David’s Bridal filed for bankruptcy on Monday just days after announcing plans to lay off more than 9,000 workers nationwide later this year. The popular wedding dress retailer said its stores and e-commerce website will remain open during the financial restructuring process. David’s Bridal executives said they are trying to …
Read More »Mark Jensen sentenced to life in prison in 1998 antifreeze murder of his wife Julie Jensen
A Wisconsin man convicted for a second time of killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998 was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole. The sentencing of Mark Jensen comes a quarter century after police showed him a letter his wife left behind indicating she thought he would …
Read More »Sons of “El Chapo” among 28 charged in U.S. fentanyl investigation after Sinaloa cartel “infiltrated” by DEA
Washington — Federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges against 28 members and associates of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel — including the three sons of former drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — accusing them of orchestrating a transnational fentanyl trafficking operation into the United States. Announcing the charges on Friday, Attorney …
Read More »Tupperware stock plummets after warning it may go out of business
Tupperware is warning it may go out of business, just three years after the retro brand enjoyed a surprise surge from legions of pandemic shut-ins trying their hand at cooking. The Orlando-based company said it had “substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern” in a press …
Read More »Abortion pill ruling: Justice Department asks appeals court to pause decision from Texas judge
Washington — The Justice Department on Monday formally asked a federal appeals court to put on hold an order from a U.S. district court judge that halted the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill, calling the ruling “extraordinary and unprecedented.” The Biden administration is appealing Friday’s …
Read More »After 43 years, a woman whose body washed ashore on Lake Erie is identified
For 43 years, the identity of a woman whose partially decomposed body washed ashore on Lake Erie was unknown. And then on March 30, the exact day her body was discovered more than four decades earlier, the woman wearing a “disco style” dress was finally identified. Her name was Patricia …
Read More »IRS extends tax deadline in storm
The IRS has pushed tax deadlines back for taxpayers in several states across the country because of storm damage from the East Coast to the West Coast. Tuesday, April 18, 2023, is the tax filing deadline for most Americans, but the deadline was extended on Monday for Arkansas storm victims. …
Read More »Nashville school shooting: What we know about the shooter and six victims at The Covenant School
A shooting at a private religious grade school in Nashville, Tennessee, left three adults and three 9-year-olds dead on March 27. The shooter, identified by police as former student Audrey Hale, 28, was killed by police at the scene. The shooting and the possible motive remains under investigation. What happened? …
Read More »Taxes 2023: Here’s how your tax bill could change under Biden’s budget
When President Biden earlier this month released his budget for the next fiscal year, his priorities included raising trillions of dollars in taxes to help reduce the federal deficit by almost $3 trillion over the next decade. Now, the Tax Policy Center has analyzed the budget and estimated the impact …
Read More »Judge to determine whether Dominion defamation case against Fox News goes to trial
Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis will hear a second day of oral arguments in Dominion Voting System’s lawsuit against Fox News Wednesday, as both Dominion and Fox seek a summary judgment that would avert a jury trial that is currently scheduled to begin in April. Dominion is suing …
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