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Grieving families confront Pittsburgh synagogue shooter at his sentencing

Grieving families confronted the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter at his sentencing hearing Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. The hearing at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh got underway, with some 22 witnesses —… Read More

Ron DeSantis throws November challenge to Gavin Newsom

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have traded barbs over Twitter, but they’ve never seen each other in the same room. That may be about to change before the next election. WARNING: US cancer patients aren’t seeing THIS document [sponsored] DeSantis appeared on Fox News Channel’s Hannity… Read More

Woman escapes horror kidnapping by punching way out

A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a homemade cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon likely saved other women from a similar fate, authorities said, by alerting them to a man they now suspect in sexual assaults in at least four more… Read More

Freddie Mercury’s piano to go on sale, with hundreds of personal items

More than 1,400 of Freddie Mercury’s personal items, including his flamboyant stage costumes, handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the baby grand piano he used to compose Queen’s greatest hits, are going on show in a free exhibition at Sotheby’s London ahead of their sale. The vast collection of the… Read More

Miami Marlins sell $5 hamburgers to celebrate trade acquisition Jake Burger

The Miami Marlins put together a whopper of a promotion to welcome trade deadline acquisition Jake Burger. The Marlins celebrated the slugger and his appetizing last name by offering $5 hamburgers for their game Wednesday against the Philadelphia Phillies. Biden to Replace US Dollar? [sponsored] Burger, a power-hitting infielder, was… Read More

Pittsburgh gunman gets penalty for 2018 antisemitic attack

The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers will be sentenced to death for perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a jury decided Wednesday. Robert Bowers spewed hatred of Jews and espoused white supremacist beliefs online before methodically planning… Read More

Patient escapes Md. psychiatric hospital through shot-out window, police say

A patient escaped from one of Maryland’s state-run psychiatric hospitals Tuesday evening by exiting through a shot-out window and fleeing in a waiting getaway car, according to local police. An unidentified person approached the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, fired several gunshots into a glass window and kicked in the broken… Read More

Incandescent light bulbs officially banned by Biden

Get ready to say goodbye to the once ubiquitous incandescent light bulb, pioneered by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. The new federal energy efficiency regulations went into full effect Tuesday. The Energy Department rules, which date back to the Obama administration, have been whipsawed in the political process… Read More

N.J. acting governor dead at 71 after sudden hospitalization

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver was rushed to the hospital Monday, according to an announcement from the governor’s office. Oliver died tragically the following day. She was 71. Just prior to her death, Oliver had been serving as acting governor. She assumed the responsibility in July, amid Gov. Phil… Read More