Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Eggo, will split into three companies focused on cereals, snacks and plant-based foods. Kellogg’s which also owns and MorningStar Farms, the plant-based food maker, said Tuesday that the spinoff of the yet to be named cereal and plant-based foods companies …
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June, 2022
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21 June
Jason Ravnsborg convicted on 2 impeachment charges, removed as South Dakota Attorney General
The South Dakota Senate on Tuesday convicted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of two impeachment charges stemming from a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian, triggering his automatic removal from office. A vote was pending on whether Ravnsborg should be barred from holding future office. Ravnsborg told a …
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15 June
Federal Reserve raises key interest rate 0.75 percentage points as it tries to calm inflation
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it is raising its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, the sharpest hike since 1994, as it seeks to combat the fiercest surge in U.S. inflation in four decades. The U.S. central bank set its target rate in the range …
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13 June
Christopher Tapp, who spent 2 decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing Idaho teen Angie Dodge, gets $11.7 million settlement
Officials in the eastern Idaho city of Idaho Falls have agreed to pay $11.7 million to a man who spent about two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted. The Idaho Falls City Council voted Thursday to accept the settlement agreement with Christopher Tapp. Tapp was convicted of rape and …
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9 June
Ryan Zinke wins GOP nomination in race for new Montana House seat
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke won an unexpectedly tight race Thursday to become the Republican nominee in the race for a new U.S. House seat representing western Montana, a victory that comes after days of hand-counting ballots in one county. Zinke defeated former state Sen. Al “Doc” Olszewski by just …
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5 June
Transcript: Rep. Adam Schiff on “Face the Nation,” June 5, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California that aired Sunday, June 5, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re gonna go now to California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff. He joins us from Los Angeles. Mr. Chairman, good morning to you. REPRESENTATIVE …
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2 June
2 wounded in cemetery shooting near Milwaukee
Two people were shot at a cemetery south of Milwaukee on Thursday, police said, the latest in a series of shootings nationwide in recent weeks. Racine police described the shooting as a “critical” incident and urged people to stay away. Police said multiple shots were fired in the direction of …
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2 June
Feds warn not to use adult bed rails blamed for at least 3 deaths
Americans are being urged to stop using any of 285,000 adult portable bed rails after the deaths of at least three people who suffocated after becoming caught in one of 10 models of the product. The bed rails were manufactured and sold by Mobility Transfer Systems from 1992 to 2021 …
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May, 2022
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24 May
Acquitted of Georgia teacher Tara Grinstead’s murder, Ryan Duke sentenced to 10 years for hiding her body
A Georgia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for hiding the body of a popular high school teacher whose disappearance baffled family, friends and investigators in her rural hometown for more than a decade. Ryan Alexander Duke was sentenced in Irwin County Superior Court just three days …
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23 May
Debt firms used social media to “smear” and harass people, feds say
A group of debt collectors in upstate New York went after their targets by calling friends, family and employers and orchestrating “smear campaigns” against people they claimed owed money, federal regulators said. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York Attorney General on Monday said they shut down a …
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