A man accused of killing a Michigan woman with a crossbow was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday. Officers were called Sunday to a home on reports that a woman had been shot, the Battle Creek Police Department said. Kori-Lee Moser, 44, was found injured and officers confirmed she had been …
Read More »Why Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race was the most expensive election of its kind ever
Wisconsin voters went to the polls Tuesday to elect their next state Supreme Court justice in what could be the most consequential race of 2023. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Justice Dan Kelly, flipping control of a court that had a conservative majority for 15 years. The …
Read More »Fake job listings are a growing problem in the labor market
Even as job openings have receded from their peak and layoffs cascade in some industries, one saving grace of the labor market is the plethora of open positions, with 1.8 openings for every American who is looking to get hired. Indeed, the high number of openings is a favorite economic figure …
Read More »Lust languages: What they are, why sex and relationship experts suggest them
You may be familiar with love languages, a popular way of thinking about how people respond to gestures like quality time, acts of service and words of affirmation. But did you know there’s also a sex-focused version of this concept for couples? They’re called lust languages, and experts say they …
Read More »Industrial art: The photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher
A water tower. A grain elevator. A gas tank. Unremarkable structures to some, but to photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, they were works of art. A German couple working in the second half of the 20th century, the Bechers trained their sights on an unlikely subject: the rapidly vanishing industrial …
Read More »Auction of items from Murdaugh family’s Moselle estate draws an estimated 3,000 people
An estimated 3,000 people showed up to an auction of items from the Murdaugh family’s Moselle estate on Thursday. Liberty Auctions in Pembroke, Georgia, facilitated the auction, which drew about three times the normal crowd they would get, said Emily McGarry, who works for the auction house. McGarry told CBS …
Read More »John Fetterman expected to return to Senate “soon,” but no timeline yet
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman‘s office said Thursday that he is expected to return soon to the chamber, although Democratic leaders are giving no timeline five weeks after he sought inpatient treatment for clinical depression. Fetterman, 53, was weeks into his service in Washington and still recovering from the aftereffects of …
Read More »Summer travel prices rise: Americans will have to spend a lot more this year to take their vacation
Travel last summer was — in a word — wild. Pent-up “revenge” travel combined with relaxed restrictions caused a surge in demand. High fuel prices and limited airline capacity drove up costs, with overall travel prices increasing 17% over pre-pandemic levels by June 2022, according to NerdWallet’s Travel Price Index. What …
Read More »McHenry: “All options should be on the table” in allowing large banks to buy troubled smaller ones
Washington — Rep. Patrick McHenry, the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, said Sunday that he believes “all options should be on the table” to prevent further crisis in the banking sector following the abrupt collapses of two banks this month, including allowing a large, too-big-to-fail institution to buy …
Read More »Joshua Nichols, son of Oklahoma City bombing co
The son of imprisoned Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols pleaded guilty Wednesday in Las Vegas to kidnapping and armed robbery in a case that will get him at least five years in a Nevada prison. Joshua Isaac Nichols and a co-defendant, George William Moya III, each took plea deals …
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