An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a white man who seized a Black family and forced them into slavery south of the Mason-Dixon line is still being cited in American jurisprudence, 160 years after enslaved people throughout the U.S. were freed. Prigg v. Pennsylvania has …
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Citing the “dire” financial situation they’re facing after the Los Angeles wildfires, State Farm General has asked California officials for an emergency interim rate increase. The rate hike could work out to an average increase of 22% for California homeowners, State Farm General revealed Monday. “The costs of the January …
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Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, ending a relationship that has spanned two decades. Lopez, 55, filed the paperwork Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, just as the couple marked their second wedding anniversary, according to court documents obtained by CBS Los Angeles. The couple was …
Read More »(CBS DETROIT) – Authorities say the brother of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee was killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning in Genesee County, Michigan. The victim’s son has been charged in connection with his death. In a press conference, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said Timothy E. Kildee, 57, was …
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JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — Eight people were found shot and killed in three different locations over two days in Joliet, and the suspect in the slayings was also found dead by a suspected suicide 1,200 miles away Monday night, police said. The apparent self-inflicted gunshot death of 23-year-old Romeo Nance …
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and injured another last week in a Philadelphia International Airport parking garage, police said. During a news conference Monday, police said 18-year-old Yobranny Martinez Fernandez was arrested in Cherry Hill, New Jersey at …
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SOUTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — The search for escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante came to an end Wednesday on the 14th day of the manhunt in South Coventry Township, and a furry friend played a huge role in ending the search. RELATED: What you need to know about Chester County Prison …
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A homicide investigation was in progress after a man’s body was found inside a container at a Malibu beach in Los Angeles County on Monday. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a dead body found inside a 55-gallon drum on the beach at Malibu Lagoon State …
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A suspect has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide at a home in Newton, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Christopher Ferguson, 41, has been charged with murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and burglary. Ferguson is expected to face additional charges pending the results of …
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A father has been charged with three counts of murder after, police say, he confessed to drowning his three young children early on Monday, CBS Chicago’s Shardaa Gray reports. Officers responded to a home in the northern Chicago suburb of Round Lake Beach at around 1:40 a.m. after receiving a request …
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