Federal prosecutors are recommending an eight-year prison sentence for an off-duty Virginia police officer who was convicted by a jury of storming the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Former Rocky Mount Police Sgt. Thomas Robertson used his law enforcement training to block […]
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4 found dead at ‘multiple crime scenes’ after reports of explosion, fires: Police
Foul play is suspected after four people were found dead at multiple homes in a small Nebraska town Thursday morning following reports of an explosion and fires, authorities said. A suspect is in custody, Nebraska State Patrol announced Friday morning. More details on the suspect and arrest are forthcoming. Nebraska […]
US economy adds 528,000 jobs, far outpacing expectations
The U.S. hiring saw a dramatic increase in July, as the economy added 528,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. The report defied expectations of a hiring slowdown as the Federal Reserve carries out a fight […]
Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraud
Elon Musk accused Twitter of fraud in a countersuit over his aborted $44 billion deal for the social media company, which he said held back necessary information and misled his team about its true user base Elon Musk accused Twitter of fraud in a countersuit over his aborted $44 billion […]
With recession anxiety growing, hiring may be cooling off
WASHINGTON — The American job market has defied raging inflation, rising interest rates, growing recession fears. Month after month, U.S. employers just kept adding hundreds of thousands of workers, at a pace that regularly outpaced the expectations of most economists. Yet cracks have begun to appear in one of the […]
3 more ships with grain depart Ukraine ports under UN deal
ISTANBUL — Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn have left Ukrainian ports, officials said Friday, in the latest sign that a negotiated deal to export grain trapped since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly six months ago is slowly materializing. But major hurdles lie ahead to get food to […]
What to expect from the July jobs report
Wall Street will be closely watching the new U.S. employment data on Friday, the latest sign of whether the U.S. economy is entering a recession as the Federal Reserve carries out a fight against inflation that aims to slash demand by slowing the economy. Resilient hiring in recent months has […]
Blinken: China military drills are ‘significant escalation’
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that China‘s military exercises aimed at Taiwan including missiles fired into Japan’s exclusive economic zone represent a “significant escalation” and that he has urged Beijing to back down. China launched the drills following a visit by U.S. House […]
Las Vegas police investigating fatal Mirage hotel shooting
LAS VEGAS — Police said they were investigating a fatal shooting Thursday in a hotel room at the Mirage hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas police said on Twitter that one person was dead and two others were injured. They said a suspect and the victims knew each […]
Three more ships with grain depart Ukrainian ports
ISTANBUL — Three more ships with grain have left Ukrainian ports and are headed to Turkey for inspection, Turkey’s defense ministry said Friday, evidence that a U.N.-backed deal is working to export Ukrainian grain that has been trapped by Russia’s invasion. The three ships are loaded with over 58,000 tons […]