Lin-Manuel Miranda, one of this year’s most prominent Oscar nominees, will sit out the ceremony after his wife tested positive for COVID-19. Miranda shared the unfortunate news on Twitter Saturday afternoon. He said that even though he has tested negative himself, he will stay away from Sunday’s ceremony out of …
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A trio of unexpected losses during the NCAA March Madness tournament this week have shattered more than half the brackets wagered and frustrated millions of college sports gamblers nationwide. Most fans who completed a bracket picked the University of Kentucky — a high-achieving college hoops school — to defeat the …
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PROGRAM NOTE: Due to the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament on CBS, “Eric Smith: Gambling on a Killer” did not air on Saturday, March 19. It will air on Saturday, March 26 at 10/9c. Eric Smith spent 28 years behind bars for the 1993 murder of a 4-year-old boy. He was …
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A lawyer for one of the men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday he was a hapless, pot-smoking “misfit” who was influenced by an FBI informant whom he met at a protest, not a mastermind of the 2020 plot as prosecutors allege. Defense attorney Christopher …
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Americans already grappling with surging inflation must also now contend with record-high gas prices after they jumped on Tuesday to $4.17 per gallon. That’s expected to cost motorists thousands more to fuel up their vehicles annually. With oil analysts predicting that prices at the pump could stay elevated for months, here …
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On this “Face the Nation” broadcast moderated by Margaret Brennan: Secretary of State Antony BlinkenUkrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana MarkrovaRepresentative Adam Schiff, Democrat of CaliforniaU.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo GrandiKurt Volker, former ambassador to NATO and special representative for Ukraine Click here to browse full transcripts of “Face the …
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Ford is recalling nearly a quarter-million heavy duty pickup trucks in the U.S. because the drive shafts can fracture and cause a loss of power. The recall covers certain F-250 and F-350 Super Duty pickups from the 2017 through 2022 model years. The trucks have gasoline engines and aluminum drive …
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A 19-year-old man has been held on $1 million bail after an alleged anti-gay attack that sent the victim to the hospital. Decatur police allege Ethan Dickerson restrained and hit the victim repeatedly with a pipe wrench Thursday at a Decatur home. Authorities said Dickerson allegedly threatened to kill the …
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The father of one of the students killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting delivered a message for President Biden on Monday, four years after the deadly tragedy. Climbing a 150-foot construction tower next to the White House, Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son, Joaquin, was killed, dropped …
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The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook’s parent company, saying it collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Monday in a state district court. The suit claims Facebook parent Meta has been “storing millions of biometric identifiers” — …
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