Some of the safest and most reliable cars to buy in 2023 are gas-electric hybrids from foreign automakers like Nissan and Toyota, according to Consumer Reports’ “Best Cars of the Year” ranking. Consumer Reports bases its annual list on scores compiled in a variety of categories, including road-test performance, reliability, …
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Michael B. Jordan knows his way around a boxing ring. In 2015, he took on the role of Adonis “Donnie” Johnson in “Creed,” a spinoff of the “Rocky” film series. But for the upcoming third installment of the series, Jordan is not only the star of the film, but also …
Read More »Alex Murdaugh trial suspended as courthouse evacuated due to security issue
The South Carolina courthouse where former attorney Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial is taking place was evacuated Wednesday due to a security issue, officials said. “A bomb threat was received by Colleton County courthouse personnel,” a spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a statement. “The building has …
Read More »TikTok influencers Greta Rolli, Alix Earle and other #GRWM creators are changing social media
It was Greta Rolli’s younger sister who first introduced her to TikTok in late 2019. Together, the two would fill their time by recording themselves singing and dancing in their living room as coronavirus pandemic restrictions tightened across the country. “I didn’t have much of a following — it was …
Read More »Connecticut weighs exonerating accused witches who were executed in the 1600s: “This was wrong”
Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft. The Windsor town clerk registered the death on May 26, 1647, in a diary entry that read: …
Read More »New York City Mayor Eric Adams says police departments should focus on “basic aptitude” of officers, not just training
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain who was also assaulted by police as a teenager, told CBS News Tuesday that police departments must concern themselves with the “basic aptitude” of police officers and recruits, in addition to training. In a wide-ranging interview with …
Read More »A group of Republicans are pushing a so
A group of House Republicans are pushing to eliminate most federal taxes and replace them with a federal sales tax in a plan that would also abolish the Internal Revenue Service. But tax experts warn the so-called Fair Tax Act is not so fair to working families while giving the …
Read More »U.S. resident, fiancée and her two family members killed in Mexico, authorities say
Authorities in the north-central Mexican state of Zacatecas confirmed on Wednesday that a U.S. resident was among four people killed in the state around Christmas. The state prosecutors’ office confirmed the identity of the man as José Melesio Gutiérrez. The man’s employer, the Cincinnati, Ohio, firm Champlin Architecture, said in a …
Read More »Walmart’s U.S. workers to get pay raises next month
Walmart said it’s giving U.S. workers pay raises next month, increasing starting wages to between $14 and $19 an hour. Company President CEO John Furner told employees in a memo Tuesday that the pay raises will be reflected in their March 2 paychecks and will come through a combination of …
Read More »NYPD videoing people leaving Drake concert worries privacy advocates
Some audience members leaving a concert by Drake at a Manhattan theater came outside to see a New York Police Department officer filming those filing out, raising concerns from privacy advocates over what would be done with the footage. The NYPD said Monday the video would only be used for …
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