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3 Men Charged in Fatal Prison Beating of Notorious Mob Boss Whitey Bulger
Fifty-five-year-old Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 48-year-old Paul “Pauly” DeCologero, and 36-year-old Sean McKinnon were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the beating death of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison in 2018
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Joe Manchin Says He Will Oppose a $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin came out against a $3.5 trillion budget bill on Thursday, throwing cold water on one of President Joe Biden’s top legislative ambitions.
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Even the Feds Reportedly Want to Know Why McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken
It’s a running joke that McDonald’s soft serve machines are always broken — but now this issue is, apparently, being taken seriously.
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Watch Dr. Jill Biden Address That Controversial Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Less than a week after the newspaper published an op-ed arguing she should drop the “Dr.” from her name, the incoming first lady reacted to the piece during the Dec. 17th episode of The Late Show.
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US Intelligence Director Says China Is Top Threat to America
Outgoing National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe says China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II
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Pakistan Court Overturns Conviction in Death of Daniel Pearl
A Pakistani court has overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
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China Revokes 3 Wall Street Journal Reporters' Credentials Over Virus Op-Ed
China says it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the U.S. newspaper Wall Street Journal over a headline for an opinion column deemed by the government to be racist and slanderous.
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Federal Investigators Probe Under Armour's Accounting
Under Armour Inc. is being investigated by federal authorities over its accounting practices. The athletic gear company said Sunday that it has been cooperating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice on their investigations for two years. The company said it firmly believes its accounting practices and disclosures were appropriate. Under Armour reports earnings...
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Trump Wants Agencies to Ax NYT, Washington Post Subscriptions
President Donald Trump plans to direct federal agencies to cancel subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post, outlets he regularly derides as “fake news” for writing critical stories about him, the White House confirmed Thursday. It’s unclear how Trump’s plan, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, would be carried out or enforced, NBC News...
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Poll: Public Views Trump-Ukraine Charges as Serious, But Half Say He Shouldn't Be Removed From Office
A majority of Americans say the allegations that President Donald Trump asked a foreign leader to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden are serious and need to be fully investigated, and they also believe the president hasn’t been honest and truthful about his actions. Still, the public is divided — largely along partisan lines — on whether Trump should be impeached...
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Julian Castro Gets Firsthand Look at Bay Area's Housing Crisis
A Democrat aiming to get into the White House got an eye-opening look at the Bay Area’s housing crisis.
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Beto O'Rourke Visits Oakland Pot Dispensary
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke toured a marijuana dispensary and talked to cannabis experts Thursday in Oakland, and he raised eyebrows with a plan to give money to people locked up for marijuana offenses.
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‘A Deep and Boiling Anger': NBC/WSJ Poll Finds a Pessimistic America Despite Current Economic Satisfaction
The political and cultural upheaval of the last four years has divided the country on ever-hardening partisan and generational lines, but one feeling unites Americans as much as it did before the 2016 election. They’re still angry. And still unsettled about the future, NBC News reports. The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that — despite Americans’ overall satisfaction...
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Trump Has Talked About Buying Greenland for US
Aiming to put his mark on the world map, President Donald Trump has talked to aides and allies about buying Greenland for the U.S. A Trump ally told The Associated Press on Thursday that the president had discussed the purchase but was not serious about it.
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Lowe's Lays Off Thousands of Workers
Home improvement retailer Lowe’s has told thousands of workers that their jobs are being eliminated. The company plans to outsource jobs of maintenance and assembly workers to third-party companies. The assembly workers put together products such as wheelbarrows and grills.
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PG&E: Last-Minute Inspections Missed Tower That Sparked Camp Fire
PG&E revealed in a federal court filing Wednesday that it conducted last-minute climbing inspections on the line blamed for the massive Camp fire, but did not target the aging tower that is blamed for sparking the disaster.
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PG&E Disputes WSJ Report It Delayed Upgrades on Aging Lines
Pacific Gas and Electric told a federal judge Wednesday that it “strongly disagrees” with a Wall Street Journal story that concluded it delayed upgrades on aging high voltage transmission lines that the paper claims the utility knew posed a risk of sparking wildfires – including the line where the devastating Camp fire started in Butte County last year.
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DOJ Targets Silicon Valley Tech Companies in Antitrust Probe
The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced it will launch an investigation to determine if some tech companies have become too powerful.
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What You Should Know About the Equifax Settlement
Nearly 150 million people could be affected by the largest-ever settlement for a data breach.
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Equifax Data Breach Settlement: What You Should Know
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people. The proposed settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, if approved by the federal district court Northern District of Georgia, will provide up to $425...