Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot more than 40 times, according to a preliminary autopsy report released Friday by the medical examiner’s office in Summit County. Dr. Lisa Kohler, the Summit County medical …
Read More »Inflation hit 9.1% in June, highest rate in more than 40 years
Inflation hit a fresh 40-year record in June, with consumer prices increasing 9.1% over the last 12 months, the Labor Department said Wednesday. It’s the fastest increase in prices since November 1981, and above what economists had expected. The increases were broad-based: Rent, new and used vehicles, car insurance and …
Read More »“Yellowstone” actor Q’Orianka Kilcher charged with illegally collecting nearly $97,000 in disability benefits while working on TV show
“Yellowstone” actor Q’Orianka Kilcher has been charged with illegally collecting nearly $97,000 in disability benefits while working on the TV show, authorities announced Monday. Kilcher, 32, of North Hollywood, is charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, according to a statement from the California Department of Insurance. …
Read More »FDA and Juul agree to temporarily suspend court battle while government conducts additional review
The Food and Drug Administration and Juul agreed Wednesday to put their court fight on hold while the government conducts more review of the company’s electronic cigarettes. The agreement comes one day after the FDA placed a hold on its initial order banning Juul’s products from the market, saying that …
Read More »Who is Robert E. Crimo III? What we know about the suspected gunman in the Highland Park shooting
Hours after a gunman opened fire on a suburban Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven people and wounding two dozen, police detained 21-year-old Robert Crimo III. Crimo, who is known as Bobby, was charged Tuesday with seven counts of first-degree murder. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric …
Read More »Welcome to a summer of travel hell
Fasten your seatbelts: there’s travel turbulence ahead. What started as a summer of so-called “revenge travel,” after two years of the pandemic, has turned into travel hell. “I’m extremely frustrated and disappointed,” said one flier. “They got a few people on board, and then all of a sudden, canceled the …
Read More »Supreme Court’s conservatives assert control as momentous term comes to an end
Washington — Five years after Neil Gorsuch joined the Supreme Court, nearly four years after Brett Kavanaugh replaced a retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy and 20 months after Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed days before the 2020 election, the Supreme Court’s expanded conservative majority exerted its power across a blockbuster term …
Read More »Vehicle hits, drags Baltimore police sergeant about two blocks after he tries to pull it over
A Baltimore police sergeant attempting to make a traffic stop was struck by the vehicle he was trying to pull over dragged roughly two blocks Tuesday night, CBS Baltimore reports. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the driver accelerated, dragging the sergeant and hitting another vehicle along the way. The …
Read More »Transcript: Former Pence chief of staff Marc Short on “Face the Nation,” June 26, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short that aired Sunday, June 26, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by Marc Short, he was Former Vice President’s- Vice President Pence’s Chief of Staff. Good morning …
Read More »Starbucks used “array of illegal tactics” against unionizing workers, labor regulators say
The National Labor Relations Board is asking a federal court to order Starbucks to stop using what the federal agency calls an “array of illegal tactics” aimed at workers involved in unionization efforts at the coffee chain’s stores. The NLRB’s petition, filed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in …
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