Los Angeles — Hollywood scribes met with studio executives Friday for the first time since the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike just over three months ago. The more than 11,000 film and television writers that make up the WGA have been on strike since early May. In mid-July, …
Read More »IRS whistleblower speaks: DOJ “slow
A whistleblower from inside the Internal Revenue Service has spoken publicly for the first time about a highly sensitive political probe he has supervised, which CBS News has determined is the ongoing probe into the finances of President Biden’s son Hunter Biden. He said he became so concerned about prosecutors’ …
Read More »Inside a Homeland Security raid that uncovered possible fentanyl chemicals
Tucson, Arizona — Before dawn on Thursday, Homeland Security agents huddled to brief on a raid in a quiet residential neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona. The target was a house where suspects possibly tied to fentanyl distribution allegedly operate. “We’re looking for potential precursor chemicals,” said Christian Webster, assistant special agent …
Read More »She got a call saying her bank records had been found in a car with drugs. It was a scam targeting the elderly.
Chesterfield, Virginia — Three years ago, Sherri got a phone call warning that her bank records had been found in a car loaded with illegal drugs. “I went into a state of shock,” she said. The caller said he was a Drug Enforcement Administration agent and demanded she send cash …
Read More »Baby formula executive says Ukraine war partly to blame for shortages
The war in Ukraine has contributed to the baby formula shortage, according to an executive of one of the largest producers of formula in the U.S. Patrick Sly, the president of global nutrition at Reckitt, which produces Enfamil, said its products contain sunflower oil, of which Ukraine is a major …
Read More »Monthly rents skyrocket amid record inflation: “It’s impossible to prepare for”
As inflation puts the U.S. economy in flux, monthly rents are skyrocketing, pricing some people out of their homes. South Florida resident Jamie Wolf, who is a single mother raising three children, says her landlord is raising their rent by nearly $1,000 per month — a 30% hike. “It’s impossible …
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