Feb 15 Charges dropped against reporter arrested at Ohio news conference By John Seewer, Associated Press Ohio's attorney general says charges have been dropped against a cable news reporter who was pushed to the ground and handcuffed while covering a news conference in Ohio last week. Continue reading
Feb 15 Why economic hardship is keeping more animals in shelters By Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings In the first 14 months of the pandemic, nearly one in five American households adopted a cat or dog. But as COVID precautions shift and inflation takes its toll on the economy, many of those pets are going back into… Continue reading
Feb 15 Austin's city manager fired over widespread winter power outages By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Officials in Austin, Texas, have fired the city's manager over the delayed response to a massive winter storm that left thousands of residents without power for a week or longer this month. Continue reading
Feb 15 American consumers retail sales jump as Americans defy inflation and rate hikes By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press America's consumers rebounded last month from a weak holiday shopping season by boosting their spending at stores and restaurants at the fastest pace in almost two years, underscoring the economy's resilience in the face of higher prices and multiple interest… Continue reading
Feb 15 Buffalo supermarket shooter sentenced to life for racist attack killing 10 By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after listening to the relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack. Continue reading
Feb 15 Elon Musk hopes for new Twitter CEO by end of year with platform in 'financially healthy place' By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Billionaire Elon Musk says he anticipates finding a CEO for Twitter "probably toward the end of the year."… Continue reading
Feb 15 A frat president, a volunteer and a future doctor, slain MSU students were 'incredibly loved' By John Flesher, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press A fraternity chapter president, a science student and a student who wanted to become a pediatrician are among victims of a shooting at Michigan State University. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 7:18 Michigan State student describes chaos during mass shooting that left three students dead By Geoff Bennett, Tommy Walters, Courtney Norris A gunman killed three students, seemingly at random, at Michigan State University Monday night. Five others were critically wounded before police caught up to the shooter and he took his own life. It left investigators looking for a motive and… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 4:54 News Wrap: Inflation eases in January compared to last year In our news wrap Tuesday, inflation at the consumer level eased in January from a year earlier, President Biden is naming two new economic policy advisers, U.S. senators got a classified briefing on the series of unidentified objects shot down… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 10:10 Social media companies face legal scrutiny over deteriorating mental health among teens By Christopher Booker, Mike Fritz A national survey by the CDC sounded a new alarm about teens in crisis. It shows nearly 30% of teenage girls said they considered dying by suicide, and three out of five girls said they felt persistently sad or hopeless. Continue watching