Amid last year’s U.S. economic upheaval, the ultra-tight job market was a rare high point, with low unemployment, strong hiring and rapidly rising wages. The government’s employment report for December, set to be released on Friday, will indicate just how good that year was. Wall Street, the Federal Reserve and …
Read More »Police chief killed, officer wounded in Pennsylvania shooting
Brackenridge, Pa. Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed and another officer was wounded Monday, authorities said. The suspect was shot and killed by police that night, police said. Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said Monday night that police encountered a wanted suspect, identified as 28-year-old Aaron Lamont …
Read More »Southwest Airlines’ troubles continuing: Thousands more flights canceled
Southwest Airlines scrubbed thousands of flights again Wednesday as the company faced frustration from passengers and scrutiny from federal officials over its handling of its schedule in the aftermath of the massive storm that wrecked holiday travel plans across the U.S. By Wednesday evening, about 86% of all canceled flights …
Read More »Senators urge Southwest to give stranded flyers “significant monetary compensation”
Several Democratic senators are urging Southwest Airlines to compensate thousands of flyers whose flights were canceled during peak holiday travel, as the airline nixes the majority of flights on its schedule. Passengers across the country are stranded, and in some cases, told it will be days or more than a …
Read More »Feds warn of “staggering” sextortion scam that has targeted more than 3,000 minors
Washington — More than 3,000 teenagers and young boys have been blackmailed online in what federal law enforcement officials called a “staggering” sextortion scam that has been tied to more than a dozen suicides by minors who were lured into sending explicit images. In a briefing with reporters Monday, officials …
Read More »Mother and stepfather of missing 11
Police in North Carolina arrested the mother and stepfather of a missing 11-year-old girl as investigators expand the search across land and water. On Saturday, the Cornelius Police Department announced the arrest of Diana Cojocari, 37, and Christopher Palmiter, 60, for failure to report the disappearance of their 11-year-old daughter …
Read More »Rihanna shares first look of her and A$AP Rocky’s baby son
Musician Rihanna on Saturday posted, for the first time, video of her infant son, who she shares with her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky. Although the couple welcomed their first child back in May, they have not yet announced the boy’s name, and neither had posted any pictures or videos of him until …
Read More »House, Senate negotiators say they have framework for government spending bill
House and Senate negotiators announced they have a framework to negotiate the final details on a spending bill for a full year of government funding. House Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut, said in a statement that the framework would provide a path to passing what’s known as an …
Read More »Twitter is auctioning off office items from its headquarters — including a giant “@” statue that can hold your plants
Holiday shopping could extend another month for Twitter’s biggest fans. In mid-January, the social media giant will auction off some of the surplus office items at its San Francisco, California, headquarters — including statues, kitchen items, furniture and more. Along with standard office furniture, the auction will include some more …
Read More »Mengqi Ji murder: How tree DNA helped police close in on a young Missouri mother’s killer
On March 25, 2021, the body of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji was found buried in a shallow grave in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park near Columbia, Missouri. Above Mengqi’s burial site was a juniper tree that would eventually tell investigators who left her lifeless body buried there. “48 Hours'” correspondent Peter …
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