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The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday that enhances benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, expanding their opportunities to obtain free medical care and presuming that certain illnesses and cancers were linked to their exposure during their military service.  The legislation passed 84 to …

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 …

The stock market’s tumble this year has put the S&P 500 into a bear market — the term for when stocks decline at least 20% from their most recent high.  The index lost 4% on Monday to close at 3,750, putting it 21% below its peak in January.  Wall Street …