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Red Lobster bankruptcy exit gets green light. Fate of the all-you-can-eat shrimp deal unclear
Red Lobster is turning the page on its worst days as the struggling seafood restaurant chain prepares to emerge from bankruptcy.
On Thursday, a U.S. judge approved the company’s reorganization plan, clearing the way for...Read more
Donald Trump renews crime, immigration complaints while in NC to accept FOP endorsement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump focused on rising crime and unchecked illegal immigration while in Charlotte Friday to formally accept the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The Republican ...Read more
Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it
SCIO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Democratic President Joe Biden signed a pro-labor executive order in Michigan Friday, flexing his administrative powers in a bid to promote unions and worker benefits, while daring a successor to ...Read more
Alleged white supremacist leader agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to riot
Months after a federal appeals court revived charges against two alleged members of a white supremacy extremist group, one of the men this week agreed to plead guilty — potentially bringing to a close a case that's ...Read more
Bryan Kohberger's defense aims to strike death penalty option in Idaho murder trial
BOISE, Idaho — Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger will attempt to remove the possibility he’d face the death penalty, a sentence prosecutors plan to pursue if a jury finds him guilty of murder in the deaths of four ...Read more
NBC cuts 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' to 4 nights a week
The late-night TV audience is shrinking, and so is the number of weekly episodes for the format’s signature program.
NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” will have four fresh editions a week instead of ...Read more
Utah mom, 3 young kids found dead in murder-suicide
A Utah mother fatally shot her three young children before turning the gun on herself, authorities said Friday.
The bodies of Maribel Ibarra, 32, and her three children — a 4-year-old boy and two girls, ages 1 and 2 —...Read more
Auto review: The 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van is a barn-dominium that hauls big loads
So, my friend asks, “Hey, Casey, what are you driving this week?”
To which I reply, “One of the new Mercedes electric vehicles.”
“Is it roomy?”
“Oh, yeah, lots of space. It’s like a bus inside!”
My...Read more
US job growth improved late summer, but hiring trend is slowing. What will the Fed do?
WASHINGTON — Job growth picked up in August from the sluggish pace of hiring the previous month, providing a bit of relief after a sharp slowdown earlier in the summer roiled financial markets, sparked fears of a ...Read more
Brothers of top officials in NYC Mayor Adams' administration ensnared in federal corruption probe, sources say
NEW YORK — The brothers of three high ranking officials in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration have become ensnared in a corruption investigation that prompted federal authorities to execute search warrants on them and ...Read more
Even at night, SoCal sees little cool down from heat wave
LOS ANGELES — A sweltering heat wave that’s baked parts of Southern California with triple-digit temperatures during the day continues to punish the region with an unrelenting heat that continues after dark.
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Mexican opposition says it has votes to block AMLO's reform
Mexico’s opposition is pledging to block President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s controversial overhaul of the judicial system in the Senate, where the ruling coalition is within a hair of securing a two-thirds ...Read more
Convicted serial killer known as 'Hollywood Ripper' appearing in court for 1993 Pacaccio murder
CHICAGO — A convicted serial killer dubbed the “Hollywood ripper” is appearing in court in Skokie on Friday after authorities long sought to bring him to trial in the 1993 slaying of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio.
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Father's arrest in school shooting unprecedented in Georgia
ATLANTA — Colin Gray is the first parent of a mass school shooting suspect to be arrested and charged in Georgia in connection with the crime, prosecutors believe.
The 54-year-old appeared in court Friday charged with ...Read more
Slain Georgia high school teacher tried to crawl back to students after he was shot
In the moments after he was shot, math teacher Richard Aspinwall was “trying to crawl back to” his students, even as sounds of gunfire continued to echo through the halls of Apalachee High School.
Stephanie Reyna and ...Read more
Georgia Tech cuts ties with Chinese university under federal scrutiny
Georgia Tech is cutting ties with a Chinese university that’s faced increased federal scrutiny over its potential links to the Asian nation’s military.
The school said Friday that it is ending a partnership with ...Read more
California to get first new national marine sanctuary in 32 years, banning offshore oil drilling along 116 miles of coast
A long-running effort by native tribes and environmentalists to establish the first new national marine sanctuary along California’s coastline in 32 years — the aquatic version of a new national park — where offshore...Read more
Nation watches as teenage suspect, father face charges in Georgia school shooting
WINDER, Ga. — Sheriff’s deputies on Friday led a 14-year-old high school freshman into a Georgia courtroom, where he learned he could face life in prison without parole for allegedly gunning down two of his classmates ...Read more
Rich Homie Quan's father mourns Atlanta rapper: 'Crushed into a million pieces'
Rich Homie Quan’s father has spoken out about the Atlanta’s rapper’s death, writing about his grief on social media.
Corey Lamar said in an Instagram story Friday morning that he’s in “unbearable pain,” less ...Read more
Trump is back in a NYC courtroom to challenge finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK — Around an hour after former President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom on Friday to challenge a civil jury’s findings that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the GOP ...Read more
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