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Walmart Says Workers Spent Khalil Mack Donation On Themselves
Bears superstar Khalil Mack was one of several NFL players who celebrated Christmas by paying off layaways at a local Walmart. But now the store says that $20,000 of Mack’s money was misused by ...
Jan 14, 2020
Impeachment Trial Could Begin Next Tuesday
Senate leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate impeachment trial could begin early next week. The House will vote Wednesday to send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. If that happens, McConnell...
Jan 14, 2020
Video Shows Iran Police Shooting At Protesters
New video shows Iranian police opening fire on protesters angry over the government’s shootdown of a Ukranian passenger plane. The Tehran police chief first denied that his officers opened fire ...
Jan 13, 2020
The Pressure Is On At Tuesday’s Democratic Debate
Tuesday night is the first Democratic primary debate of the year, and the pressure will be on for the six 2020 hopefuls taking the stage. Only six candidates have qualified time around – the ...
Jan 13, 2020
Supreme Court Turns Down Case On Going Topless In Public
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal over whether women should be permitted to go topless in public. The case involves three New Hampshire women who were arrested and fined for going ...
Jan 13, 2020
Windows 7 Support Ends On Tuesday
Still have a computer running Windows 7? Microsoft is about to leave you hanging. On Tuesday, Microsoft will officially stop supporting Windows 7, which means no more updates, tech support, or securit...
Jan 13, 2020
Economy Added 145,000 Jobs In December
The US capped off a decade of solid employment growth, adding 145,000 jobs in the final month of 2019, according to figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists expected the n...
Jan 10, 2020
College Professor Fired After Joke About Iran Bombing U.S.
A college professor in Massachusetts has lost his job after joking on Facebook about Iran bombing the U.S. After President Trump hinted at the possibility of bombing Iranian cultural sites, professor ...
Jan 10, 2020
17-Year-Old NASA Intern Discovers New Planet
A high school student working as a NASA intern discovered a new planet – on just his third day on the job. 17-year-old Wolf Cukier was pouring over data from NASA’s TESS mission when he no...
Jan 10, 2020
You Might Want To Update Firefox
If you are using the Firefox browser, you should probably update it as soon as possible. Homeland Security has urged users to install the update because of a huge vulnerability. A cyber-attacker could...
Jan 10, 2020
