Greg and Travis McMichael and William Bryan are charged with violating Arbery’s civil right and with targeting him because he was Black.
Lynley Price
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Please hold: Pricey way to jump IRS phone line at tax time
EnQ’s line-jumping service costs $300 a month or $1,000 a year and claims to cut hold times by up to 90 percent.
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Homebuyers lose hope as costlier loans sap affordability
One economist says first-time buyers will be locked out of ownership until ‘prices come back to earth or mortgage rates turn back down.’ Neither are likely to happen soon.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert
The strain – H5N1 – is related to the 2015 virus that killed 50 million birds and was considered the most expensive animal health disaster in U.S. history.
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Alec Baldwin faces lawsuit by family of cinematographer killed on set
An attorney representing the family of Halyna Hutchins says ‘reckless conduct and cost-cutting measures’ led to her death last year.
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Olympic gymnast Simone Biles announces engagement
She’s been with Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens for almost two years.
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Moose attacks Iditarod sled team, injures 4 dogs
Musher Bridgett Watkins says she emptied her gun trying to stop the large bull but couldn’t.
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3 women sue Harvard, allege school ignored sexual harassment
Plaintiffs say when they reported professor John Comaroff to university administrators, he retaliated by threatening their careers.
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Supreme Court’s Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights
A lower court ruled the state must draw new congressional districts to increase Black voting power, a decision the high court has now put on hold. The move all but ensures Alabama will continue to send mostly white Republicans to Washington after midterms.
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Families sue building owners over Bronx fire that killed 17
While the lawsuit did not allege civil right violations, some families – many of whom are immigrants from Gambia – say they have felt forgotten and marginalized.