Bank of England on track for second rate rise in under two months
By David Milliken LONDON – Britain’s central bank looks on course to raise interest rates next week for the second time in less than two months, reversing more of its…
By David Milliken LONDON – Britain’s central bank looks on course to raise interest rates next week for the second time in less than two months, reversing more of its…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The White House is set to hold the second meeting of its Competition Council on Monday, federal agencies said on Sunday. Officials from two federal…
KYIV – Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Sunday the country had received a second consignment of weapons from the United States as part of defensive aid totalling $200…
Seattle – The former owner and co-CEO of an electronics recycling firm was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 6 months in prison for tax fraud, announced…
TRENTON – Senate President Nicholas Scutari issued the following statement today congratulating Governor Phil Murphy on the start of his second term of office: “I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations…
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) canceled classes for the fourth consecutive day on Monday amid a Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) strike. CPS said classes were canceled for all students on Monday,…
NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and tobacco, into the federal…
Kendall Tietz on January 6, 2022 Chicago Public Schools canceled classes for a second consecutive day Thursday because of a union decision to teach remotely, instead of in-person, according to…
JAMAICA, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Raymond Kenner, 22, and Alexander Stephens, 31, have been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a man…
TRENTON, NJ – U.S. Congressman Jeff Van Drew said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s eight step ‘gun safety’ plan will be a killer of the second amendment that is already…
President Joe Biden said this week that there is a good possibility that Americans will at some point in the near future need a fourth COVID-19 shot, a second booster…
The U.S. life expectancy dropped to its lowest level since World War II in 2020, multiple sources reported. Life expectancy fell from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77 years in…
A law professor argued in a Boston Globe op-ed that the First and Second Amendments should be rewritten to change how it defines the freedom of the press and the…
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey is the second most expensive state to decorate your home and power your lights for the Christmas holiday season, second only to Hawaii. That’s according…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – An East St. Louis, Illinois, man has been sentenced for possessing a gun as a convicted felon while on pre-trial release in another federal gun…
As Ethiopia heads towards a potential collapse, the Biden administration worries the situation will turn into another Afghanistan, Axios reported. The government of Ethiopia has called on its citizens to…
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Nicholas Stephen Woodyard (30, St. Augustine) to 10 years and 8 months in federal prison for distributing child sexual…
NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 18, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Federal judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, court personnel and veterans’ advocates gathered in U.S. District Court today to celebrate the five-year…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Joseph W. Bayliss, 46, of Martinez, was sentenced today to three years in prison and ordered to pay $481.3 million in restitution for participating in a billion-dollar…
Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Murder and Using and Carrying…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Aijeigh McShan, 20, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, pled guilty today to conspiracy and bank fraud charges in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois. McShan…
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, rose 8.6% year-over-year as of October, growing at a record rate for a second straight month, the U.S.…
Athens, GA – Zaxby’s, the premium quick-service restaurant known for its chicken fingers, wings and signature sauces will open its newest restaurant at 106 Carl Cannon Blvd., in Jasper, Alabama.…
BOSTON – A Hingham man who was previously convicted of money laundering was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 in connection with a business email compromise (BEC) scheme. Yannick A.…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Christine M. Iwamoto, 47, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in relation to a scheme to divert funds from…