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Since 1907, New Yorkers have marked the New Year with the ceremonial dropping of a huge ball in Times Square. Now, a brand-new ball, covered with more than 5,000 handcrafted Waterford Crystal discs, will help ring in 2026.
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The Trump administration is looking into whether Minnesota tax money found its way to al Shabaab, an al Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
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Five out of seven defendants accused of swindling more than $40 million in the Feeding our Future COVID relief fraud case have been found guilty on multiple counts. The trial hit a speed bump earlier this week when a juror reported receiving a $120,000 attempted bribe in the form of a bag of cash.
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Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday said that a third party will audit billing for 14 Medicaid services that are deemed to be “high risk” for fraud in Minnesota.
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The couple’s children say their father is innocent and point out that he had 28 guns in the basement if he really wanted to kill her.
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A new court document details what federal prosecutors in Minnesota say was a frantic effort by two defendants to get a juror to vote for an acquittal in a pandemic fraud case.
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The 120-page report​ details the ways in which the department failed to act on prior warning signs about the nonprofit and was ill-prepared to hold Feeding Our Future accountable even before the pandemic struck.
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A jury delivered a string of guilty verdicts Wednesday afternoon in what prosecutors call the largest pandemic fraud case in the country.
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The world’s first passenger train took its maiden voyage in rural England in 1825, making this year its bicentennial. “CBS Saturday Morning” reports on its impact.
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Robert Redford, who died in September, is known for founding the Sundance Film Festival — but “CBS Saturday Morning” learns more about his conservation efforts behind-the-scenes that have helped generations of hikers and nature lovers.
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