The weight bias against women in the workforce is real — and it's only getting worse

Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.
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Comic Roy Wood Jr. taps into America's psyche on 'The Daily Show'

Wood Jr. will host the White House Correspondents' dinner April 29. In 2018, he explained how the years he spent performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest prepared him for The Daily Show.
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A fisherman went missing in 1998. Now his remains at Lake Mead have been identified

Las Vegas resident Claude Russell Pensinger disappeared while fishing in the reservoir. His skeletal remains were one of several sets discovered last year as water levels dropped in a drought.
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Arguing COVID came from China could land you on Minnesota’s government bias registry, according to new bill

Minnesota lawmakers are mulling a change to state law, House File 181, that would log alleged bias incidents even when they aren't considered a crime.
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Prince William got a 'very large sum' in a Murdoch settlement in 2020

Prince William received a large payout in 2020 from Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm in an alleged phone hacking case, according to court documents made public Tuesday.
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Alex Murdaugh indicted on more tax evasion charges: report

South Carolina legal scion and convicted killer Alex Murdaugh was indicted on fresh tax evasion charges last week, according to a report.
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AOC says Marjorie Taylor Greene running GOP House caucus, not Kevin McCarthy

“Every time something irks her she communicates McCarthy is doing her bidding and I think this is something that is quite clear," AOC said.
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Congress has clashed with Supreme Court justices over ethics in the past

The Thomas-Crow connection recalls past relationships that caught the attention of Congress, resulting in hearings that undermined a potential chief justice and the court's longest-serving member.
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Army guardsman caught smuggling meth across southern border with family in car

The service member allegedly stuffed the lethal drugs inside the car's gas tank while the family was in Mexico.
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Alec Baldwin seen in costume on new ‘Rust’ set for first time

Alec Baldwin was spotted dressed in his Wild West wardrobe on the new Montana set of “Rust” for the first time since he fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.
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Sledgehammer-wielding creep breaks into ex’s home after being hit with protective order

Deputies said he assaulted the victim and was overhead by witnesses yelling he was "gonna kill you and everyone else" to her.
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Republican radio host Larry Elder launches 2024 White House bid

“I feel I have a moral, a religious and a patriotic duty to give back to a country that’s been so good to my family and to me — and that is why I’m doing it,” Elder said. 
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3 are charged with murder in Alabama shooting that left 4 dead and dozens injured

The suspects, 16, 17 and 20, were arrested in connection with a shooting at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, investigators said Wednesday. The district attorney said the teens would be tried as adults.
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Joe and Jill Biden had lower income in 2022 and paid less taxes, return shows

The Bidens paid $137,658 in federal income taxes in 2022, significantly less than the $150,439 the first couple paid the previous year. 
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Speaker McCarthy outlines GOP debt limit plan, Democrats pan demands as extreme

Talks over raising the nation's borrowing authority are stalled so House Speaker McCarthy says GOP will vote on their own plan. Democrats say adding demands to avoid a historic default is reckless.
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The $1.6 billion Dominion v. Fox News trial starts Tuesday. Catch up here

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp. for knowingly airing false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election against ex-President Donald Trump.
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Texas woman killed after refusing to have kids with boyfriend: police

Adam Byrd, 23, fatally shot his girlfriend, Jade Alyssa Alvarez, 22, in San Antonio over an argument that she did not want to have a child with him.
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Ukraine hopes to rally world leaders to help fund its reconstruction

Ukraine needs billions of dollars for reconstruction. Its prime minister is in Washington, D.C., this week meeting finance ministers and government officials from around the world, asking for help.
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Will Fox News pay for spreading lies about voter fraud?

New York Times journalist Jeremy Peters explains Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network. "Legal experts tell me that rarely have they seen a case this strong," he says.
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Mexico immigration agency chief will be charged in migrant center fire that killed 40

Mexican federal prosecutors say Francisco Garduño was remiss in not preventing the disaster in Ciudad Juárez last month despite earlier indications of problems at his agency's detention centers.
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Nickolas Wilt was shot in the head on his fourth shift as a Louisville police officer

Nickolas Wilt, a 26-year-old rookie officer, ran towards a gunman who opened fire at a Louisville bank on Monday. He's the latest to be heralded as a hero amid America's gun violence crisis.
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With abortion pill access uncertain, 3 states strike deals to stock up

California, Washington state and Massachusetts are stockpiling misoprostol and mifepristone, both of which are used in abortion regimens.
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What to know about the Trump-E. Jean Carroll trial that is set to begin this month

In 2019, Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a department store in the mid-1990s and later sued him for battery and defamation for his denials. The first of two trials is set to begin April 25.
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College dreams and teen love find common ground in 'Promposal'

In RaeChell Garrett's delightful YA book, a Black teen entrepreneur launches a start-up where she is paid to help conceive and execute elaborate prom date proposals for fellow classmates.
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3 new Star Wars live-action films are coming

The upcoming releases will span the dawn of the Jedi to the events after Rise of Skywalker and close out the interconnected stories told in The Mandalorian and other Disney+ series.
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Tennessee House votes to expel 2 of 3 Democratic members over gun protest

The Republican-led House voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson for participating in a protest on the floor of the House over gun laws. A motion to remove Rep. Gloria Johnson failed.
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Maryland attorney general releases report on decades of sex abuse by Catholic priests

The redacted report paints a damning picture of abuse allegations against nearly 160 priests, involving more than 600 victims and spanning 80 years, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore's response.
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An autopsy finds Irvo Otieno, held down by deputies and hospital workers, asphyxiated

His death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has sparked outrage and led to second-degree murder charges against 10 defendants.
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Trump rants Bragg should ‘indict himself’ over ‘illegal’ leaks of indictment details

Trump, in a follow-up post on his social media site, called on Bragg to “resign, NOW!”
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Train derails 25 cars in Montana, spilling unconfirmed contents

First responders say there is no threat to the public, but there has yet to be confirmation about what the affected containers were carrying.
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Ukraine charges Moscow-backed orthodox priest with inciting religious hate

Petro Lebid, the abbot of the 980-year-old Kyiv Pechersk Lavra — also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves — was sentenced to 60 days of house arrest amid a crack down on the Ukrainian Orthodox church over accusations that it has been collaborating with Moscow.
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Biden refers to tornado-torn Mississippi town Rolling Fork as ‘Rolling Stone’

"I'm making sure you got a place to sleep, food to eat, helping you rebuild your lives in Rolling Stone," Biden said during a speech.
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