School gunman had AR-15-style weapon, 600 rounds … ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 19-year-old who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, a police official said Tuesday. Orlando Harris also left behind a handwritten note offering his explanation for the […]
University faces blowback over school-branded beer … Virginia Commonwealth University is facing criticism from some faculty members after it allowed university branding to be used on a local beer, circumventing the school’s own policies.
Las Vegas at center of tight contests for Senate, … LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a meeting hall just north of Las Vegas Boulevard, where casino-resorts tower like gleaming beacons of amusement, Ted Pappageorge laid out a darker, urgent call for action before next month’s election. Pappageorge, leader of the heavily Latino casino workers’ union, told the hundreds of union members this past weekend that […]
2 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school; gunman … ST. LOUIS (AP) — An armed former student broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning warning, “You are all going to die!” before fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl, and wounding seven others before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire. The attack just after 9 a.m. at Central Visual […]
Tentative deal would boost pay for 8,000 Southwest … DALLAS (AP) — More than 8,000 customer-service workers at Southwest Airlines would get raises of 16% to 25% over four years under a tentative contract, a sign of cost pressures facing airlines in a tight labor market. The agreement announced Monday faces a ratification vote, however, and the same workers rejected a previous deal that […]
WHO head in Middle East ‘disturbed’ by abuse reported … LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region told staff in an email that he is “very disturbed” by allegations reported by The Associated Press that the U.N. health agency’s Syria director misspent millions, abused staff and violated the organization’s own COVID-19 protocols as the pandemic hit the war-torn country. […]
Real stimulus payment or an IRS scam? Here’s what … The Internal Revenue Service recently announced it is contacting millions of people who are still owed stimulus payments, earned income tax credits, child tax credits or other benefits – now scammers are looking to cash in on the news, experts say.
Midterm Rankings: The 7 Senate seats most likely … A little more than two weeks stand between now and Election Day, and it’s likely going to come down to the wire as Republicans and Democrats duke it out for Senate supremacy.
Jan. 6 panel formally issues subpoena to Trump The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol released its full subpoena to former President Trump, detailing 19 areas of inquiry it wishes to discuss with the former president and asking him to appear for a deposition on Nov. 14. “As demonstrated in our hearings, we have assembled overwhelming evidence, including […]
Stocks end higher on Wall Street, notching weekly … Wall Street capped a volatile run for stocks with a broad rally Friday, contributing to sizable weekly gains for major indexes. The S&P 500 rose 2.4% and notched its biggest weekly gain since June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.5% and the Nasdaq composite ended 2.3% higher. More than 90% of the stocks in […]
FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week … Another season of fantasy football, another group of start-or-sit scenarios to answer. It’s not just enough to draft the right team and make the right moves off the waiver wire. We all know that. We also have to make sure that we are starting the right players each week. Of course, we have our studs, […]