Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Cleveland early Sunday morning, authorities said. No deaths were reported. A suspect has not been identified, police said. The shooter opened fire toward a crowd of people exiting different nightclubs in the city’s Warehouse District, where multiple officers were already …
Read More »Tom Bodett crafts his third act
A woodshop is a place where Tom Bodett can remove some of life’s rough edges. Upstairs from the woodshop is Bodett’s home recording studio – and that’s how you may know him, as the voice of Motel 6. [“I’m Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we’ll leave the light on …
Read More »Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer
Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that would allow for roads across Florida to be made with “radioactive” mining waste that has been linked to cancer. The measure, brought forward by the state House, adds phosphogypsum to a list of “recyclable materials” that state officials …
Read More »USPS is hiking the price of a stamp to 66 cents in July — a 32% increase since 2019
The U.S. Postal Service will soon be raising the price of its first-class stamps to 66 cents, an increase of 4.8% from its current 63 cents. The move, announced by the USPS in April, is the latest in a flurry of rate boosts that will result in the cost of a first-class …
Read More »McCarthy says he supports House resolutions to “expunge” Trump’s impeachments
Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he supports a pair of resolutions billed as efforts to “expunge” the impeachments of former President Donald Trump. Speaking to reporters at the Capitol Friday afternoon, the California Republican said he would back a dual effort by GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor-Greene of Georgia …
Read More »Senate weighs bill to strip failed bank executives of pay
A bill that would take back pay from executives whose banks fail appears likely to advance in the Senate, several months after Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion rattled the tech industry and tanked financial institutions’ stocks. The Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday heard the bipartisan proposal, co-sponsored by Sens. Sherrod Brown …
Read More »Collapsed section of Interstate 95 to reopen in 2 weeks, Gov. Josh Shapiro says
The collapsed section of Interstate 95 is set to reopen in two weeks, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told reporters on Saturday. Shapiro made the announcement at a news conference following a helicopter tour of the collapse site with President Joe Biden. “I can now talk a little bit more about …
Read More »Infant found dead inside garbage truck in Ohio
Police in Plain City, Ohio, received a disturbing call Thursday afternoon — human remains had been found in the back of a garbage truck. Responding officers soon found the body of an infant. “The infant appeared to be a full-term newborn from zero to one month of age,” officials initially …
Read More »Olympic medalist Tori Bowie died in childbirth. What to know about maternal mortality, eclampsia and other labor complications.
Three-time Olympic medalist Tori Bowie, who died in early May at the age of 32, was eight months pregnant and in labor at her Florida home at the time of her death, her agent confirmed Monday — drawing renewed attention to the maternal mortality crisis in the U.S. An autopsy report from …
Read More »Comedian Alex Edelman on how to make it to Broadway
Writer-comedian Alex Edelman is star of the one-man show “Alex Edelman: Just for Us,” now on Broadway: There are so many things that make Broadway shows great. Huge musical numbers. Amazing sets. A cast of stars performing timeless classics. I mean, my show is a solo comedy show, so it …
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