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
Biden admin pauses asylum processing changes for migrants at border
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is pausing a key effort to reform and increase asylum processing at the border, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Wednesday. First introduced last year, the new
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
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
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
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
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
Mom warns of hoax using AI to clone daughter's voice
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Arizona mother is warning other parents after she almost became the target of a kidnapping hoax that sounded all too real. Jennifer DeStefano said her experience began when she received
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
Scoreboard roundup — 4/12/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 7, Pittsburgh 0 Seattle 5, Chi Cubs 2 LA Angels 3, Washington 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 3, Chi White Sox