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Rare Ten Commandments tablet once used as paving stone sells for $5.04 million despite doubts

A rare stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for $5.04 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on 18 December 2024, decades after it was reportedly used as a paving stone. According to The New York Times, the tablet was discovered during railway construction near the coast…

The Times of India · 16h ago

Cancer-Stricken Harvey Weinstein Handed 15 Years for Sexual Assault, Leaving Mogul To Die in Prison

Harvey Weinstein, 74, was sentenced to 15 years for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, but a pending California resentencing means the ailing mogul's time in prison may not end there.

International Business Times UK · Sep 24

Harvey Weinstein's Mercy Plea and Inmate-Rehab Pledge Fail as Judge Hands Him New 15-Year Term

Harvey Weinstein received a 15-year New York prison sentence after his 2025 retrial conviction involving Miriam Haley, following the reversal of his earlier 2020 conviction.

International Business Times UK · Sep 23

Let the jockeying begin for Brandon Johnson’s Cook County Board seat

A replacement for the mayor-elect’s seat on the board will be chosen by a group of elected Democratic committeemen. The new commissioner would serve a little over two years.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 9, 2023

Researchers say the FBI's statistics on hate crimes across the country are flawed

Thousands of law enforcement agencies nationwide did not provide statistics to the FBI due in large part to a transition from a legacy crime reporting system that has existed since the 1920s.

WEKU · Jan 1, 2023

US mass shootings are getting deadlier and more common, analysis shows

The last five years have seen more mass shootings than any other comparable time span dating back to 1966

The Guardian - US · Jul 6, 2022