Fed staff expects banking crisis to cause a recession this year
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve’s staff is more worried about the U.S. economy tipping into a recession after the recent banking crisis, the minutes from the central bank’s meeting in March reveal.
Economists at the …
Official calls on Meta, Mattel to do more to get Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play sleepers off the market
CPSC(NEW YORK) — The head of the government agency that oversees recalls is making an urgent plea when it comes to getting a recalled baby product off the market.
Alexander Hoehn-Saric, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, sent letters We…
US appeals court partially blocks federal judge’s ruling on abortion drug mifepristone
Creativeye99/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A federal U.S. appeals court late Wednesday partially blocked an unprecedented ruling by a single federal judge in Texas last week that reverses the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the widely-used abort…
Jury selection set to begin in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News
Mint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Jury selection is set to begin Thursday morning in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, officially kicking off the beginning of the high-stakes case that was first filed over t…
Supreme Court showdown over Sabbath could change workplaces across US
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images(LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.) — Rain or shine. Sleet or snow. Just not on the Sabbath.
Former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Gerald Groff spent every day for seven years delivering the mail in a rural corner of southeast Penns…
Suicides increased in 2021, reaching highest level since 2018: CDC report
xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Suicides increased during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new federal data shows.
There were 48,183 people who died by suicide in 2021, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Cont…
US special operations team working out of embassy in Ukraine: Sources
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the war in Ukraine that began in February 2022, according to a former and a current U.S official.
Both o…
Jamie Foxx receiving after unknown ‘medical complication,’ daughter Corinne says
Joe Maher/Getty ImagesJamie Foxx is recovering after suffering an undisclosed “medical complication” Tuesday, according to a social media post by the movie star’s daughter, Corinne Foxx.
“We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a m…
Jamie Foxx recovering after unknown ‘medical complication,’ daughter Corinne says
Joe Maher/Getty ImagesJamie Foxx is recovering after suffering an undisclosed “medical complication” Tuesday, according to a social media post by the movie star’s daughter, Corinne Foxx.
“We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a m…
Torrential rain floods Fort Lauderdale, strands residents
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — More than two feet of rain brought Fort Lauderdale to a halt on Wednesday, shutting down the city’s airport, stranding drivers on flooded streets, suspending rail services and …