Millions of Americans have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of direct cash payments from the U.S. government, via stimulus checks, extra unemployment benefits and the expanded Child Tax Credit. But that last financial buffer may come to an end on December 15 when the IRS sends out the …
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Hobby Lobby workers will be taking home fatter paychecks in the new year, with the crafts chain upping pay to $18.50 an hour for full-time workers as of January 1. Hobby Lobby in 2009 set a nationwide minimum hourly wage well above the federal level, and has since hiked wages …
Read More »A Texas county approved a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit settlement Tuesday with the family of a man who sheriff’s deputies shocked with stun guns after a 2019 chase that was filmed by the real-time police TV series “Live PD.” Commissioners in suburban Williamson County, just north of Austin, authorized …
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Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri will discuss steps the popular photo sharing app is taking to keep teenage users safe on the platform during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the new name for the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. The testimony, Mosseri’s first …
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Authorities in Los Angeles on Thursday announced more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab thefts at stores where nearly $340,000 worth of merchandise was stolen, part of a rash of organized retail crime in California. Fourteen people were arrested in connection with 11 brazen robberies between November 18 and …
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Thieves rushed into a Southern California Nordstrom store the night before Thanksgiving and ran off with pricey goods in the latest of a string of organized retail thefts. Five people, one wearing an orange wig, entered the open store shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Westfield Topanga Mall in …
Read More »Washington — Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said Sunday that those concerned about the well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai have reason to be “deeply, deeply skeptical” about images released by Chinese state-run media that appear to show her in Beijing, marking the first time she’s been seen in …
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Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was ordered by a judge to appear in court after he missed a scheduled alcohol test, according to CBS affiliate KLAS-TV. Ruggs is currently under house arrest after he allegedly caused a fatal car crash while driving under the influence at over …
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Kraft Heinz is recalling Country Time Lemonade and Kool-Aid Tropical Punch powdered beverages because they may contain tiny pieces of metal and glass. The recall involves certain powdered drinks sold in 19-ounce, 82-ounce and “on-the-go sticks” because of the small particles that may have been introduced during production, the company …
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, that aired Sunday, November 14, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Neel Kashkari, he’s the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis and …
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