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<title>Ancient city possibly ruled by females living in a “matriarchal society” more than 9,000 years ago, researchers say</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a “matriarchal society” more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study published in Science this week.  Researchers extracted the ancient genomes of more than 130 skeletons from 35 different houses at Çatalhöyük, an ancient city considered one of the most well-preserved Neolithic settlements in …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a “matriarchal society” more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr2915" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">published</a> in Science this week. 
Researchers extracted the ancient genomes of more than 130 skeletons from 35 different houses at Çatalhöyük, <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1405/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">an ancient city</a> considered one of the most well-preserved Neolithic settlements in southern Anatolia in Turkey. About 395 skeletons, a mix of males and females, were found in grave pits under the floors of the city’s mudbrick houses. Occupied for more than 1,000 years (9000 to 8000 BCE), the city was known for its female figurines, possible representatives of a “Mother Goddess” cult and signs of a matriarchal society.
A team of geneticists, archaeologists, and biological anthropologists used cutting-edge technology to analyze the DNA of skeletons over 12 years and found that maternal lineage had a key role in connecting household members, as represented by burials within each building.
During the early years in Çatalhöyük, family members were buried together, but over time, habits changed, and researchers found many of the dead had no biological connection. Where there was a genetic connection, it was through the female line, suggesting husbands relocated to the wife’s household upon marriage, researchers said. 
Using genetic sequencing, researchers estimated that 70 to 100% of the time, female offspring remained connected to buildings, whereas adult male offspring may have moved away. There was also a clear pattern of preferential treatment toward females, with findings showing five times more grave goods offered to females than to males.
“We need to move away from our Western bias that assumes all societies are patrilineal. Many cultures, including some Indigenous Australian groups, pass identity, land rights, and responsibilities through the mother’s line — a matrilineal system,” study co-author Dr. Eline Schotsmans, <a href="https://scholars.uow.edu.au/eline-schotsmans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a research fellow</a> at Australia’s University of Wollongong’s School of Science, <a href="https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/ancient-skeletons-reveal-the-worlds-first-city-atalhoyuk-was-female-centred.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said</a> in a statement.
These findings come several months after researchers studying social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion gathered genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery and <a href="../news/dna-women-society-britain-iron-age-jaw-dropping-discovery/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">found </a>that women were closely related, while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage. 
Using an examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England, their study, published in the <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04214-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journal Nature</a>, shows that two-thirds of the individuals were descended from a single maternal lineage. This suggests that women had some control of land and property, as well as strong social support, researchers said. 
Researchers said upon the release of their findings, “It is possible that maternal ancestry was the primary shaper of group identities.”
 The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
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<title>Son of Norway’s crown princess, Marius Borg Høiby, charged with rape, sexual assault</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with multiple counts of rape, sexual assault and bodily harm after a months-long investigation of a case that involved a “double-digit” number of alleged victims, Oslo police announced Friday. Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir to the …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with multiple counts of rape, sexual assault and bodily harm after a months-long investigation of a case that involved a “double-digit” number of alleged victims, Oslo police announced Friday.
Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, has been under scrutiny since he was <a href="../news/marius-borg-hoiby-son-of-norway-crown-princess-mette-marit-arrest-rape/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">repeatedly arrested in 2024</a> amid allegations of rape and on preliminary charges of bodily harm and criminal damage.
Oslo Police Attorney Andreas Kruszewski said Høiby was cooperative during police questioning. He said evidence in the case was drawn from sources including text messages, witness testimonies and police searches.
Høiby, 28, was born from a relationship before Mette-Marit’s 2001 marriage to Haakon. He was raised alongside his stepsiblings, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 21, and Prince Sverre Magnus, 19, but has no official public role. According to Høiby’s defense attorney, Petar Sekulic, his client previously lived with the royal family but now lives in a separate house nearby.
The charges against Høiby include one case of rape involving intercourse and two cases of rape without intercourse, four cases of sexual assault and two cases of bodily harm, Kruszewski said at a news conference.
“I cannot go into further detail about the number of victims in the case beyond confirming that it is a double-digit number,” he said.
Sekulic told the Associated Press in an email that Høiby was “absolutely taking the accusations very seriously, but doesn’t acknowledge any wrongdoing in most of the cases — especially the cases regarding sexual abuse and violence.”
The royal palace did not immediately respond to an emailed request from the AP seeking comment.
Høiby remains free pending a possible trial and is entitled to a presumption of innocence until a court rules otherwise.
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg — Every four years, representatives to the global alliance of governments, pharmaceutical makers, United Nations agencies and philanthropic organizations known as Gavi, which helps get vaccines to people who need them, meet to lock in new funding pledges. Just as this year’s meeting in Brussels was drawing to a close on Wednesday, U.S. Health Secretary …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Johannesburg — Every four years, representatives to the global alliance of governments, pharmaceutical makers, United Nations agencies and philanthropic organizations known as <a href="../news/mpox-vaccines-outbreak-congo-cases-death-toll-rising-fast/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">Gavi</a>, which helps get vaccines to people who need them, meet to lock in new funding pledges. Just as this year’s meeting in Brussels was drawing to a close on Wednesday, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that all funding from Washington would cease.
In a three-and-a-half-minute video message that Kennedy shared <a href="https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1937986463510982869" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">on social media</a>, he said the Trump administration was halting funding to the organization because it had “neglected the key issue of vaccine safety.” 
Kennedy, who has sought to distance himself from the “anti-vaccine” label, has a history of making <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rfk-kennedy-politifact-lie-of-year-2023-autism-vaccines/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">misleading statements</a> about <a href="../news/rfk-jr-mitch-mcconnell-polio-vaccine/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">vaccine safety</a> and has been tied to <a href="../news/cdc-vaccine-safety-office-hire-former-head-anti-vaccine-group-founded-rfk-jr/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">anti-vaccine activism groups</a>.
Gavi <a href="https://www.gavi.org/our-alliance/about" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">says</a> it has helped vaccinate more than 1.1 billion children in 78 low income countries and prevented more than 18.8 million deaths since its creation 25 years ago. Its focus is getting vaccines, especially new vaccines, to populations that would struggle to afford them or access them otherwise.
Kennedy argued in the video that GAVI “has neglected the key issue of vaccine safety,” and that “when vaccine safety issues have come before Gavi, Gavi has treated them not as a patient health problem, but as a public relations problem.”
Kennedy accused GAVI of ignoring the science and said the alliance must “justify the $8 billion the U.S. has given it since 2001.”
The U.S. has long been among the top government contributors to Gavi’s funding, which also comes from private organizations. 
The Biden administration had <a href="https://www.gavi.org/investing-gavi/funding/donor-profiles/united-states-america" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">committed to $1.6 billion in funding</a> for the organization from 2026 through 2030 — an amount roughly equal to the funding pledged by the private Gates Foundation — and shock and outrage reverberated across the conference in Brussels after Kennedy’s announcement.
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and the Gates Foundation, <a href="https://x.com/BillGates/status/1938012546365329906" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said on social media</a> that the move would have “devastating consequences.” He called on the U.S. Congress to keep funding Gavi, warning that if it did not, “more sick kids will fall behind in school,” and there would be “more overcrowded hospital wards and eventually more grieving parents.”
“If Congress allows this to happen, the consequences will be devastating,” Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman <a href="https://x.com/MSuzman/status/1937985083832737860" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said</a>. “Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of preventable deaths will occur, especially among mothers and children.”
Dr. Atul Gawande, a public health researcher and surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston who previously held a seat on the Gavi board, <a href="https://x.com/Atul_Gawande/status/1937869562189668812" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said</a> Kennedy would be held personally responsible for the results of halted U.S. government funding, which he called a “travesty and a nightmare.”
“I would expect to see significant changes and reductions in access to safe and effective vaccines to children, in the poorest and most vulnerable countries of the world,” one U.S. official with decades of experience in global health and vaccination programs told CBS News on the condition of anonymity. “Kennedy’s rhetoric on vaccine safety is not helpful and is likely to fuel vaccine hesitancy in the minds of people across the world, where we will surely now see more uncontrolled outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. This is very unfortunate.”
The U.N.’s World Health Organization has <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/ten-threats-to-global-health-in-2019" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warned since 2019</a> that vaccine hesitancy and mistrust is one of the leading threats to global public health.
The goal of this year’s conference was to secure funding to reach the organization’s target of over 90% global coverage with essential vaccines for a wide range of diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and measles. Gavi received more than $9 billion in funding commitments on Wednesday, but it had hoped to garner $11.9 billion for the next five years, with the goal of immunizing 500 million children globally.
Other countries acknowledged Gavi’s importance, and increased their contributions at the conference on Wednesday.
Topping that list was the U.K. 
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced $1.7 billion for the coming five years, making the U.K. Gavi’s new largest donor.
Ghana’s President John Darami Mahama, addressing the Gavi conference on Wednesday, began by detailing his younger brother’s struggle with polio, and the stigma associated with the disease, which has been virtually eradicated worldwide thanks to vaccination programs launched in the late 1980s. 
“I understand the importance of vaccines,” Mahama told the delegations.
When his brother was diagnosed, vaccine access in Ghana was close to zero, but the president said that, through partnership with Gavi, 97% of the population was now vaccinated.
He said officials were still working to reach the last 3% — about “65,000 children who are in remote areas, difficult to reach for life saving vaccines” — and that Ghana planned to no longer need Gavi’s support by 2030. 
Mahama concluded his remarks with a topical comparison, saying: “One B-2 Spirit Bomber that dropped bombs on Iran cost $2.13 billion,” and that he had done the math, adding: “Surely the world can afford the value of four B-2 bombers to save 500 million children. It’s a choice we have to make.”
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte was seen in tears on the field after a spectator yelled a derogatory comment about his late mother during an at-bat in Arizona’s game against the White Sox on Tuesday night in Chicago. Arizona manager Torey Lovullo and bench coach Jeff Banis asked for the person to be removed …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/1963334/ketel-marte/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ketel Marte</a> was seen in tears on the field after a spectator yelled a derogatory comment about his late mother during an at-bat in Arizona’s game against the <a href="../tag/chicago-white-sox/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">White Sox</a> on Tuesday night in Chicago.
<a href="../tag/arizona-diamondbacks/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">Arizona</a> manager Torey Lovullo and bench coach Jeff Banis asked for the person to be removed from the game, a Diamondbacks spokesperson told the Arizona Republic, and Lovullo later said he heard what the fan said as Marte was batting in the top of the seventh inning.
The White Sox indefinitely banned the fan from their home games after the incident, CBS News Chicago <a href="../chicago/news/chicago-white-sox-ban-fan-ketel-marte-crying-mom/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">reported</a>.
Marte’s mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017. Marte, who <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/recap/MLB_20250624_ARI@CHW/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hit a solo home run</a> in the first inning of Arizona’s 4-1 win, was seen visibly upset during a pitching change in the bottom of the seventh as Lovullo put his arm around his player and consoled him. <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/torey-lovullo-comforts-ketel-marte-after-interaction-with-fan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">MLB.com posted video</a> of the emotional scene.
“I just reacted as a dad would when I went out to change pitchers,” Lovullo said, according to the Arizona Republic. “I could see he was sobbing. It hurt.”
“(I told him): ‘I love you and I’m with you, and we’re all together and you’re not alone. No matter what happens, no matter what was said or what you heard, that guy is an idiot. It shouldn’t have an impact on you.'”
Marte declined to comment on the incident through a team official. Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo said the fan “should be banned, for sure” and called for <a href="../tag/mlb/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">Major League Baseball</a> to intervene.
Added Perdomo, per MLB.com: “Everybody knows Ketel has fun, plays the game hard, but I feel bad for him. I feel mad about it. I don’t know who it was, but they’ve definitely got to do something. We cannot continue to do that [expletive] here in MLB. This is baseball, this is for the fans. They came here, they support us, but when they cross the line, we are not with that [expletive].”
Marte, a two-time All-Star and the MVP of the 2023 National League Championship Series, is having another outstanding season, batting .320 with 15 home runs.
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<title>Compass sues Zillow over its “Zillow ban,” alleging antitrust breach</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Real estate giant Compass is suing Zillow, alleging that the online property website is violating antitrust laws with a new rule that bans home listings from its platform if they appear on any other service for more than 24 hours before being posted on Zillow. Zillow’s rule, announced by the company in April, took effect …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Real estate giant Compass is suing Zillow, alleging that the online property website is violating antitrust laws with a new rule that bans home listings from its platform if they appear on any other service for more than 24 hours before being posted on Zillow.
Zillow’s rule, <a href="https://www.zillowgroup.com/news/zillows-new-listing-access-standards/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">announced</a> by the company in April, took effect on May 28, with the company saying that the new standard is necessary to ensure that listings are “marketed to every buyer” to give house-hunters “fair access to listings without having to get access behind a velvet rope controlled by any one company.”
But Compass, which seeks to give some clients a competitive advantage by posting homes before they appear on Zillow and other sites, is alleging that what it calls the “Zillow ban” violates federal antitrust laws. The real estate company claims that ZIllow is leveraging its market dominance to impose the block on listings outside of its website, and that it is aimed at hobbling competition, according to the lawsuit.
“This lawsuit is about protecting consumer choice,” Compass CEO Robert Reffkin said in a statement. “No one company should have the power to ban agents or listings simply because they don’t follow that company’s business model.”
He added, “That’s not competition. It’s coercion. Imagine if Amazon banned a seller for offering a product on their own website first. That’s what Zillow is doing in real estate. Consumers should have the right to choose how they sell their homes.”
Compass said it has hired Ken Dintzer, a partner in the antitrust division of law firm Crowell & Moring who led the U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, to represent it in the lawsuit. 
In an emailed statement to CBS MoneyWatch, a Zillow spokesperson said Compass’ claims “are unfounded” and that it will fight the lawsuit. 
The spokesperson added, “At the heart of this issue is a simple principle: When a listing is publicly marketed, it should be accessible to all buyers — across all platforms, including Zillow. Hiding listings creates a fragmented market, limits consumer choice and creates barriers to homeownership, which is bad for buyers, sellers and the industry at large, especially in this inventory and affordability-constrained environment.”
<h2>Private exclusives </h2>
With the lawsuit, Compass is defending its three-pronged marketing strategy for home listings that it says can better serve sellers. The first step in the strategy is a “private exclusive” listing that is available on Compass’ internal platform, which allows its agents to share information about the home with possible buyers. 
The second step involves a “coming soon” listing on Compass’s website, available to anyone who searches online for properties. The third element involves moving the listing to multiple listing services, or MLS, and onto aggregation sites like Zillow. 
“For Zillow, every home buyer search conducted on Compass instead of Zillow is a lost opportunity for Zillow to lock that prospective home buyer into Zillow’s ecosystem and make money selling her information to real estate agents for a lead fee — Zillow’s central business model,” the lawsuit claims. 
The complaint alleges that “Zillow doesn’t like the 3-phased marketing strategy because Zillow can’t make money selling leads off listings in Phase 1 and Phase 2 where they don’t have the listings.”
Compass, which has more than 33,000 real estate agents, said that almost half of all sellers who signed with them relied on its three-step listing strategy in the first quarter. 
“In a free and competitive market, competitors’ products and strategies should rise and fall on merit — not the whims of a monopolist gatekeeper like Zillow,” Compass claims in the suit.
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<title>What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2025? Find out if banks, supermarkets and other stores are operating.</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Juneteenth has arrived, with Americans now celebrating its fifth year as a federally recognized holiday. Given its relatively new status as a federal holiday, you may be wondering whether your local stores are operating as normal.  Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the day in …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Juneteenth has arrived, with Americans now celebrating its fifth year as a federally recognized holiday. Given its relatively new status as a federal holiday, you may be wondering whether your local stores are operating as normal. 
Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the Civil War was over, informing enslaved people in Texas that they were free.
The majority of businesses will remain open, but there are some exceptions — including banks and the stock market.
Read on to see what’s open and closed on Thursday. And remember to check local store hours before heading over, as they may vary.
<h2>Is Walmart open on Juneteenth?</h2>
Walmart’s locations are open on June 19 “unless otherwise required by state or local regulations,” a company spokesperson said.
<h2>Is Target open on Juneteenth?</h2>
Yes, Target is open and is operating under its normal hours, a spokesperson confirmed.
<h2>Is Costco open on Juneteenth?</h2>
Costco stores will be open, according to its holiday <a href="https://customerservice.costco.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/701/~/what-are-costco%E2%80%99s-holiday-closures%3F" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">calendar</a>. 
<h2>Is Chick-fil-A open?</h2>
Chick-fil-A locations are generally open, although this may vary by <a href="https://www.chick-fil-a.com/locations/browse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">location</a>. 
“Celebrating and observing holidays like Juneteenth is up to the discretion of the Chick-fil-A restaurant owner-operator,” a spokesperson told CBS News.
Fast-food chains McDonald’s and Burger King also confirmed to CBS News that they will be open on the 19th.
<h2>Is the stock market open on Juneteenth?</h2>
U.S. markets are closed on Thursday, <a href="https://www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">according</a> to the New York Stock Exchange and <a href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stock-market-holiday-schedule" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nasdaq</a>. 
<h2>Is the United States Postal Service open?</h2>
The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) retail locations are closed on June 19 and there will be no regular mail delivery, according to the postal <a href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/local-releases/ga/2025/0612-postal-service-is-closed-on-thursday-june-19.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">agency</a>. Business will resume Friday, June 20.
<h2>What about UPS and FedEx?</h2>
While USPS is not operating Thursday, Americans will still be able to send and receive packages through <a href="https://assets.ups.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:56185c79-bd23-4c65-adae-2c606a9ebbfa/original/as/2025-holiday-operations-schedule-us-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">UPS</a> and <a href="https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/2025_FedEx_Holiday_Service_Schedule.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FedEx</a>. Their retail locations will be open on Juneteenth and regular delivery services will be running.
<h2>Are businesses, supermarkets and fast-food chains open?</h2>
Most retailers will be open on Juneteenth. See the list below for a sampling of places that are operating.
AldiCVSDollar GeneralHome DepotHomeGoodsHomesenseIKEAKrogerTJ MaxxMarshallsSierraStarbucksStop & ShopWalgreens (majority of pharmacies will be closed)Wegmans
<h2>Are banks open on Juneteenth?</h2>
Several banks will be closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday, including Bank of America, <a href="http://wellsfargo.com/locator/bank/535__7TH__AVE_NEW__YORK_NY_10018/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wells Fargo</a> and <a href="https://www.chase.com/content/dam/chase-ux/documents/commercial-banking/chase-connect/cco_la_holidays.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">J.P. Morgan Chase</a>.
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<title>Candlelight vigil honoring Mark and Melissa Hortman draws hundreds to Minnesota State Capitol: “She was a fighter”</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers and the public gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday night to honor Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were fatally shot over the weekend in what authorities called a political assassination. As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra played, Gov. Tim Walz wiped away tears and comforted attendees at the …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Lawmakers and the public gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday night to honor Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were <a href="../news/minnesota-lawmaker-shooting-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman-brooklyn-park/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">fatally shot over the weekend</a> in what authorities called a political assassination.
As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra played, Gov. Tim Walz wiped away tears and comforted attendees at the gathering for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs.
Walz has described Hortman as his closest political ally and “the most consequential Speaker in state history.”
“She stuck up for people’s rights. She was a fighter,” Marie Hagerty, from Oakdale, Minnesota, said. “She had good friends in the representative office. She tried to reach across both sides of the aisle.”
Wednesday’s vigil also included a Native American drum circle, a string quartet and the crowd singing “Amazing Grace.”
The memorial, which sprang up outside the Capitol after the killings, features flowers, American flags, photos of Hortman and sticky notes with such messages as, “Thank you for always believing in me and in Minnesota,” and “We got this from here. Thank you for everything.”
“It still seems so surreal that this happened here,” Louis Boutcher, from Oakdale, Minnesota, said. “This is Minnesota. It shouldn’t happen here. It shouldn’t happen anywhere, but it’s just different.”
Around the gathering, there was a heavy police presence, with law enforcement blocking off streets leading up to the Capitol and state troopers standing guard.
The event did not have any scheduled speakers and attendees were instructed not to bring signs.
The University of Minnesota held a midday memorial gathering on the Minneapolis campus.
Rebecca Cunningham, the university’s president, spoke during the event about the grief and outrage people are grappling with, along with questions about how things got to this point.
“I don’t have the answers to these questions, but I know that finding answers starts with the coming together in community as we are today,” she said.
The Hortmans were shot and killed at their Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, home around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, officials said. The man <a href="../minnesota/news/vance-boelter-fbi-details-charges-suspect-minnesota-lawmaker-shootings/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">accused of their killings</a>, Vance Boelter, faces federal and state charges. He is also accused of shooting <a href="../minnesota/news/john-yvette-hoffman-minnesota-shooting-message/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette</a>, who both survived, and allegedly visited at least two other lawmakers’ homes.
Hortman was in her 11th term in the Minnesota Legislature, having first been elected in 2004. She served as speaker emerita of the House, and Walz called her “the most consequential Speaker in state history.”
In <a href="../news/melissa-hortman-parents-harry-linda-patrick-haluptzok-cbs-news-interview/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">an interview with CBS News</a>, Melissa Hortman’s mother, Lisa Haluptzok, said the pain of her daughter’s death is “mind-numbing.”
“It’s been very hard the last few days,” her brother, Patrick Haluptzok, said. “In what seems unfair and tragic, the way her last night was spent. We’re just trying to get by.”  
<a href="../minnesota/news/melissa-mark-hortman-children-statement-fatal-shooting/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">The Hortmans’ children</a>, Sophie and Colin, said they were “devastated and heartbroken,” but offered ways for the public to honor their memory, including planting a tree, petting a dog and standing up for what you believe in, “especially if that thing is justice and peace.”
The Hortmans received a formal procession through the Twin Cities on Tuesday. Funeral details have not yet been announced.
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<title>Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart in critical condition after cardiac arrest, family says</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is in critical condition after he went into cardiac arrest over the weekend, according to a statement from his ministry.  Swaggart, 90, went into cardiac arrest around 8 a.m. Sunday while at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his son, Donnie Swaggart, said. Donnie Swaggart said that “without a miracle, his time …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is in critical condition after he went into cardiac arrest over the weekend, according to a statement from his ministry. 
Swaggart, 90, went into cardiac arrest around 8 a.m. Sunday while at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his son, Donnie Swaggart, said. Donnie Swaggart said that “without a miracle, his time will be short.”
Donnie Swaggart said during a Sunday night service that, before EMTs arrived, he and his brother took turns giving their father chest compressions, but “he never regained consciousness.”
“Emergency personnel responded swiftly and were able to revive his heartbeat before transporting him to the hospital. He remains in the ICU, where he is under close medical care,” a spokesperson for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries said.
Jimmy Swaggart is one of the country’s best-known televangelists. The founder of his eponymous ministry, he began preaching on the radio in the early 1960s. He is the founder of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, where his family continues to preach, and his ministry also runs the SonLife Broadcasting Network, which broadcasts the Family Worship Center’s services.
Jimmy Swaggart made national headlines in 1988 when he was photographed outside a New Orleans-area hotel with a sex worker. He tearfully admitted to sinning before his congregation during a live television broadcast, although he did not specify that he had solicited a prostitute. The incident led to him being defrocked by the Assemblies of God, although he continued to preach.
Three years later, he was again found with a prostitute, this time in Indio, California, according to The Associated Press. He told his congregation that God said to him, “You tell them that Thursday morning you’ll be making television programs,” adding: “The Lord told me it’s flat none of your business,” The AP reported.
Jimmy Swaggart has also recorded gospel music and is the cousin of the late rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis. Swaggart spoke at Lewis’ funeral, and one of Lewis’ final records was a gospel album he recorded with Jimmy Swaggart that was released just a few months before Lewis’ death.
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<title>Dow sinks over 750 points after Israel’s attack on Iran</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Stocks closed lower on Friday and oil prices climbed after a military strike by Israel on Iran stirred investor fears about the risk of war breaking out in the Middle East.  The S&P 500 slid 68 points, or 1.1%, to end the day at 5,977, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 770 points, or …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Stocks closed lower on Friday and oil prices climbed after a <a href="../news/iran-israel-drone-attack-retaliation-strikes-on-nuclear-sites-and-commanders/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">military strike by Israel on Iran</a> stirred investor fears about the risk of war breaking out in the Middle East. 
The S&P 500 slid 68 points, or 1.1%, to end the day at 5,977, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 770 points, or 1.8%, to 42,198 points. The Nasdaq Composite shed 1.3%.
The market slide comes after <a href="../news/israel-launches-strike-on-iran-sources-say/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">Israel launched strikes</a> on Iran’s nuclear sites and other targets early Friday, the start of what Israel said could be a days-long attack. <a href="../news/iran-israel-drone-attack-retaliation-strikes-on-nuclear-sites-and-commanders/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">Iran responded</a> by launching over 100 drones, which Israel claimed it was able to mostly intercept.
The strikes come as President Trump seeks to rein in Iran’s nuclear capabilities. The U.S. and Iran are scheduled to meet Sunday in Oman, as part of a series on ongoing talks.
“The initial market response has been largely contained, but the risk of a broader military conflict certainly cannot be dismissed,” said Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial. “Iran has begun to retaliate and will continue to do so. This phase of the conflict will likely last several weeks at least.”
The oil market had an even stronger reaction on Friday, with U.S. benchmark crude oil increasing 7.3% to $72.98. Bent crude, the international standard, climbed 7% to $74.23 for a barrel. A deepening conflict could impact the flow of oil from Iran, a major producer of crude, according to analysts. 
One concern is that Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic channel through which <a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61002#:~:text=The%20Strait%20of%20Hormuz%2C%20located,from%20the%20COVID%2D19%20pandemic." target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">millions</a> of barrels of oil flow each day. For now, that option may be off the table for now, according to Kristian Kerr, head of macro strategy at LPL Financial.
“We think this is unlikely for now given Iran’s need to maintain oil sales to China,” Kerr said in an email.
Iranian crude exports are restricted by Western sanctions and import bans, with China the only recipient of the country’s oil. Israel exports only small amounts of oil and and other energy products.
The Middle East tensions also affect markets beyond oil, said Joy Yang, head of index product management at MarketVector Indexes, noting a decline in bitcoin prices and a rally in defense stocks, as airline stocks fall.
Airlines, whose fuel costs depend on global oil prices and whose revenues depend on travel sentiment, experienced sharp losses. United Airlines lost 4.4%, Delta Air Lines gave up 3.8% and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings dropped 5%.
Boeing shares fell 1.7% Friday following a <a href="../news/air-india-plane-crash-ahmedabad-flight-ai171-to-london-gatwick/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">crash in India</a> involving one of its 787-8 Dreamliner planes.
 The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
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<title>Scottie Scheffler deleted his Venmo account over unwanted activity. Here’s what to do if that happens to you.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Much like a golf course, Venmo can bring some unexpected traps and other hazards. The popular payment app enables users to send requests and payments to Venmo accounts listed as public — a default setting that opened up a can of worms for the world’s top golfer, Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler, 28, who is competing in …]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Much like a golf course, Venmo can bring some unexpected traps and other hazards.
The popular payment app enables users to send requests and payments to Venmo accounts listed as public — a default setting that opened up a can of worms for the world’s top golfer, Scottie Scheffler.
Scheffler, 28, who is competing in the U.S. Open this week, said Tuesday that <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/2025-u-s-open-scottie-scheffler-shares-absurd-reason-he-had-to-delete-his-venmo-account/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he deleted the app</a> after receiving a string of unwanted financial requests and payments from strangers betting on his performance.
“That’s why I had to get rid of my Venmo because I was either getting paid by people or people requesting me a bunch of money when I didn’t win. It wasn’t a good feeling,” the 16-time PGA Tour winner recently told reporters, <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/2025-u-s-open-scottie-scheffler-shares-absurd-reason-he-had-to-delete-his-venmo-account/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS Sports.
While he occasionally received small payments after winning a game, Scheffler said he more typically got requests from gamblers looking to cash in if he had lost.
“I don’t remember the most that somebody would send me,” he said. “Maybe a couple bucks here or there. That didn’t happen nearly as much as the requests did.”
Ordinary Venmo users may not attract the same attention on the app as Scheffler, but they can still benefit from knowing how to protect their privacy on the payment platform. 
Read on for tips on how to navigate Venmo safely. 
<h2>What should I do if I get an unexpected payment or request on Venmo?</h2>
With the <a href="../news/online-scams-2024-statistics-fbi/" target="_blank" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http="">proliferation on online scams</a>, Venmo encourages its users to play it safe. If you get a payment from a stranger, Venmo <a href="https://help.venmo.com/cs/articles/payment-from-a-stranger-vhel162" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">says</a> you should not accept the transfer, but instead contact the app’s <a href="https://help.venmo.com/cs/contact-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">support team</a>.
Likewise, payment requests from suspicious accounts, or people you don’t know, should also be declined, the company says.
“In some cases, you may receive a payment request from someone who appears to be a friend or relative,” Venmo warns on its <a href="https://help.venmo.com/cs/articles/payment-from-a-stranger-vhel162" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">website</a>. “This can be a common scam tactic, so we recommend contacting your friend or family member outside of Venmo to confirm the legitimacy of the request before taking any action.”
For more information on how to safely use Venmo, the company’s <a href="https://help.venmo.com/cs/articles/common-scams-on-venmo-vhel167" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">website</a> outlines common mobile payment scams and how to avoid them. 
<h2>Can everyone see my Venmo payment history?</h2>
Paying your roommate for the electricity bill? Others might be able to see that transaction on Venmo, depending on your account settings.
If your profile is public, which is the default setting on the app, then each of your payment transactions will appear on Venmo’s main feed, making them visible to anyone online. That includes information on who you’re paying, when you paid them and what you’re paying them for — cue the pizza emoji. 
To limit the number of people who can see your transactions, you can switch your privacy settings to “Friends only” or “Private.” The “Friends only” setting makes your payment transactions visible to Venmo friends only. The “Private” setting, the most restrictive of the three options, limits payment visibility to the two parties engaged in the transaction. Venmo also allows you to retroactively change your transactions to private mode which would hide your entire payment history, according to a company spokesperson.
If you’re paying or requesting money from someone who has different privacy setting than you, Venmo will default to whoever’s setting is more restrictive. 
For example, if your account is private and you’re making a payment to someone with a public account, the payment will automatically be private, and only visible to you and the recipient.
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