With prices on the rise, Mindy Godding’s small business Abundance Organizing held a team meeting. Employees of the Richmond, Virginia-based company, which helps people declutter or downsize and unpacks after home renovations and moves, were feeling the strain of soaring costs. Paying for gas just to get to clients’ homes …
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Scottie Scheffler capped off an amazing two months with his grandest feat of all, winning the Masters on Sunday to validate his new status as the best player in golf. The only stumble came at the end when Scheffler needed four putts from 40 feet before he could claim his …
Read More »Editor’s note: The judge in the case rejected the plea deal Monday afternoon. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. Prosecutors have reached plea deals on federal hate crime charges with two of the three White men convicted of killing 25-year-old Black man Ahmaud Arbery, court documents show. …
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Authorities in Virginia have positively identified the remains of two women they say were killed by a man they believe is a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting them on dating sites. CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reports police also believe they have identified …
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Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial spent all day Tuesday deliberating without returning a verdict, and have informed the court they will return Wednesday morning to continue reviewing the case. The jury began deliberations Tuesday morning, after prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments on Monday. Rittenhouse, 18, is charged with …
Read More »Medicare’s “Part B” outpatient premium will jump by $21.60 a month in 2022, one of the largest increases ever. Officials said Friday a new Alzheimer’s drug is responsible for about half of that. The increase guarantees that health care will gobble up a big chunk of the recently announced Social …
Read More »Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thing on social media. Shootings involving children and teenagers have been on the rise in recent years, and 2021 is no …
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Comedian Dave Chappelle is being criticized for comments he made about the LGBTQ+ community in his latest Netflix special. In “The Closer,” which premiered on Tuesday, Chappelle addressed several controversies surrounding his past comments on the LGBTQ+ community. Chappelle talked about how other Black rappers and comedians have been “canceled” …
Read More »A body discovered in Wyoming has been identified as Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old who was reported missing earlier this month, the FBI’s field office in Denver announced Tuesday. The initial manner of death has been ruled a homicide but the cause of death remains pending final autopsy results, it said. …
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Swedish pop group ABBA is back after nearly 40 years with a new album and upcoming “state-of-the-art” digital concert, the musicians announced Thursday. The 10-track project, “Voyage,” will be released November 5 and will be performed virtually in 2022. “It all came rushing back in a matter of seconds,” group …
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