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Ozzy Osbourne creates line of cosmetics

NEW YORK (AP) - Just days after Ozzy Osbourne announced his cosmetics line, the eye shadow collections are sold out. Both are 14-color palettes — one shaped like a bat, and the other shaped like a coffin. Lipsticks that come…

Biden pardons thousands for 'simple possession' of marijuana

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of…

Doctor talks risks associated with untreated hearing loss

JACKSON, Tenn. -- October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. Kathy McGowan, Doctor of Audiology at Beltone, recently spoke with us about risks associated with untreated hearing loss. A common misconception can…

Judge tosses charges against 7 people in Flint water crisis

(AP) -- A judge has dismissed charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal, including two former state health officials blamed for deaths from Legionnaires’ disease. Judge Elizabeth Kelly took action Tuesday, three months after the Michigan Supreme Court…

Man accused of killing 22 older women goes on trial again

By Jaime Stengle - Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — After Mary Brooks was found dead on the floor of her Dallas-area condo, grocery bags from a shopping trip still on her countertop, authorities decided the 87-year-old had died of natural…

Defendant to represent himself in Wisconsin parade trial

By Todd  Richmond - Associated Press A Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year is set to go on trial Monday.…

Feds vow major aid for Hurricane Ian victims amid rescues

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mike Schneider - Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — With the death toll from Hurricane Ian rising and hundreds of thousands of people without power in Florida and the Carolinas, U.S. officials vowed Sunday…

Police: Man died jumping from Mississippi bridge amid chase

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A Louisiana man being chased by police jumped from a coastal high-rise bridge in Mississippi and plunged to his death, authorities said. The man died from injuries suffered Friday evening in Pascagoula, Mississippi, when he struck…