Breaking News

Uncategorized

History

Today in History Today is Friday, April 28, the 118th day of 2023. There are 247 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1994, former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had passed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. On this date: In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they ...

Local Outlook

Today...Showers likely, mainly between 10 am and 1 pm. Patchy fog between 8 am and 11 am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 51. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Mostly cloudy at night, with a low around 38. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Saturday...Showers, mainly after 1 pm. High near 53. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Showers likely at night, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a northwest ...

People in the News

Jerry Springer, politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79 CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional guests willing to bare all — sometimes literally — as they brawled and hurled obscenities before a raucous audience, died Thursday at 79. At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. cultural pariah, synonymous with lurid drama. Known for chair-throwing and bleep-filled arguments, the daytime talk show was a favorite American guilty pleasure over its ...

US economy grew at weak 1.1% rate in Q1 in sign of slowdown

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy slowed sharply from January through March, decelerating to just a 1.1% annual pace as higher interest rates hammered the housing market and businesses reduced their inventories. Thursday’s estimate from the Commerce Department showed that the nation’s gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of economic output — weakened after growing 3.2% from July through September and 2.6% from October through December. But consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity, remained resilient, growing at a 3.7% annual pace, the ...

International

Iran navy seizes Marshall Islands oil tanker in Gulf of Oman DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program, the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies. The Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet. Satellite tracking data for the vessel from MarineTraffic.com showed it in the Gulf of Oman, just north of Oman’s capital, Muscat, on Thursday afternoon. It had just come from Kuwait and ...

National

US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Thursday plans to open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border — a bid to slow what’s expected to be a surge of migrants as pandemic-era immigration restrictions end. The migration centers are part of an intense effort to try to prevent thousands of people from making the often-dangerous journey to the southern border when the restrictions end May 11. Kansas legislators impose sweeping anti-trans bathroom ...