail Disney, argues that the rich aren’t paying their fair share, allowing …
Read More »U.S. Navy veteran freed from Russia after 9 months in detention
Russia released a U.S. Navy veteran who had been held in the country’s Kaliningrad territory for nine months, negotiator and former Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson announced. Taylor Dudley had been held since April 2022 and was one of several detained Americans whom Richardson and U.S. authorities have been …
Read More »Feds charge former McDonald’s CEO with misleading investors
Former McDonald’s CEO Stephen Easterbrook has been charged by federal regulators with making false and misleading statements to investors about the circumstances of his firing by the burger giant in November 2019. Easterbrook was ousted for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a McDonald’s employee in violation of company …
Read More »Jan. 6 Capitol riot survivor recalls the “hardest part” about the attack two years ago
Congressional staffer Sharon Nichols barricaded herself inside an office when an angry mob climbed the walls of the U.S. Capitol building two years ago today — smashing windows, attacking police and threatening to hang Vice President Mike Pence. “It was frightening,” Nichols told CBS News, recalling the events of that …
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