By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The U.S. monthly budget deficit fell in October as the government collected more taxes from individuals and corporations thanks to a much improved economy emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. The Treasury Department reported Wednesday that the federal government posted a deficit of $165 billion last month, 42% lower than
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff and Katherine Scott Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A security guard for the Christmas Village exhibit at Love Park in Center City Philadelphia has been charged with fatally shooting a man, police say. Police announced Wednesday 43-year-old Gregory Thomas Sr. has been charged with murder and related
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A charity operating a rescue ship with 306 migrants aboard says after days of waiting at sea Italy has assigned it a port to disembark its passengers. SOS Mediterranee tweeted on Wednesday evening that those aboard Ocean Viking were feeling “indescribable relief” that Italian authorities granted permission
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial, acknowledging he used deadly force when he shot three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year. But he said Wednesday that he didn’t intend to kill anyone. Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One of New Jersey’s most powerful elected Democrats has conceded that he lost reelection to a Republican political newcomer, a commercial truck driver who spent only a couple thousand dollars on his campaign. State Sen. President Steve Sweeney’s loss to Edward Durr in suburban Philadelphia shocked
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County prosecutor has charged an Illinois man with BWI – death of another after a man died in August from a boating incident. Dylan McEwen is charged with BWI – death of another, a class C felony. Court documents state that a missing person was reported before 6:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (WRCB) — Chattanooga police say a toddler’s death has been ruled a homicide but the main suspect is dead from an apparent suicide. Police say they were called to the 4700 block of Fairwood Lane on September 10, where they found 2-year-old Vincent
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The U.S. beer industry has one less independent brewer. Michigan-based Bell’s Brewery said Wednesday it is being acquired by Australian brewer Lion, a subsidiary of Japan’s Kirin Group. Financial terms were not disclosed. Lion will join Bell’s with Colorado-based New Belgium Brewing, which it acquired in 2019. Together, the
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By Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist Rain, snow, wind and thunderstorms. This week has it all as autumn and winter battle it out from the Midwest to the East Coast. The first significant winter storm of the season is on its way for many across the Dakotas and Minnesota, while heavy rain will swing through
Continue Reading By Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist Rain, snow, wind and thunderstorms. This week has it all as autumn and winter battle it out from the Midwest to the East Coast. The first significant winter storm of the season is on its way for many across the Dakotas and Minnesota, while heavy rain will swing through
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By Nicole Gaouette, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood and Jim Sciutto, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States is “concerned by reports of unusual Russian military activity” and the possibility that Russia may be “attempting to rehash” its 2014 invasion of Ukraine. Blinken’s comments came a week after Russia’s powerful
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Though Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, Travis Moffatt and his fiancée, Britnie Walston, have already purchased three apple pies for their family dinner and socked them away in the freezer. The Baltimore couple wanted to make sure they could secure the dessert before grocery prices rise any more or the
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By Maegan Vazquez and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden took his sales pitch for the newly passed bipartisan infrastructure deal on the road Wednesday, highlighting the effect of the bill on supply chains and acknowledging Americans’ concerns about rising prices — hours after new inflation statistics revealed that US consumer prices are surging more
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A New Jersey gym owner and former MMA fighter who punched a police officer during the January 6 riot was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Wednesday, becoming the first rioter sentenced for violence against the police during the attack. Scott Fairlamb pleaded guilty in August to
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The world’s top two carbon polluters, China and the United States, have pledged to increase cooperation on climate action in a joint declaration at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow. In separate news conferences Wednesday, Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and U.S.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Defense attorneys at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial say they will ask the judge to declare a mistrial after prosecutors posed what appeared to be improper questions of Rittenhouse on the stand. Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder did not immediately rule, saying he
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By Marianne Garvey Paul Rudd is objectively cute. He’s funny. He’s a family man. He is charitable. But … sexy? People magazine’s selection of Rudd as this year’s Sexiest Man Alive came as a surprise to some, including Rudd, according to Dan Wakeford, the Editor-in-Chief of People, who said the actor was “baffled” by the
Continue ReadingBy Mary Francis Hoots Click here for updates on this story GRUNDY COUNTY, Tennessee (WRCB) — Channel 3 is learning more about what police say happened just before an officer shot and killed a woman in Grundy County on Monday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says initial reports claim Angie McFarland pointed a gun at
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By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer A diversity report for racial and gender hiring in Major League Soccer saw a “substantial” increase in its scores for hiring women at the team and league level after four years of declines. Wednesday’s report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at Central Florida
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho inmate who became the first person to receive court-ordered gender confirmation surgery after suing the Idaho Department of Correction is asking a judge to order the state to pay more than $2.8 million in attorney fees. The state has until Nov. 22 to
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