31.4% spring slide for a US economy likely to shrink in 2020
The U.S. economy plunged at a record rate in the spring but is poised to break a record for an increase in the just-ending July-September quarter …
Month: September 2020
Wisconsin woman pleads not guilty in son’s neglect death
A Wisconsin woman accused of neglecting her son, causing his death and hiding his body in the trunk of her car for months has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges …
Arrest made in racist vandalism of suburban Detroit home
An arrest has been made in connection with vandalism and shots fired into the home of a Black suburban Detroit family who have a Black Lives Matter sign in their front window …
Winds rake US Northeast, leaving thousands without power
Powerful winds in the northeastern U.S. have left many thousands of residents without power …
Kansas woman gets life for decapitating ex-boyfriend’s mom
A Kansas woman has been sentenced to life in prison for decapitating her ex-boyfriend’s mother with a pair of kitchen knives …
Portland asks US to rescind deputization of city police
The mayor of Portland has asked the U.S. Attorney’s Office to end the federal deputation of dozens of police officers in Oregon’s largest city as part of the response to ongoing protests in the city …
Hot, dry conditions stoke devastating California wildfires
Flames have devoured swaths of brush and trees in Northern California amid unseasonably hot and dry weather and officials say wind-whipped flames led two firefighters to deploy their emergency fire shelters …
Prosecutor: Breonna Taylor jury audio to be released Friday
The Kentucky attorney general says the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police will be delayed until Friday …
Foreign observers note ‘chaos,’ ‘rancor’ in US debate
Head-scratching perplexity about U.S. democracy in places like Australia and Denmark …
Regulators crack down on aggressive, dubious debt collectors
Bogus debt collectors are accused in a nationwide crackdown of harassing and threatening consumers, often about debts that don’t actually exist …
Lawsuit: Kansas woman posed no danger when deputy killed her
A lawsuit says a Kansas woman who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy after refusing to pull over was unarmed and posed no danger to him or the public …
Myanmar says militants hampering return of Rohingya refugees
A top Myanmar official is accusing a militant group and its supporters of hampering the repatriation of over 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled a military crackdown in 2017 and are now in camps in Bangladesh …