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June 19, 2023

Pat Sajak staying on as board chair of conservative Hillsdale College

Pat Sajak will remain the chair of Hillsdale College's Board of Trustees after his Wheel of Fortune retirement.

June 19, 2023

Inside 'devil woman' Kelly Cochran's plot to kill lover, husband

Kelly Cochran, otherwise known as the "devil woman of Michigan," was sentenced to life in prison for the 2014 murder of her lover and the 2016 murder of her husband.

June 19, 2023

Human skull reportedly found at Iowa park

An apparent human skull was found on a sandbar at Iowa's Yellow Banks Park outside Des Moines, campers told Polk County Sheriff's deputies.

June 19, 2023

Climate activists forcibly dragged from event with Biden energy secretary Jennifer Granholm

Activists with a left-wing group were kicked out of an event Monday after they attempted to create a "blockade" disrupting Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's speech.

June 19, 2023

Shooting in downtown St. Louis leaves 17-year-old dead, 9 teens injured

A shooting that occurred overnight in an office building located in downtown St. Louis, resulted in the death of a 17-year-old and injury of nine other teenagers.

June 19, 2023

Victim killed in Illinois Juneteenth party shooting that injured 22 others identified; no arrests announced

Illinois authorities are searching for suspects after a mass shooting at a Juneteenth party in Willowbrook killed one and injured 22 others.

June 19, 2023

Wisconsin man reportedly makes friends with a fish, visiting his 'pal' every summer at a lake

A Wisconsin man has created an unlikely friendship with a smallmouth bass and visits his fish buddy every year at the lake where the creature — named Elvis — resides. Here's the fish tale!

June 19, 2023

Senate GOP unleashes campaign blasting Dem candidate for hush agreement involving CCP-tied company

Republicans' main Senate campaign arm is unleashing a new effort targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin over a hush agreement she signed to engage in discussions involving a Chinese company.

June 19, 2023

Sen Hawley on Father's Day: Strong father figures 'desperately' needed amid 'epidemic of fatherlessness'

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, said that fathers are "desperately" needed during this time in which young men are told that masculinity is toxic.

June 19, 2023

Father's Day shooting in Chicago leaves 2 dead, 3 injured: police

Two people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood Sunday evening during a Father's Day celebration.