Even as the Wisconsin jury weighed the evidence, two mistrial requests from the defense hung over the case, with the potential to upend the verdict if the panel were to convict Kyle Rittenhouse.
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Pressure on Fed’s Powell is rising as inflation worsens
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell surely expected to have some breathing room after taking the first step this month to dial back the Fed’s emergency aid for the economy
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Scientist who advocated probing lab-leak theory of COVID-19 origin says evidence points to Wuhan market
Michael Worobey said the locations and occupations of the first known patients point to a market origin, with the virus radiating outward into the city of 11 million.
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Thanksgiving dinner will cost 14% more this year, annual survey finds
Overall food prices are up for the last year, and that means paying more for Thanksgiving dinner. In its 36th annual survey, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) revealed Americans will pay 14 percent more for the Thanksgiving feast. Disruptions in the supply chain, inflation and food demand since the pandemic are driving up the […]
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Divided House moves toward approval of Democrats’ sweeping social, climate bill
Passage of the bill, which was delayed by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, would send it to the Senate, where it would certainly face significant changes.
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Oklahoma governor commutes Julius Jones’ death sentence
His sentence is now life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1999 shooting death of businessman Paul Howell during a carjacking.
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Space station remains at high risk from debris from Russian weapons test
NASA and the State Department have condemned the missile strike, saying it also puts satellites and China’s space station at risk.
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CVS Health to close hundreds of drugstores nationwide
The company said it will close about 300 stores a year for the next three years, but didn’t say which stores.
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Wisconsin court rejects ‘Making a Murderer’ subject’s request to review conviction
Steven Avery requested the court review his conviction for killing a young photographer in 2005, a case that became the focus of the popular Netflix series “Making a Murderer.”
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Defense attorneys rest their case at Ahmaud Arbery trial
Under cross-examination, Travis McMichael said that Arbery hadn’t shown a weapon or spoken to him at all before McMichael raised his shotgun on the Georgia street.