US heat wave sets records in central, northeast states
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) – U.S. cities are breaking decades-old temperature records this week as a heat wave stretches from central to eastern portions of the country, the National Weather Service said on Tuesday,
New York’s top court declines to hear Trump’s appeal of gag order in hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s top court declined Tuesday to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated?
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of
This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement
NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave from her job as head custodian at
This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement
NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true and wondered if it was a scam. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave
Singer Justin Timberlake arrested and accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island, authorities said. Timberlake was expected to be arraigned in Sag Harbor, on the eastern
Special Election Day For Willard Mayor & Ward 2 in Fair Grove
(Springfield’s News Talk 104.1) – Today is Special Election Day for two runoff races in Greene County. The Tuesday special election in Willard is taking place due to a 349-to-349 tie in the race for mayor between
Retail sales rise a meager 0.1% in May from April as still high inflation curbs spending
NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers barely increased spending in May from April as still high inflation and high interest rates curbed spending. Retail sales rose 0.1% in May, below the pace that economists projected, according to the
Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year
Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology.
Iowa immigration law blocked in Biden administration lawsuit
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – An Iowa federal judge has temporarily blocked the Republican-led state’s law allowing for the arrest and prosecution of people who are in the U.S. illegally, in a win for the Biden administration.