DENVER (AP) – A couple who owned a Colorado Funeral Home where authorities last year found 190 decomposing bodies, were indicted on federal charges that they improperly spent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The indictment confirms allegations by state …
Functional drinks — or drinks advertised as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — are becoming increasingly popular around the world. Hundreds of companies have jumped into the market, hoping to get some buzz with trendy and sometimes unfamiliar ingredients. Here are some of the latest discoveries in functional drinks and what scientists have …
What does science say about the ingredients in functional drinks? Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve news organizations on Sunday called on presumptive presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debatessaying they were a “rich tradition” that had been part of every general election campaign since 1976. While Trump, who is not participating in the Republican nomination debates, has expressed a willingness to …
Election 2024: News organizations urge Biden and Trump to engage in presidential debates Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary moment in American history, former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial begins Monday with jury selection. This is the first criminal trial against a former commander-in-chief and the first Trump’s four charges to go to court. With Trump as the presumptive nominee for this year’s Republican nomination, the …
Trump’s historic hush money trial begins with jury selection Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is making history criminal process will begin Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy. A group of ordinary citizens — Trump’s peers, in the eyes of the law — will be chosen to decide whether the former president of the United States …
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr launched a one-day blitz Saturday to gain access to the Iowa presidential primary as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding question. Kennedy tried to qualify by holding a convention with at least 500 Iowa eligible voters representing at least 25 counties. Before …
NEW YORK (AP) – The story of The Life of OJ Simpson was inherently cinematic – what began as fodder for a triumphant sports biopic suddenly turned into something much darker and more complex as Simpson slid from fame to infamy after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. It’s no wonder, then, …
The OJ Simpson Murder Trial: The TV, Movies, Books, and Podcasts Read More »
The Ford Bronco was originally conceived and designed for rugged outdoorsmen, a two-door means of escape into nature from the busy cities of mid-century America. But it was already tamed and polished for suburbanites, with cruise control and air conditioning, by 1994 when OJ Simpson curled up in one’s back, a gun to his temple, …
OJ Simpson burned a Ford Bronco into America’s collective memory Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his money laundering case begins Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a …
Trump’s hush money trial: What you need to know with jury selection set to begin Monday Read More »
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband’s by Francis Ford Coppola iconic films, including the infamously tortured Apocalypse Now production, and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by her family at her home in Rutherford, Calif., her family said in a statement. …
