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Two women, including a former Republican Senate candidate, have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide, with police saying an extramarital affair was the reason behind the deaths. Meredith Chapman, 33, assistant vice president at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and a former communications manager for then U.S. Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware, was killed at her home in Radnor Township on Monday evening (April 23.) Her body was found alongside that of Jennair Gerardot, a woman from Wilmington, Delaware. Garardot believed Chapman was having an affair with her husband, Philly.com reported. Police said Gerardot took her own life.  According to police, Gerardot disguised herself by wearing

When Jennair Gerardot found out her husband was cheating on her, she came up with a plan of revenge, one that would lead to a bloody murder-suicide and stun a quiet Pennsylvania town, authorities said Tuesday. The victim was her husband’s 33-year-old mistress, Meredith Chapman, police said. She was a lot like Gerardot - a successful, driven, marketing professional in the Delaware area. She also happened to have worked with Gerardot’s husband at the University of Delaware. After finding out about the affair, Gerardot plotted a “calculated attack,” police said. “There were emails and text messages indicating what she planned to do,” Radnor Township Police Superintendent William Colarulo said in

First lady Melania Trump’s menu for the state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte was described as “froo-froo [sic] garbage” by a conservative pundit, who suggested the fare was out of touch. In a tweet, Erick Erickson mocked the menu selected by Melania-who eschewed an event planner in favor of organizing the occasion herself-which included a rack of lamb and jambalaya. “This menu is why I could never be President,” Erickson wrote on Tuesday, sharing a sneak peek at the menu that was shared by The Hill.

A dessert dish that South Korea plans to serve at Friday’s summit with the North has enraged Japan, which is demanding the “distasteful offering” not be served. The mango mousse - dubbed “Spring of the People” in a publicity photograph - depicts the small islands known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in Korea - islets whose sovereignty is disputed by Tokyo. They lie in the Sea of Japan, which Seoul refers to as the East Sea. “It is extremely regrettable,” a Japanese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday, adding that Japan had lodged a protest about the distasteful offering, according to Reuters. “We have asked that the dessert not be served.” Japan complained to South Korea about fans waving

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Finland's basic income program that drew international attention was a bust, the Finnish government announced Tuesday.  The pilot program that paid about 2,000 randomly-chosen unemployed Finnish people a monthly check of €560 ($685) will stop by the end of the year, the BBC reports.  The program, which started January 2017, was the first of it's kind in Europe. The government hoped the extra money would fuel the economy and innovation. The unemployment rate in Finland exceeds 8% and was 9.2% when the program launched. By comparison, the U.S. has an unemployment rate of 4.1%, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.   A study published in February by the think tank