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Two men accused of impersonating federal agents and offering gifts to Secret Service plead not guilty

Two men accused of impersonating federal agents and offering free apartments and gifts to Secret Service employees have pleaded not guilty. Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali are charged with false impersonation of an officer or employee of the U.S. and unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device. The …

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Supreme Court says Congress can deny federal disability benefits to Puerto Rico residents

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday said Congress is not required to extend federal disability benefits to residents of Puerto Rico, finding that denying the payments, which are by law available only to residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, does not violate the Constitution. The …

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Netflix shares slide after it loses 200,000 subscribers

Netflix shares are sinking sharply after the streaming service suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. The company’s customer base fell by 200,000 subscribers during the January-March period, the company disclosed Tuesday in releasing its latest earnings report. Netflix’s stock price plunged more than 37% to $219.50 …

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Read the letter Vice President Kamala Harris wrote to her goddaughter about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation

Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman and woman of color to hold her position, said she wrote a letter to her teenage goddaughter about the significance of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court while presiding over the vote earlier this week.  Jackson will be the first Black …

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Elon Musk joins Twitter’s board after becoming its largest shareholder

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, a day after disclosing that he owns a 9.2% stake in the social media platform. Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it entered into an agreement with Musk …

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Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad announce they were secretly married

Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste, the bandleader of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and Suleika Jaouad, author of the bestselling cancer memoir “Between Two Kingdoms,” revealed that they were secretly married in February, they told “CBS Sunday Morning.” The couple, who have been together for eight years, decided to wed …

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DNA technology helps solve 1980 murder of Eve Wilkowitz on Long Island

BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Cutting-edge DNA technology helped solve a 42-year-old cold case murder on Long Island. Wednesday, the family of a young woman murdered decades ago got their first look at pictures of the man who killed her. As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reports, they are grateful for long-sought answers. …

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Walmart to stop selling cigarettes in some stores

Walmart will stop selling cigarettes in some of its 4,700 U.S. locations, the retail giant confirmed on Monday. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the development Monday. It noted some stores in California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico were on the list, citing anonymous sources and store …

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Volkswagen recalls more than 246,000 SUVs in North America

Volkswagen is recalling more than 246,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because faulty wiring harnesses can make them brake unexpectedly, sometimes while in traffic. The recall comes three days after The Associated Press reported that 47 people had complained to U.S. safety regulators about the problem, some reporting nearly …

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Woman accused of killing housekeeper and dumping her body in a Wisconsin cornfield in 1999 found guilty of homicide, hiding corpse

A woman accused of killing her housekeeper and dumping her body in a southern Wisconsin cornfield in 1999 has been found guilty of criminal charges. A jury in Racine County on Wednesday found 66-year-old Linda La Roche guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse. For nearly two decades …

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