Author: Amanda Seitz
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Scammers peddling bogus tax breaks find traction on Facebook
Hundreds of ads on Facebook promised U.S. homeowners they were eligible for huge state tax breaks if they installed new solar-energy panels. There was one catch. None of it was true. The scam ads used photos of nearly every U.S. governor — and sometimes President Donald Trump — to claim that with new, lucrative tax…
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Trump: Smollett case ‘outrageous,’ FBI and DOJ to review
CHICAGO • President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that the FBI and Department of Justice will review the “outrageous” case of Jussie Smollett in Chicago, calling it an “embarrassment” to the country. Prosecutors infuriated Chicago’s police chief and mayor this week when they abruptly dropped 16 felony counts that accused the “Empire” actor of making a…
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Argument at Chicago hospital erupts into deadly shooting
CHICAGO — An argument outside a Chicago hospital turned deadly when a man pulled out a gun and killed an emergency room doctor whom he knew, then ran into the hospital and fatally shot a pharmacy resident and a police officer, authorities said. The attacker also died Monday but it was not clear if he…
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Gunman opens fire at Chicago hospital, wounds at least 4
CHICAGO (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, killing a police officer and two hospital employees after a domestic dispute exploded into a firefight with SWAT team members inside the medical center. The suspect was also dead, authorities said. It was not immediately clear if the attacker took his own life…