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