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Aug 20 2023
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California shop owner Laura Carleton killed in row over Pride flag – latest
Tributes are pouring in for a "beloved" California business owner who was shot dead by a man who complained about a Pride flag hanging at her store. The unnamed individual killed Laura Ann Carleton, 66, at her business Mag Pi clothing store after making “several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store," the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded
The IndependentApr 23 2024
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Drowned widow was scammed out of $1.5m in Match hoax, left note about secret ‘double life’
An Illinois widow found dead hundreds of miles from home had been scammed out of $1.5 million by someone she met on a dating app — and had penned a chilling note predicting she “would end up dead” because of her secret “double life,” according to her family. Laura Kowal, 57, had a nearly two-year online relationship with someone she assumed was a handsome Swedish businessman named “Frank Borg
New York Post (News)Dec 11 2020
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Ingraham wrongly claims ‘no science’ suggests restaurants spread COVID-19
Fox News host Laura Ingraham downplayed the risk of contracting the coronavirus while dining at a restaurant, wrongly claiming restrictions on eating out are not supported by science.
"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID," Ingraham told host Sean Hannity during the handoff between their TV shows. "There's no science for that."
The Dec. 8
PolitiFactApr 22 2024
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Officials reveal Waverly drinking water protection plan
Officials detailed the health concerns that come from drinking water with high concentrations of nitrate. Among these concerns are blue baby syndrome, a condition in which a baby's skin appears blue; preterm birth issues and defects; and both pediatric and adult cancers, according to Laura Nagengast, source water protection extension educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "If the
Lincoln Journal StarApr 22 2024
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South Carolina man killed in shooting that left two others injured, coroner says
A South Carolina man was killed over the weekend in a shooting that left two other people injured, according to the Newberry County Coroner’s Office. Troy Leonard Sims, a 53-year-old Newberry resident, died at the scene of the Saturday night shooting, Coroner Laura Kneece said in a news release. At about 9:30 p.m., Newberry Police Department officers responded to a shooting that happened on
Yahoo NewsAug 16 2023
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Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts leads group buying women's soccer team
CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts, sister of Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts, is leading a group that has agreed to purchase the National Women's Soccer League's Chicago Red Stars. Ricketts said Tuesday in a statement she is “honored” to lead a group comprised mostly of female Chicago business leaders purchasing the team. The deal is pending approval of the NWSL Board of Governors. "
Lincoln Journal StarAug 15 2023
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NWSL's Chicago Red Stars to Have New Ownership Group Led By Laura Ricketts
A group of Chicago businesswomen has reached an agreement to purchase the NWSL's Chicago Red Stars. According to a release shared by the Athletic's Meg Linehan, the ownership group is led by Laura Ricketts, co-owner of MLB's Chicago Cubs and a new minority owner of the WNBA's Chicago Sky. The ownership group includes 11 businesswomen (as well as a male entrepreneur and a family office), which
The MessengerApr 21 2024
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Chicago Cultural Center hosts action fair, film screening for Earth Day
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Earth Day is coming up on Monday, and celebrations were held the day before. The Chicago Cultural Center downtown on Sunday held an action fair – as well as a screening of the film "Common Ground." The documentary focuses on regenerative agriculture to help heal the soil and the planet, and features, Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder, Donald Glover,
CBS News (Online)Apr 22 2024
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These central Indiana Statehouse races are contested. Here's who is on your ballot.
A political reshuffling in Hamilton County has created an intriguing match-up in the GOP primary race for the House District 29 seat in Noblesville. The former Hamilton East Public Library board president who helped guide a controversial book replacement policy, Laura Alerding, is running against a former district director for U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, Alaina Shonkwiler. The seat was left
IndyStarApr 23 2024
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China creeps onto US doorstep with attempt to establish apparent Caribbean satellite state
China is taking a page out of the U.S. historic playbook by flexing its economic and military muscles in the Western Hemisphere, with the goal of pulling U.S. neighbors to its side. New documents show that Beijing appears to be attempting to establish its own satellite state in the Caribbean.
The U.S. has long reigned supreme in the Western Hemisphere since the signing of the Monroe
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