Shooting wounds Milwaukee County deputy, suspect sought

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:19:31 -0500

Officials say a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded after a traffic stop by a suspect later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound

Fed plans to raise rates as soon as March to cool inflation

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:10:35 -0500

The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it plans to begin raising its benchmark interest rate as soon as March, a key step in reversing its pandemic-era low-rate policies that have fueled hiring and growth but also escalated inflation

Federal appeals court blocks execution of Alabama inmate

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:05:01 -0500

A federal appeals court has blocked the state of Alabama from executing an inmate convicted of killing a driver who gave him a ride

Man, teen charged with murder in death of Chicago girl, 8

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:04:16 -0500

Chicago authorities say a teenage boy and man have been charged with murder in last weekend’s death of an 8-year-old girl, who was shot in the head by a gunman targeting someone else on the city’s Southwest Side

Senators say they were denied full access to federal prison

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:53:06 -0500

Two U.S. senators say they were denied access to parts of a federal prison in Connecticut while trying to examine conditions there

1 body found in Coast Guard search for 38 lost off Florida

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:49:17 -0500

A solitary survivor was found clinging to an overturned hull.

6 injured in explosion at Louisiana chemical plant

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:49:01 -0500

An explosion at a southwest Louisiana chemical plant has left at least six people with minor injuries

Chicago authorities charge teenage boy, man in weekend shooting death of 8-year-old girl

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:47:42 -0500

Chicago authorities charge teenage boy, man in weekend shooting death of 8-year-old girl

Editorial Roundup: United States

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:33:31 -0500

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Jan. 25 The Washington Post on President Joe Biden’s Federal Reserve nominees: President Biden’s latest nominees to the Federal Reserve — Sarah Bloom Raskin to be vice chair for supervision and economists Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson to be Fed governors — are highly qualified experts who deserve to be confirmed swiftly. All three have strong ties to the central bank. Ms. Bloom Raskin, a lawyer, was a Fed governor from 2010 to 2014 and then became deputy treasury secretary. Ms. Cook is a director of the Chicago Fed and has been a regular contributor in recent years to the prestigious Jackson Hole gathering of central bankers and top economic thinkers. She is a professor at Michigan State University. Mr. Jefferson is a former research economist at the Fed who has also had a long career in academia. He is dean of faculty at Davidson College. Some conservatives have tried to paint these nominees as extremely liberal....

Paramedic says he wasn't told George Floyd wasn't breathing

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:32:04 -0500

A paramedic testifying at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers says he wasn't told that George Floyd wasn't breathing when police upgraded the urgency of an ambulance call