The collective fortune of the most wealthy rises $92 billion and the net worth of the 400 top billionaires stands at $4.1 trillion.
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Flu, pneumonia deaths at epidemic levels in U.S.
The CDC reports influenza activity as ‘widespread’ in 36 states but only ‘regional’ in Maine.
Police in Pennsylvania kill man who tried to run down officers
Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood, a former Portland police chief, says the officers feared the man would kill them and they ‘did what they had to do.’
Mass killing in Canada tied to domestic violence
The dead are two children and seven adults, likely including the man responsible.
Monarch butterflies appear to arrive in Mexico in healthy numbers
Experts are encouraged by the population, but the insects still have to make it through winter.
NFL allows Lions’ Suh to play Sunday by reducing roughness penalty
Detroit’s defensive tackle gets a $70,000 fine, instead of the original one-game suspension, for stepping on Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ left leg twice.
Two-year-old fatally shoots mother at Wal-Mart in Idaho
The boy apparently reached into his mother’s purse and accidentally fired a concealed handgun.
Gunman shot wife in N.H. hospital ‘out of love,’ sister says
Police find the couple dead after shots are heard in a private room in the critical care unit in Dover.
Report: Police officer gun deaths up this year, but still below average
This year’s uptick comes amid increased tension between police and the public following the deaths of unarmed black men by white officers.
George H.W. Bush returns home from hospital
The 90-year-old former president spent about a week in a Houston hospital after experiencing shortness of breath.