Fourth Student Dies From Michigan High School Shooting
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 17-year-old boy has become the fourth student to die from a school shooting in Michigan. The Oakland County sheriff’s office identified the…
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Abortion Rights at Stake in Divided Supreme Court Arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Abortion rights are on the line at the Supreme Court in historic arguments over the landmark ruling nearly 50 years ago that declared a nationwide right to end a pregnancy.…
Authorities: Student Kills 3, Wounds 6 at Michigan School
UPDATE: OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say eight people were wounded in an attack at a Michigan high school in which three students were killed. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said at a news conference that two of the…
Bill Cosby Prosecutors Ask US Supreme Court To Review Case
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision that overturned Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction. In a petition filed Monday, they wrote that courts should not equate a…
Merriam-Webster Chooses Vaccine as the 2021 Word of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) - It's an omnipresent truth: Merriam-Webster has declared vaccine its 2021 word of the year. Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for the dictionary company, tells The Associated Press that lookups for the word vaccine increased 601% over…
Wary, Weary World Slams Doors Shut, Fearing Omicron Variant
BRUSSELS (AP) - Nations around the world sought to keep the new omicron variant at bay with travel bans and further restrictions, even as it remains unclear what it means for the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan announced Monday it would suspend…
All 3 Defendants Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - All three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday. The jury reached its decision after more than 10 hours of deliberations following a trial in which prosecutors argued that the…
US Jobless Claims Hit 52-Year Low After Seasonal Adjustments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless…
Brian Laundrie Autopsy: Forensic Anthropologist Says Laundrie Died of Suicide
(Fox News) - Deceased fugitive Brian Laundrie died of suicide, a forensic anthropologist told Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino on Tuesday. Laundrie took his own life with a gunshot wound to the head, Bertolino said. "Chris and Robert are still…
US to Release 50 Million Barrels of Oil To Ease Energy Costs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy-consuming nations, including China,…
Official: More Than 90% Of Fed Workers Got Shots by Deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 90% of federal workers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday’s deadline set by President Joe Biden. Biden announced in September that all federal workers were required to undergo vaccination,…
Harris To Announce $1.5B Investment in Health Care Workforce
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris will announce the Biden administration is investing $1.5 billion from the coronavirus aid package to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities. The funding being announced Monday will go to the…
Target To Keep Stores Closed on Thanksgiving for Good
NEW YORK (AP) - Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in stores, retailers last year…
In Kenosha And Beyond, Guns Become More Common On US Streets
As Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted in two killings that he said were self-defense, armed civilians patrolled the streets near the Wisconsin courthouse with guns in plain view. In Georgia, testimony in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers showed that armed patrols were…
US Opens COVID Boosters to All Adults, Urges Them for 50+
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults, and urging them for anyone 50 and older. The decision Friday seeks to simplify what has been a confusing list of who's eligible. Now for anyone 18…
