Three men were indicted Thursday in the 2018 beating death of a fellow inmate, the famed Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, the Department of Justice said in a release Thursday. Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 55, Paul “Pauly,” J. DeCologero, 48 and Sean McKinnon, 36, were all charged with conspiracy to commit …
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Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81. Petersen died Friday at his home in the Los …
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U.S. stocks saw big gains on Friday, giving the S&P 500 its first 4-week winning streak since November. The benchmark index rose 73 points to 4,280, or 1.7%, Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 424 points to 33,761, or 1.3%. Technology stocks drove much the rally with the …
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Police in Northern California have released a new image of missing teen Kiely Rodni, but said their search has hit a roadblock. The 16-year-old was last seen early Saturday morning at a party near the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee. Placer County Sheriff’s Sergeant Scott Alford said Wednesday that authorities have …
Read More »Washington — House Republicans and allies of former President Donald Trump erupted in anger late Monday after he revealed the FBI conducted a search of his South Florida home of Mar-a-Lago, with the GOP leader in the House vowing to open investigations into the Justice Department if Republicans win control …
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Hiring surged in July, with U.S. employers creating 528,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. That far exceeded economist expectations for gains of 250,000 new jobs during the period. It was also a jump from the previous month, when businesses added 372,000 jobs despite the highest inflation in …
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Washington — Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana was killed in a car crash Wednesday, along with two of her aides and the driver of another vehicle, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said. In an updated release on Thursday, Sheriff Jeff Siegel said Walorski, 58, was in a SUV traveling …
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A man accused of abducting a 12-year-old who escaped by chewing her way out of restraints after a week in captivity at a rural mobile home was charged with killing two people found dead inside the residence, authorities said Wednesday. Already charged with first-degree kidnapping in connection with the child’s …
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Country music star Kenny Chesney said he is “devastated” after an unidentified female fan fell and died just after the singer’s show at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver on Saturday night. “There had been so much joy, so much heart coming from the people of Denver last night …
Read More »Washington — Former President Donald Trump continued to push the argument in federal court that he is entitled to broad immunity from civil lawsuits brought by congressional Democrats and veteran Capitol Police officers who attempt to hold him accountable for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the …
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