Washington — President Biden’s announcement Friday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his historic nominee to the Supreme Court set in motion a confirmation battle in the Senate, where GOP senators have vowed to closely examine Jackson’s record before determining whether to support her nomination. While Jackson does not need …
Read More »Senators weigh in on nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
President Joe Biden fulfilled his campaign pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, announcing Ketanji Brown Jackson, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as his pick Friday. If confirmed, the 51-year-old would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer and become …
Read More »The latest employee benefit? Helping workers have babies.
More companies are offering to cover the costs of fertility treatments and other family-building services for workers, as they look for ways to recruit talent and stand out from their competitors in a tight labor market. Old requirements — like a diagnosis of infertility in a heterosexual couple before covering …
Read More »Former Florida deputy named probable suspect in 1983 rape and murder of young girl
Detectives named a former Florida deputy as the only probable suspect in the cold case rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in 1983, authorities announced Thursday. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said it is unable to pursue charges against the perpetrator because he died in 2008. Witnesses originally …
Read More »Chipotle plans to hike menu prices again, citing inflation
Chipotle Mexican Grill is jacking up its menu prices, citing higher costs linked to surging inflation. The restaurant chain plans to raise prices a little more than 6% this year, CEO Brian Niccol told Wall Street analysts in an earnings call on Tuesday. Chipotle also hiked its prices by 4% …
Read More »North Carolina Supreme Court orders redrawing of congressional map
North Carolina’s Supreme Court has ordered legislators to redraw their congressional map, overturning a lower court’s decision and declaring the map “an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.” “We conclude that claims asserting that congressional and state legislative districting plans enacted by the General Assembly are unlawful partisan gerrymanders that violate the free …
Read More »Man charged with killing woman and his 2
A 25-year-old man was charged with murder this week after his 2-day-old baby went missing and her mother was fatally shot. In an affidavit filed Wednesday, police say Brandon Isabelle admitted to luring the child’s mother to a certain area before shooting her and throwing the baby, Kennedy Hoyle, into …
Read More »January was worst month for U.S. stocks since pandemic began
Stocks rose Monday, trimming some of their worst monthly loss since the early days of the pandemic, as Wall Street closed a tumultuous January wracked by worries that imminent interest-rate hikes will make everything in markets more challenging. The S&P 500 was about 1.9% higher for the day. It’s nevertheless …
Read More »Biden refers to Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy as a “stupid son of a bitch”
President Biden appeared to be caught on a hot mic on Monday, calling a Fox News correspondent a “stupid son of a bitch” after the journalist asked a question about inflation. It’s unclear whether the president knew his mic was still on, but the moment was also caught on camera. …
Read More »Why one famed investor is fretting about “superbubbles”
One of Wall Street’s most influential voices, the British investor Jeremy Grantham, sees an asteroid steaming toward global financial markets. His term for what he sees as a growing threat to U.S. investors: a “superbubble.” If an ordinary bubble involves an irrationally exuberant gain in the price of some asset, …
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