When Adam Potash started driving for Lyft six months ago to help make ends meet, he was happy with the pay. The business was far from lucrative, but he was making about $200 a day before paying for costs like gas and car maintenance. But as gas prices have risen in recent weeks, Mr. Potash …
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CHICAGO (CBS)– A woman was shot while driving in the Woodlawn neighborhood Wednesday night. Police said the 22-year-old woman was driving near 64th Street and King Drive around 11:30 p.m. when someone fired shots. The woman suffered a graze wound to her head. She drove herself to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she …
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Russia appeared to avoid a default this week after it made interest payments totaling $117 million due on two bonds denominated in U.S. dollars. JPMorgan Chase received and processed the payments on Wednesday after U.S. authorities granted it permission to do so, said a person with knowledge of the payment, who requested anonymity because of …
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A man accused of a leading role in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer got the attention of the FBI in 2019 after he made fiery social media posts targeting law enforcement, an agent testified Thursday. The trial of four men resumed in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Proceedings were delayed by …
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Scientists originally found remains of an armored dinosaur, which they named Yuxisaurus kopchicki, in 2017 in the Yuxi region of Yunnan province, an area that has been a hotspot for dinosaur discoveries. Research on the specimens began in 2019, according to study author Shundong Bi, professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The ancient creature belongs …
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Mikaela Shiffrin had just finished eating lunch on Thursday in the picturesque French Alps village of Courchevel. An hour earlier, with a second-place finish in a super-G race — one day after a victory in a downhill race — Shiffrin clinched the World Cup’s season-long overall title, ski racing’s biggest prize, representing the highest achiever …
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The National Labor Relations Board sued Amazon in federal court on Thursday, asking a judge to force the company to swiftly rectify what it called “flagrant unfair labor practices” before workers at one of its Staten Island warehouses begin voting in a union election next week. The case, filed in the Eastern District of New …
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Cory Fleming, the former college roommate and close friend of disgraced South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh, appeared for a bond hearing Thursday after a new indictment charged him as a co-conspirator in an alleged plot to defraud the heirs of Murdaugh’s former housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, out of more than $3.6 million. Richland County Judge …
Elderly adults who napped at least once a day or more than an hour a day were 40% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those who did not nap daily or napped less than an hour a day, according to the study published Thursday in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. “We …
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Border Protection officers in Texas intercepted more than $1 million in methamphetamine that was being smuggled across the border from Mexico on Sunday, authorities said. The seizure happened at the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement. The bridge crosses the Rio Grande to connect northeastern …
