Officials in Georgia will be required to release accused criminals from jail while they’re awaiting indictment because of a backlog of cases that grew during the pandemic, according to the Fulton County District Attorney. Suspects who’ve been charged with crimes in Georgia are entitled to bond if they’re not indicted within 90 days, and though…… MORE
The US stock market is taking it on the chin again Tuesday, plummeting on worries about sustained high inflation that pushed bond yields higher. The debt ceiling debate raging in Washington doesn’t help market sentiment either. The Dow dropped more than 500 points, or 1.5%, around midday while the S&P 500 was down nearly 2%.…… MORE
“Dancing with the Stars” pro Cheryl Burke was still able to compete in the second episode of the competition series, despite having tested positive for Covid the day before the taping. Instead of appearing on the show live, the judges evaluated Burke’s rehearsal with Cody Rigsby, which had already been been recorded prior to Burke…… MORE
Former President Donald Trump’s secret visit to Walter Reed in 2019 appeared to be for a routine colonoscopy, according to Stephanie Grisham, Trump’s former press secretary and first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff. Grisham served as White House press secretary, chief of staff to Melania Trump and East Wing communications director during the Trump…… MORE
Americans should brace for sticker shock on home heating costs as temperatures drop this fall and winter. Prices for natural gas, the most common way to heat homes and a leading fuel source for generating electricity, have surged more than 180% over the past 12 months to $5.90 per million British thermal units. Natural gas…… MORE
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Tuesday that she will oppose Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s renomination, making her the highest-profile lawmaker to do so. “Your record gives me grave concern. Over and over you have acted to make our banking system less safe. And that makes you a dangerous man to head up the Fed,”…… MORE
A wider group of Tesla owners who paid up to $10,000 for what the company calls its “full self-driving” software can now ask the automaker for access to a test version of the feature. But they’ll first have to show that they’re a sufficiently safe driver by allowing Tesla to analyze data on their driving…… MORE
Housing markets in these 20 cities are cooling off considerably in 2021.… MORE
A man who killed five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in jail, prosecutors say. Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life sentences without parole, plus one life sentence, plus 345 years, according to Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney spokesperson Tia Lewis. All…… MORE
For Rolph Louis, a Haitian migrant hoping for a fresh start in New York, the journey to the United States from Chile took nearly two months. Louis told CNN he felt he had little choice but to leave his homeland of Haiti, an island nation that has been rocked by political instability and economic depression.…… MORE
