A House Republican accused the Treasury Department in a letter Wednesday of running interference for the White House in an effort to stymie efforts to investigate Hunter Biden’s finances. Rep. James Comer, the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, cited a June 13 phone call in …
Read More »Daughter of slain Mexico reporter dies of wounds from attack that killed her father
The daughter of a reporter slain earlier this week in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas died Friday of wounds suffered in the attack that killed her father. On Wednesday, Antonio de la Cruz became the 12th journalist killed so far this year in Mexico, when a man on …
Read More »Singer Kate Bush earned $2.3 million after “Stranger Things” popularized “Running Up That Hill”
Singer Kate Bush has garnered legions of new fans thanks to Netflix’s “Stranger Things” tapping her 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill” as a talismanic song for the character Max Mayfield. It’s also brought her a financial windfall, delivering about $2.3 million in streaming royalties in the month since the …
Read More »Liz Cheney to debate Wyoming GOP foes after Jan. 6 hearings
Liz Cheney is returning to Wyoming after a week of hearing dramatic public testimony before the House Jan. 6 committee to debate Republican primary challengers including Harriet Hageman, her Donald Trump-endorsed opponent. Cheney is likely to draw criticism in Thursday’s televised debate for investigating the former president’s effort to overturn …
Read More »Alexander Scott Ervin, acquitted of murder with insanity defense, escapes from Texas mental hospital
Austin, Texas — A man acquitted by reason of insanity of murder in the 2013 stabbing death of his father in Austin has escaped from a state hospital to which he was committed, authorities said Monday. Staff at the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, near the Oklahoma border and …
Read More »Transcript: President of the World Bank Group David Malpass on “Face the Nation,” June 26, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with President of the World Bank Group David Malpass that aired Sunday, June 26, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We now want to welcome David Malpass, President of the World Bank. Welcome back to Face The Nation. PRESIDENT OF THE …
Read More »What’s in the bipartisan gun bill unveiled in the Senate
Washington — A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday released the legislative text of a plan to curb gun violence, which if passed by Congress would be the most significant update to the nation’s firearms laws in nearly three decades. Called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the measure is the …
Read More »Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is changing its name to Kraft Mac & Cheese
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is changing its name after 85 years, KraftHeinz, announced. The iconic blue boxes and bowls will now read Kraft Mac & Cheese, and the logo will be updated. “The change from ‘macaroni and cheese’ to ‘mac & cheese,’ is meant to reflect the way fans organically …
Read More »Energy Dept grants incentivize construction of buildings that pull CO2 from air
The idea that buildings should be constructed with an eye to slowing climate change by making them carbon neutral is being superseded by the development of even more ambitious technologies that aim to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, making them carbon negative. CO2 is a main component of greenhouse gases, …
Read More »2 El Monte police officers “essentially ambushed,” shot and killed in Los Angeles County
Two police officers — one a 22-year veteran and the other a rookie — were shot and killed in the Los Angeles County city of El Monte late Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The suspect is also dead. The mayor said the officers were “essentially ambushed.” The El Monte officers were …
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