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TLC At her breaking point! Sister Wives’ Robyn Brown shared her true feelings about her spouse, Kody Brown, seemingly pinning her against Meri, Janelle and Christine Brown. During part 3 of Sister Wives: One-on-One, which aired on Sunday, January 8, Janelle, 53, claimed that Robyn, 43, received preferential treatment when it came to her needs over the years. She alleged that when she wanted to build a home on Coyote Pass, Kody didn’t play by the same rules with her as he did with Robyn. “If I was prioritized, we would’ve figured out how to pay off the land and…

The city Buildings Department is turning a blind eye to safety by allowing unlicensed or unqualified laborers to perform gas piping work in new or reconstructed developments, an explosive lawsuit filed by the plumbers union claims. The Manhattan Supreme Court suit accuses the DOB of failing to comply with a city law that tightened up licensing requirements for gas piping installation following deadly explosions in East Harlem and the East Village in 2014 and 2015. “DOB’s complete dereliction of its duty to enforce gas and welder qualification requirements has facilitated wholesale non-compliance with these safety rules throughout the City and created…

Bernard Kalb, the long-time journalist and founding anchor of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” program, died on Sunday at his home in North Bethesda, Maryland, his family said. He was 100. Kalb’s death was caused by complications from a recent fall, his younger brother, Marvin Kalb, told CNN by phone. According to a CNN biography, Kalb traveled the globe for more than three decades as a correspondent covering world affairs for CBS News, NBC News and The New York Times. Kalb then became the first anchor of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” program from 1992 to 1998. In a statement, CNN Chairman and CEO…

Con Edison has overcharged the MTA by millions of dollars on electrical bills over the years, according to a new report. Transit officials have recouped more than $7 million in overpayments made to the utility giant calculated based on estimates and not actual electricity usage — and the extent of the problem is likely much worse, MTA Acting Inspector General Elizabeth Keating said last week. “Many MTA electric accounts might have been receiving estimated bills on a long-term — or even permanent — basis,” Keating said in a report Thursday. “The MTA needs to examine many more accounts for potential…

TAIPEI/BEIJING: Taiwan condemned China on Monday (Jan 9) for holding its second military combat drills around the island in less than a month, with the defence ministry saying it had detected 57 Chinese aircraft. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has been ramping up military, political and economic pressure to assert those claims. The Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army said its forces held “joint combat readiness patrols and actual combat drills” in the sea and airspace around Taiwan, focused on land strikes and sea assaults. The aim of the exercises was to test joint combat…

CNN  —  Sen. Ben Sasse, a Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the attack on the US Capitol, officially resigned from the Senate Sunday, with officials expecting his seat to be filled as soon as this week. Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, who was sworn in last week, is likely to appoint Sasse’s replacement in the coming days, officials say. He has assured officials the appointment will be made well before the Senate returns January 23. Sasse announced last year that he would step down from his position to become the University of Florida’s next president.…

A Bronx man was held without bail Sunday after allegedly killing a stranger who appeared to simply show up at the wrong place at the wrong time, as new details emerged in the grisly slaying. Suspect Jose Ortiz, 65, is accused of fatally stabbing Tyrone Quick, 45, in the heart at a University Avenue apartment in Highbridge, where the victim was visiting a friend, Vanessa Guzman, cops and new court documents say. Guzman had been trying to hide from Ortiz, who was allegedly threatening to kill neighbors for no apparent reason. Police say Ortiz slashed Guzman in the chest. Then…

A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), January 5, 2023.Andrew Kelly | ReutersGains in technology helped the Nasdaq Composite skirt losses on Monday as traders added to bets that inflation may be easing.The Nasdaq was the only major index to end the day up as it got boosted by a nearly 6% rally in Tesla shares. The tech-heavy index gained 66.36 points, or 0.6%, to end at 10,635.65 points.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 112.96 points, or 0.3%, to end at 33,517.65 as defensive drug stocks like Merck and Johnson & Johnson weighed…

Hardly a day goes by without someone asking me, “Why do you like Jay Powell so much?” He will question whether I am somehow buddies with the Federal Reserve chair, or assume I knew him before he got the job. Nope. Barely knew him. I have spoken to him only once — and as part of a group — since he took the position in 2018. To understand why I like Powell, simply look at the arc of what has happened over the past year and you’ll recognize that his critics should be on their heels, not him. Go back…

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  This is not the end of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s nightmare, rather just the beginning. Having won the coveted job, the California Republican has leveled up to a new series of challenges with higher stakes for all Americans, and less room for error for a man who needed 15 tries to get the gavel. Related: Read this profile from McCarthy’s hometown This week Republicans must try to coalesce around the concessions McCarthy made and pass a…