WASHINGTON (AP) — Fueled by pricier used cars, hotel rooms and groceries, inflation in the United States moved slightly higher last month in the latest sign that some price pressures remain elevated. Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier, up from a yearly figure of 2.6% in October. Excluding volatile food and…… MORE
ALTOONA, PA – (WBAP/KLIF) – ABC News reports a man is being held in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection to the New York City sidewalk shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Police officials report he has a gun similar to the one used in the killing. Thompson was shot and killed on a Manhattan sidewalk…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s job market rebounded in November, adding 227,000 workers in a solid recovery from October, when the effects of strikes and hurricanes had sharply diminished employers’ payrolls. Last month’s hiring growth was up considerably from a meager gain of 36,000 jobs in October. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. Friday’s report…… MORE
FOX NEWS – (WBAP/KLIF) – United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, sources told Fox News. Sources told Fox News that Thompson was shot in the chest and leg shortly before his UnitedHealthcare annual investors meeting. The sources said the shooting was not a…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, the White House said Wednesday, announcing a diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration. The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been…… MORE
DAILY MAIL – (WBAP/KLIF) – Europe is readying for World War III. Amid increasing threats of worsening and or nuclear attacks by Russia against Western nations assisting Ukraine in it’s war against it, Russia’s announcement it has lowered the mark with which it would utilize nuclear attacks has prompted European nations into action. Germany now…… MORE
MSN NEWS – (WBAP/KLIF) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported to have responded to the Ukrainian long-range missile strike on a military complex deeper within Russian territory by threatening a possible nuclear strike, saying the United Kingdom would be first on the list. Russia, announcing only hours earlier, it’s “revised its rules” for the use…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Buyout layoffs at Dallas-based Southwest Airlines follow plane building and delviery issues at Boeing. Southwest Airlines is offering buyouts to some workers at 18 airports nationwide, as the carrier cuts back on flying planes due to delays in deliveries from its’ builder, Boeing. Los Angeles International Airport and Hartsfield Jackson International…… MORE
