After carjackers allegedly stole a pregnant Illinois mother’s Volkswagen SUV earlier this month with her infant son inside, running her over in the process, local deputies said they immediately contacted the automaker so they could use its crash-response system to help locate the car via GPS. The automaker declined. The …
Read More »U.S. could face possible weapons shortage as it continues to supply military aid to Ukraine, war game shows
With the war in Ukraine entering its second year — and the U.S. continuing to provide the embattled country with military aid in the form of rockets, guns and ammunition — the Pentagon is stepping up production of critically-needed supplies. “For a couple of key items, the stockpile is getting low,” retired Marine Col. …
Read More »Mallory Beach boat crash: Alex Murdaugh testifies in his murder trial exactly 4 years after fatal boat crash involving his son
Alex Murdaugh took the stand in his own defense Thursday and Friday. The disgraced former South Carolina lawyer is accused of killing his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul Murdaugh, in June 2021. His first day of testimony happened to come on the four-year mark of a fatal boat crash …
Read More »Home Depot’s starting pay rises to $15 an hour
Home Depot said it is raising starting pay for employees to $15 an hour, effective this month. The DIY-focused home improvement chain made the announcement Tuesday as part of a $1 billion investment in pay raises for workers across its 2,000 U.S. stores and 182 Canadian stores. The decision comes …
Read More »Ford to build $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan
Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $3.5 billion factory in Michigan that would employ at least 2,500 people to make lower-cost batteries for a variety of new and existing electric vehicles. The plant, to be built on land being readied for industrial development about 100 miles west of Detroit, …
Read More »Dunkin’ releases Super Bowl ad outtakes starring Ben Affleck
Dunkin’ has released outtakes from its hidden camera-style Super Bowl ad starring Ben Affleck. The Bostonian helped the chain strike gold with their first ever Super Bowl ad, and now, coffee and donut enthusiasts everywhere can see what didn’t make the cut. “It’s Boston, after all, so we had some …
Read More »A Tampa mobster was supposedly killed by a hitman. His son now says it was faked.
When Angelo Bedami returned from hiding in Sicily in 1983 to turn himself in for smuggling millions of dollars of drugs into Florida from Colombia, federal law enforcement’s initial question had nothing to do with his operation. “Was your father there? That’s the first thing they asked me,” Angelo …
Read More »John Fetterman hospitalized after “feeling lightheaded” during Senate retreat, but did not suffer another stroke, his office says
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was hospitalized Wednesday after “feeling lightheaded” while on a Senate Democratic retreat in Washington D.C., his office announced. He remained hospitalized Thursday, but his office said an MRI and other tests had ruled out a new stroke. Fetterman was driven by his staff to George …
Read More »Another inflation pressure point for Americans: Car insurance
Inflation may be starting to ease, but drivers won’t see a break on their insurance this year, with the average cost of a policy rising almost 14%, according to a new analysis. The price of full coverage car insurance jumped to $2,014 a year in January, up 13.7% from a …
Read More »John Michael Musbach of New Jersey admits to paying hit man $20,000 in bitcoin to kill 14
A New Jersey man admitted to paying $20,000 in cryptocurrency to have a 14-year-old child murdered, according to a news release from the Department of Justice on Thursday. John Michael Musbach, 31, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of “knowingly and intentionally using and causing another …
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