Chicago air quality hits ‘very unhealthy’ category as Canadian wildfire smoke infiltrates Midwest
FILE photo — AerialPerspective Images/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Canadian wildfire smoke is infiltrating the Midwest on Tuesday and the air in Chicago has deteriorated to the Air Quality Index’s “very unhealthy” category.
The AQI in hazy Chicago reache…
More than $200 billion in pandemic relief potentially squandered, says government watchdog report
IronHeart/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The federal government squandered more than $200 billion in potential fraud in its aggressive rush to prop up small businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to shatter the U.S. economy, according to a report …
Dueling Trump, DeSantis events in New Hampshire stir up GOP excitement and drama
FILE photo — vm/Getty Images(CONCORD, N.H.) — The focus of the Republican primary has turned to New Hampshire on Tuesday, with former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holding competing events.
The scheduling pileup in the first-i…
Costco cracks down on members sharing cards at checkout
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Costco Wholesale is cracking down on customers sharing membership cards at the self-service checkout.
The big box retailer will require shoppers at the self-checkout kiosks show their membership cards with th…
Chris Noth denies he was “iced out” by ‘Sex and the City’ co-stars following sex assault accusations
RCF/MEGA/GC ImagesFormer Law and Order star Chris Noth took to Instagram to address a story claiming he’s been “iced out” by his former Sex and the City colleagues.
The New York Post ran with a Radar Online story that claimed Noth “has been persona no…
Supreme Court rejects unchecked state legislature power over federal election rules
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a strong rejection of a controversial legal theory that threatened to upend state election laws nationwide and give state legislatures unchecked power over federal electi…
Family of Ajike Owens calls for murder charges after suspect charged with manslaughter: ‘We are deeply disappointed’
ABC (OCALA, Fla.) — The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black woman who was killed by her neighbor on June 2 in Florida, called on prosecutors to upgrade the charges against Susan Lorincz from manslaughter to second-degree murder during a virtual pres…
Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide: New details revealed
PHOTO: A photo of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell after his death, Aug. 10, 2019, released by the Department of Justice. A photo of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell after his death, Aug. 10, 2019, released by the Department of Justice. — Office of the Chie…
Summer cookout food costs only slightly down, new survey finds
American Farm Bureau(NEW YORK) — The average cost of a 4th of July cookout is slightly down, but families are still feeling the pinch of inflation and other cost catalysts on groceries.
According to The American Farm Bureau’s annual marketbasket surv…
Report: Lindsay Lohan expecting a baby boy
Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for NetflixLindsay Lohan is having a baby boy!
The Mean Girls star, who is expecting her first child with husband, Bader Shammas, is due to give birth to their baby boy very soon, according to TMZ.
Lindsay’s mother, Dina, …