As a former Masters champion, Danny Willett will definitely be at Augusta National for the first major of the year. Whether he is there just to sample the delights of Jon Rahm’s menu for the champions dinner or swinging a golf club in anger is less certain as he battles to regain full fitness following […]
Space at Wake County’s jails is rapidly running out, with some inmates already forced to sleep on the floor. Projections show that Wake County will need to speed up its plan to spend $21.9 million to re-open the detention center annex. And that only solves part of the problem. “Your jail is full,” said Bill […]
Feb. 26—MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Assessor Mark Musick said he’s trying to make life a little easier for newcomers to the county. During a recent presentation before the Monongalia County Commission, Musick said his office has put together an information card that includes a QR code steering newcomers to “information for new residents ” at […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation. Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were before the pandemic, consumers are fighting back. In grocery stores, they’re shifting away from name brands to store-brand items, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation. Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were before the pandemic, consumers are fighting back. In grocery stores, they’re shifting away from name brands to store-brand items, […]
Now we know what a real Russia hoax looks like: very much like House Republicans’ stumbling effort to impeach President Biden. The current GOP misadventure — which was always doomed — was seriously undercut in federal court last month. Republicans thought they had a smoking gun, a claim by a longtime, reliable FBI informant that […]
Investors were bullish late last year on when, and how quickly, the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates in 2024. New inflation data along with cautious comments from Fed officials have prompted markets to pull back expectations. Markets are now pricing in three interest rate cuts for 2024, in line with the Fed’s most recent […]
Labour’s amendment calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza has been approved in the House of Commons amid chaotic scenes. SNP MPs and some Conservatives walked out of the chamber in protest at Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s handling of the Gaza ceasefire debate. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt pulled the UK government’s participation, claiming Sir […]
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG)- The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 17-year-old male after he allegedly pushed a 6-year-old girl into a fire. He is facing charges of attempted murder and assault in the second degree, Deputies responded to the scene on Claremont Dr. near Keller Rd. around 4:30 p.m. Sunday evening, where they found […]
Feb. 16—A Fort Payne woman charged with capital murder for allegedly kidnapping a Hartselle woman and pushing her off a cliff in 2021 submitted character reference letters, along with one she personally wrote, to a Dekalb County judge Tuesday. Jessie Eden Kelly, 22, is accused of killing Mary Elizabeth Isbell, a Hartselle woman who disappeared […]
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation will visit Hungary on Sunday as pressure grows on Budapest to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership when parliament reconvenes after its winter break. Hungary is the only NATO country not to ratify Sweden’s application, a process that requires the backing of all members, souring relations with the United […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden‘s Democratic allies are launching an aggressive defense against a special counsel’s explosive claims that the 81-year-old president couldn’t remember major milestones in his life, trying to diminish the significance of the prosecutor’s allegations that Biden was too forgetful to be charged for mishandling classified material. Biden set the angry […]