IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. ‘More work to do’: Biden praises economic progress following Fed rate cuts 01:50 Kentucky couple find body believed to be highway shooting suspect 02:55 Nebraska man sentenced after sexually assaulting teens while posing as a student 02:19 California cat travels … Read more
BERLIN, Vt. — This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel voucher program. The move is prompting outcry from municipal leaders and advocates who say many don’t have a place to go. The biggest … Read more
A group of senators has demanded that U.S. officials prohibit transaction fees on school meal accounts, arguing that the companies that process students’ lunch payments are unnecessarily raising costs for families. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent Wednesday evening, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and seven other senators urged immediate action from the … Read more
A former CIA officer was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually abusing and filming multiple women without their consent, in one of the most serious misconduct cases in the agency’s history. Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 48, from La Mesa, California, photographed and filmed 28 women while they were unconscious or unable … Read more
Passengers said a pressurization issue on a Delta Air Lines flight Sunday left them with bloody noses and ears. A spokesperson for the airline company said that Flight 1203 from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet. Crew members “followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on … Read more
Baseball fans have heard of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. But have you heard of “Shoeless” Jose Altuve? In Tuesday’s 9th inning of the Padres-Astros game, Altuve appeared to foul a ball off his left foot. However, umpires ruled the ball never hit his foot and Altuve was subsequently thrown out at first base. Altuve couldn’t believe … Read more
At least five game show contestants were “shamelessly exploited” and subjected to “unreasonable, unsafe” working conditions on Amazon Prime’s “Beast Games,” a California civil action said this week. The Los Angeles County Superior Court class action lawsuit, filed on Monday, names Amazon and a production company linked to YouTube creator Jimmy Donaldson, best known for … Read more
ESPN’s star NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from the company, according to a post from his X account Wednesday morning. The longtime sports reporter will take a job at St. Bonaventure, his alma mater, and become the general manager of its men’s basketball program, the university said. Wojnarowski often broke big news in the … Read more
But vehicle data from Read’s SUV showed that at 12:45 a.m., while outside Albert’s home, the Lexus traveled backward for 60 feet at 24 mph, Lally said. The SUV’s tail light was broken, Lally said, and pieces of the light were later found outside Albert’s home. Forensic testing showed that O’Keefe’s hair was found on … Read more
The Summary A nearly complete Stegosaurus skeleton sold for a record $44.6 million at auction Wednesday. Sotheby’s, which handled the sale, described the fossil as the best-preserved Stegosaurus specimen of its size ever found. The buyer’s identity was not publicly disclosed. A 150-million-year-old, nearly complete Stegosaurus skeleton sold for a record $44.6 million at auction … Read more