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Officials investigating after Wells Fargo employee is found dead 4 days after scanning into work

A Wells Fargo employee was found dead at an office in a Tempe, Arizona, four days after scanning into work.

According to the Tempe Police Department, 60-year-old Denise Prudhomme checked into work on Friday, Aug. 16 around 7 a.m., and never scanned back out. Tempe police responded to the Wells Fargo office in the 1100 block of West Washington Street after on-site security called the police about an employee they believed to be dead on Tuesday, Aug. 20; she was pronounced dead at 4:55 p.m.

Per NBC affiliate KPNX of Mesa, Arizona, Sgt. Ryan Cook said police found Prudhomme in a cubicle on the third floor of the multi-level Wells Fargo building, away from the main aisle. An employee who spoke to KPNX on the condition of anonymity said a colleague found her at her desk while walking around the building and that several people had smelled a foul odor, but believed it to be faulty plumbing.

Sgt. Cook said that the cause of death is is pending determination by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner, but police say a preliminary investigation did not show any obvious signs of foul play. The Office of the Medical Examiner will make a further medical determination.

In a statement provided to CBS News affiliate AZFamily, Wells Fargo said: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague at our Tempe office. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family and loved ones during this difficult time. Counselors, through our Employee Assistance Consulting service, are available to support our employees. We are fully cooperating with the Tempe Police Department in their investigation and will direct all further questions to them.”

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9 deaths, 57 hospitalizations now reported from Boar’s Head deli meat listeria outbreak

A recent investigation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed scores of health violations by meat company Boar’s Head at its Virginia facility, which is at the center of a nationwide recall of their deli meats that have been linked to multiple deaths across more than a dozen states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) announced 14 more illnesses since its previous update earlier this month, bringing the total up to 57 across 18 states – marking the largest listeriosis outbreak of its kind in the U.S. since 2011, linked to cantaloupe.

The CDC confirmed that nine deaths have now been reported, adding Florida, Tennessee, New Mexico and South Carolina to the roster of 17 states with known listeria cases tied directly to the Boar’s Head outbreak.  All 57 people have been hospitalized in the latest outbreak, the agency confirmed, adding that six new deaths include one from Florida, one from Tennessee, one from New Mexico, one from New York and two from South Carolina.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (‘USDA’), a Boar’s Head liverwurst sample tested positive for the outbreak strain of listeria monocytogenes last month, at which time the food manufacturer issued a recall of all items produced at its Virginia-based facilities and paused operations. The recall was expanded from its initial notice on July 26, and mow includes approximately 7 million pounds of 71 products produced between May 10, 2024, and July 29, 2024, under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. The items include ready-to-eat meats and poultry products intended for slicing at retail delis, plus some packaged items.

Per the CDC: “Everyone should check their homes for any remaining recalled Boar’s Head products since they can have long a shelf-life. Look for ‘EST. 12612’ or ‘P-12612’ inside the USDA mark of inspection on the product labels. Some of the products have sell by dates into October 2024.”

In its newly released records, the USDA said that inspectors for the agency detailed dozens of regulatory violations at the plant including black mold, mildew, cobwebs and insects repeatedly found throughout the site. All operations at Boar’s Head’s Jarrat, Va., plant have been suspended, with company officials working to disinfect the facility and retrain its current employees. According to a company spokesperson, no meat products will be sent out “until it meets the highest quality and safety standards.”

Boar’s Head company spokesperson Elizabeth Ward said in a statement: “As a USDA-inspected food producer, the agency has inspectors in our Jarratt, Virginia plant every day and if at any time inspectors identify something that needs to be addressed, our team does so immediately, as was the case with each and every issue raised by USDA in this report.”

The CDC recommends heating deli meats sliced at any deli counter to an internal temperature of 165 degrees or until the meat is steaming hot. Consumers also can protect against listeria by cleaning their refrigerators and any containers or surfaces that might have contacted sliced deli meats.

For the full product list of recalls, check here.
For detailed label information, head here.

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Carly Pearce to embark on “hummingbird” World Tour

Carly Pearce is set to launch her headlining “Hummingbird World Tour” on Oct. 3 in Windsor, Ontario, in support of her critically acclaimed fourth studio album Hummingbird

The 40+ tour will kick-off October 3rd in Windsor, ON, and continue through North American making stops at cities including Cleveland, Las Vegas, Calgary, Milwaukee, Dallas, and Phoenix, as well as a run of previously announced European/UK shows including Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London, Manchester and Dublin before concluding on May 16, 2025 in Nashville, TN. Karley Scott Collins, Matt Lang, Wade Bowen and Carter Faith will join Pearce as support on select dates.

Tickets are on sale now; visit CarlyPearce.com for more information.

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Scotty McCreery to launch North American fall tour

Scotty McCreery is set to launch his headlining “Fall of Summer Tour”, named after his current single of the same name. Written by McCreery, Frank Rogers and Brent Anderson and produced by Rogers, Derek Wells, and Aaron Eshuis, “Fall of Summer,” is currently climbing the chart at country radio.

The tour will take McCreery across the US and Canada, kicking off Sept. 2 with stops in Santa Fe, NM; Bakersfield, CA; Stamford, CT; Windsor, Ontario; Kansas City, MO and more.

McCreery says: “I’m so proud of my new Rise & Fall album, and I’m pumped to bring the Fall of Summer Tour out on the road. Performing live is one of my favorite things to do, and I can’t wait to play these songs for folks across the country as well as a few Canadian shows in Ontario.”

Tickets are on sale now; head to ScottyMcCreery.com for more information.

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Janet Jackson sets Las Vegas Residency at Resorts World

Janet Jackson has announced her Las Vegas residency at Resorts World Las Vegas, set to launch New Year’s week. Jackson will perform at the 5,000-capacity theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas after completing a successful run for her “Together Again” tour, a 35-city trek that kicked off in June, with a European leg launching in September.

Jackson captioned an Instagram post: “We’re so excited to announce our new residency at Resorts World Las Vegas launching New Year’s week! This is going to be a lot of fun and I look forward to spending the start of the New Year with you!! We truly can’t wait! Sending so much love ♥ -J”

Bobby Reynolds, senior vice president of AEG Presents Las Vegas, said in a statement: “Janet Jackson is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in pop music. We could not be more thrilled to close out 2024 with her return to the Las Vegas Strip and her venue debut at our award-winning Resorts World Theatre, and to kick off 2025 with a run of sure-to-be-unforgettable shows. This is a residency fans won’t want to miss.”

The “Janet Jackson: Las Vegas” residency will begin Dec. 30 and include a show on New Year’s Eve, with eight additional performances set for 2025 including Valentine’s Day weekend. Tickets to all ten performances will be available at AXS.com.

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Lenny Kravitz teams up with Quavo in video for ‘Fly’

Quavo has recruited Lenny Kravitz for a new version of his classic track, “FLY,” with the accompanying video, directed by Jake Nava, showcasing the performance from Quavo and Kravitz.

“FLY” remakes Kravitz’s classic 1998 hit with newly-recorded vocals, modernized by the Migos star’s flow and rhythm.   The idea of remaking “FLY” stemmed from a meeting between Quavo and Kravitz at the BMC dinner, where Quavo paid tribute to the rock icon.

FLY follows Quavo recent release “Tough” alongside Lana Del Rey. Quavo’s last full-length project was 2023’s Rocket Power, and he also has been teasing a potential sophomore collab album with Travis Scott, Huncho Jack 2 and more.

Take a look at the video for “FLY” – here.

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Supreme Court declines to revive Biden’s latest student loan debt relief plan

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined the Biden’s administration latest student loan debt relief plan. In a brief order, the court denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court.

The justices turned down a request from the Justice Department to lift a sweeping appeals court order that blocked the program (known as the SAVE plan) which has been the subject of legal challenges from more than a dozen GOP-led states in recent months. The Court’s unsigned order said that it “expects that the Court of Appeals will render its decision with appropriate dispatch.” There were no noted dissents.

The Education Department paused loan payments for borrowers enrolled in the program earlier this month because of the ongoing legal proceedings.  The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s earlier plan last year that would have benefited more than 40 million Americans and forgiven nearly half-a-trillion-dollars in loans.

The latest program is an income-driven repayment plan in which monthly payments of a loan are based on the borrower’s income. The SAVE plan lowers monthly undergraduate loan payments to 5% of a borrower’s’ discretionary income above 225% of the federal poverty line — up from 150% — and provides for shorter repayment periods and earlier loan forgiveness for borrowers with smaller starting balances. The administration said it had the authority to make these changes under the Higher Education Act and estimated that out of the 8 million borrowers who enrolled in the SAVE Plan, 4.5 million have monthly payments of $0.

The brief unsigned order saw the Court reject the states’ request to lift that appeals court’s stay, noting that “the states said they do not require relief from the Supreme Court as long as the 8th Circuit’s order is in place.” The 8th Circuit’s decision blocks implementation of the program for borrowers nationwide and is at odds with the order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in the dispute involving the three other states, which kept the SAVE plan intact during legal proceedings.

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin granted new trial in defamation lawsuit against New York Times

On Wednesday, a federal appeals court revived former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel Wednesday granted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a new libel trial, faulting the trial judge for dismissing the case before the jury had reached a verdict. The jury was allowed to continue deliberating before ultimately finding the newspaper not liable in February 2022.

Senior United States Circuit Judge John M. Walker Jr. wrote in the opinion: “Unfortunately, several major issues at trial — specifically, the erroneous exclusion of evidence, an inaccurate jury instruction, a legally erroneous response to a mid-deliberation jury question, and jurors learning during deliberations of the district court’s Rule 50 dismissal ruling — impugn the reliability of that verdict. We conclude that the district court’s Rule 50 ruling improperly intruded on the province of the jury by making credibility determinations, weighing evidence, and ignoring facts or inferences that a reasonable juror could plausibly have found to support Palin’s case. No statement in this opinion should be understood as resolving issues of fact.”

Palin sued for defamation in 2017, claiming she was defamed in an editorial when her rhetoric was linked to the Tucson shooting attack that wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.  According to the appeals court opinion, the editorial in question said the Giffords shooter’s “rage was nurtured in a vile political climate” and that the “pro-gun right [was] criticized” at the time. The editorial also noted that before the shooting Palin’s political action committee had “circulated a map of targeted electoral districts that put Ms. Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs.”

The libel case against the Times was first reinstated on August 2019, but the district court dismissed her case again under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50. The New York Times said in a statement: “This decision is disappointing. We’re confident we will prevail in a retrial.”

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Take a listen to Jelly Roll’s song ‘Liar’ from upcoming LP ‘Beautifully Broken’

Jelly Roll has released “Liar,” the newest track from his forthcoming album Beautifully Broken which drops on October 11.

Written by Jelly Roll along with Ben Johnson, Ashley Gorley and Taylor Phillips, “Liar” first debuted at the 2024 ACM Awards. “Liar” follows Jelly’s  Top 20 single, “I Am Not Okay,” which was released in June as the first new music since his record-breaking country debut album, Whitsitt Chapel.

Jelly just kicked-off his 2024 Beautifully Broken Tour in Salt Lake City, which will travel across the U.S. to play arenas including Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Center and New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

Jelly also shared in a press release that all net proceeds from pre-orders for Beautifully Broken via his website will go toward organizations that assist people with mental health challenges and addiction issues. Organizations include Folds of Honor, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Shatterproof, and Wounded Warriors.  Pre-order Beautifully Broken on Jelly Roll’s website.

Take a listen to ‘Liar (Live from the 59th ACM Awards)’here.

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Lainey Wilson and Sam Hunt to headline 2025 Gulf Coast Jam

Gulf Coast Jam announced that Lainey Wilson will join Sam Hunt to serve as headliners at the 2025 edition of the Gulf Coast Jam. Additional headliners and the full lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.

A social media post announcing Wilson read:  “Just announced! SAM HUNT joins Lainey Wilson in headlining Gulf Coast Jam, presented by Jim Beam, in Panama City Beach, FL! May 29-June 1, 2025. 🎸🤠 Go all in with perks like festival merch, access to exclusive experiences like a back-of-house tour, and invite-only pre-parties. Plus, stay at hand-selected hotels near the festival—lock it in with only $10 down.”

Festival Executive Producer Rendy Lovelady said: “Lainey has just exploded the past couple of years, and we were so excited to announce her as the first of four headliners for next year. Sam Hunt has been one of our most requested artists, and we can’t wait to see him open the 2025 Festival.”

The 2024 Gulf Coast Jam was headlined by Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson and Parker McCollum. The 2025 Gold Coast Jam is set for May 29 – June 1, 2025 in Panama City Beach, Florida, May 30 – June 1, 2025. Tickets are now on sale at www.GulfCoastJam.com.

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