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Kimberly-Clark on Monday said it is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a cash and stock deal worth about $48.7 billion, combining the Huggies manufacturer with the owner of Aveeno and Band-Aid. Kenvue shareholders will receive $3.50 per share in cash and 0.14625 Kimberly-Clark shares for each Kenvue share held at closing. That amounts to $21.01 per share, based on the closing price of Kimberly-Clark shares on Friday. Kimberly-Clark shareholders are expected to own about 54% of the combined company. Kenvue shareholders will own about 46%. The combination merges two businesses that own a number of major consumer health brands, such…
Voters in Colorado’s third-largest city will decide Tuesday who will fill five open seats on the Aurora City Council. The outcome could solidify the council’s conservative majority amid ongoing debates over crime, homelessness and housing. The council, which has shifted from progressive control to a more conservative stance in recent years, includes 10 members plus the mayor. With five seats up for grabs, including two at-large positions, CBS Colorado political analysts say the outcome could determine the city’s policy direction for years to come. “The conservative constituencies have been very successful,” said Democratic analyst Mike Dino. “And in this election,…
A 23-year-old New York man was killed when the semi-truck he was driving went off the side of Wolf Creek Pass on Monday, according to Colorado State Patrol. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. on U.S. Highway 160 in Mineral County, a CSP spokesman said. The driver, who hasn’t yet been identified, was hauling canned beverages in a 2020 Freightliner when he lost control of the truck. Witnesses told investigators they saw it moving at a high rate of speed with black smoke coming from its brakes. Near milepost 161, about 17 miles north of Pagosa Springs, he crashed through the…
Denver Labor claimed it closed 859 cases at the end of last month, collecting a record $2,310,009.82 in restitution. According to the city auditor’s office, Denver Labor helped a record 7,200 workers receive money owed for unpaid wages. Denver Labor enforces city laws involving wage theft and works to make sure wage requirements for city contracts are upheld. The department said it investigates 100% of the wage complaints received. The department said some of the common complaints received include violations concerning minimum wage, overtime, paid sick leave, rest breaks and independent contractor misclassifications. “Wage theft is an ongoing problem in…
Human remains discovered in Lochbuie in September have been identified as those of a Colorado woman who’d been missing since 2018, according to Lochbuie police and the Weld County Coroner’s Office. Terri Ackerman was reported missing by her husband in August 2018 after he returned to their Lochbuie home and her belongings were there, but she wasn’t. She was 56 at the time she was reported missing. Lochbuie Police Chief Tracey McCoy said the remains were discovered on Sept. 10 at her and her husband’s home at 130 Poplar Street. “Following her disappearance in 2018, extensive searches were conducted in and…
A quiet afternoon on the campus of SUNY Morrisville turned into a frightening scene when a 20-year-old man, not enrolled as a student, was shot in the neck inside South Hall at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Monday, authorities say. Immediately following the incident, a campus-wide lockdown was issued—students and staff were told to remain in place and evening classes were cancelled. The message from the university stated: “Campus on lockdown… Please remain where you are until the lockdown has been lifted.” When troopers from the New York State Police arrived on site, they found the injured man suffering from a…
In the quiet desert town of Cabazon, California, tragedy struck the Haro family when 7-month-old baby Emmanuel Haro was found to have died after enduring severe abuse—his little life extinguished in the hands of his parents, Jake Haro and Rebecca Haro. Court records and prosecutor statements reveal that investigators believe Emmanuel died sometime between August 5 and August 14, 2025—long before his mother reported him missing. She had claimed the baby was taken in a kidnapping while she was changing his diaper outside a store in Yucaipa. That story unraveled after detectives uncovered “numerous inconsistencies” and surveillance footage didn’t support…
On a quiet Sunday evening in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood, 17-year-old Rodrigo Franco clocked in like any other shift at the Burger King near 4060 S. Pulaski Road. But shortly after 7 p.m., his life was cut tragically short: a Jeep SUV pulled up outside, someone inside opened fire into the restaurant, and Rodrigo was struck in the head. Emergency responders rushed him to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, but the young worker was later pronounced dead. The horror of that moment hangs over his family and the community—a teenager working what seemed like a normal evening shift, gunned…
In the quiet hours of Sunday morning, the small city of Carlisle, Arkansas, was jolted awake by gunfire that claimed the life of a 37-year-old man. According to reports from the Arkansas State Police (ASP) and the Carlisle Police Department (CPD), officers answered a 911 call to the 400 block of North Greenlaw Avenue at dawn and found local resident Eric Roland deceased at the scene from apparent gunshot wounds. Witnesses at the scene identified the suspected shooter as 40-year-old Cyle Ramone Cooney of Carlisle, who fled the area in a white Dodge Ram truck. Within hours, the suspect was…
On an early Monday morning in Corpus Christi, the city lost one of its own: 35-year-old Brodrick Johnson, who died in a tragic pedestrian crash around 4:49 a.m. on the 3900 block of Saratoga Boulevard. According to the Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD), Johnson was found in the roadway, immediately attended by emergency crews and transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead by the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office, who confirmed Johnson’s identity. The circumstances are heartbreakingly clear: Johnson had crossed Saratoga Boulevard outside a marked crosswalk, and at that time a vehicle travelling westbound struck…