States with the most quitters
To find out where people quit their jobs the most, Stacker ranked all 50 states using Bureau of Labor Statistics data from February 2023.
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Month: April 2023
Man kills 5 in Texas after family complained about gunfire
By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A Texas man went next door with a rifle and fatally shot five of his neighbors, including an 8-year-old boy and a teenage girl, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to
Continue Reading Erdogan unveils Turkey’s first astronaut on election trail
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s first astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by the end of the year. Air force pilot Alper Gezeravci was selected to be the first Turkish citizen in space. His backup is a 30-year-old aviation systems engineer at Turksih defense contractor Roketsan. Erdogan
Continue Reading Judge in Catholic bankruptcy recuses over church donations
By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press A federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy recused himself in a late-night reversal that came a week after an Associated Press report showed he donated tens of thousands of dollars to the archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church in the case involving nearly 500
Continue ReadingFive people dead after being shot in a home in Texas, suspect at large
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people are dead after being shot in a home by a gunman using an Ar-15 style gun in Cleveland, Texas. Officials said the shooting happened Friday night around 11:30 pm when officials from the San Jacinto sheriff’s office received a call for harassment in Cleveland Texas. When officials arrived to the
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What do Mormons believe?
By AJ Willingham, CNN Mormonism is a religion practiced by millions around the world. And yet, many who are unfamiliar with it sometimes rely on vague stereotypes and pop culture references to define it. In reality, it’s a theologically complex religion with an unusual history. Here, we answer some of the most common questions about
Continue Reading 210 migrant bodies wash up on Tunisia coast in under 2 weeks
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard says that under two weeks it has recovered around 210 bodies of migrants that have washed up on the North African country’s central coastline amid an ongoing increase in migration from Tunisia. Authorities say preliminary examinations of the bodies indicated that the
Continue Reading Judge recuses himself from overseeing Catholic bankruptcy
By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press A federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy recused himself in a late-night reversal that came a week after an Associated Press report showed he donated tens of thousands of dollars to the archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church in the case involving nearly 500
Continue Reading AP Interview: Pelosi says Ukraine, democracy ‘must win’
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — “We thought we could die.” The Russian invasion had just begun when Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Ukraine, the House speaker then the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to lead a congressional delegation to Kyiv. Pelosi and the lawmakers were ushered under the cloak of
Continue Reading Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated frontier of the Spanish empire, tiny mountain communities like Cordova relied on their own resources to keep the faith going. Thousands of miles from religious and lay seats
Continue ReadingA California woman is found guilty of lying to police that a couple tried to kidnap her children
By Taylor Romine, CNN A jury in California has convicted a woman of lying to authorities about a couple attempting to kidnap her children at a Bay Area Michaels craft store in 2020. Kathleen Sorensen, 31, could serve up to six months in jail after the jury returned a guilty verdict on one count of
Continue Reading Russian court fines war critic who asked for prison instead
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia has convicted a woman from a Siberian city over social media posts condemning the war in Ukraine and punished her with a steep fine even though both she and the prosecution had asked for a prison sentence. Marina Novikova was found guilty
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‘Mom, these bad men have me’: She believes scammers cloned her daughter’s voice in a fake kidnapping
By Faith Karimi, CNN Jennifer DeStefano’s phone rang one afternoon as she climbed out of her car outside the dance studio where her younger daughter Aubrey had a rehearsal. The caller showed up as unknown, and she briefly contemplated not picking up. But her older daughter, 15-year-old Brianna, was away training for a ski race
Continue Reading Police officer, wife found dead in their North Carolina home
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer and his wife were found shot to death in their North Carolina home after the officer failed to show up for work. The police chief in Fayetteville says state agents are investigating the deaths as a double homicide. Investigators say officer Domingo Tavarez-Rodriguez was supposed to
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Texas man allegedly shot and killed a man who scammed him of $40 in parking fees. Then he resumed his date
By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Texas man who was allegedly scammed of $40 in parking fees while on a date shot and killed the man who posed as the lot’s attendant — and then “nonchalantly” walked away to proceed with his dinner plans, court records show. Erick Aguirre, 29, appeared in court
Continue Reading Russian official: Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive fire erupted at an oil depot in Crimea after it was hit by two of Ukraine’s drones, a Russia-appointed official there reported Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks on the annexed peninsula as Russia braces for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive. Mikhail Razvozhayev,
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Neighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. He then opened fire on them, killing 5 people, a Texas sheriff says
By Raja Razek, Andy Rose and Ray Sanchez, CNN A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including a child, in a Cleveland, Texas home after a Friday night rampage that started with a noise complaint about gunfire, according to the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, identified as Francisco
Continue Reading As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400
By NOHA ELHENNAWY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Gunfire and heavy artillery fire has persisted in parts of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents said, despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country’s two top generals, whose battle for power has killed hundreds and sent thousands fleeing for their lives. The civilian death
Continue Reading 3 killed, 1 wounded in Philadelphia shooting; 2 in custody
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two teenagers have been charged with firearms and related offenses following the slaying of three people and the wounding of a fourth person at a northeast Philadelphia home, authorities said. Lt. John Stanford told reporters that officers called to the residence in the Lawncrest neighborhood shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday found one
Continue Reading California man guilty of killing 3 after doorbell prank
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man accused of killing three teenage boys by intentionally ramming their car after they played a doorbell-ringing prank on him was found guilty Friday of murder. Anurag Chandra was convicted in a Riverside County courtroom of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. “The
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