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  • Congress faces looming government shutdown deadline at end of the week

    Congress faces looming government shutdown deadline at end of the week

     

    Lawmakers face a Friday at midnight deadline when government funding is set to expire — and the House and Senate will likely have to pass a short-term extension to avert a shutdown at the end of the week, which would give negotiators more time to try to secure a broader full-year funding deal.

    ​Lawmakers face a Friday at midnight deadline when government funding is set to expire — and the House and Senate will likely have to pass a short-term extension to avert a shutdown at the end of the week, which would give negotiators more time to try to secure a broader full-year funding deal. 

  • Betting on a market bounce? You may be waiting a while

    Betting on a market bounce? You may be waiting a while

     

    ‘Tis the season for Wall Street strategists to pack their clients’ inboxes with market predictions for 2023.

    ​’Tis the season for Wall Street strategists to pack their clients’ inboxes with market predictions for 2023. 

  • Squeezed by inflation, families are tightening their holiday budgets

    Squeezed by inflation, families are tightening their holiday budgets

     

    Anya Remy is Christmas shopping for her family on a stricter budget than ever before.

    ​Anya Remy is Christmas shopping for her family on a stricter budget than ever before. 

  • Biden announces $2.5 billion loan to help GM and LG make EV batteries

    Biden announces $2.5 billion loan to help GM and LG make EV batteries

     

    The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office will announce Monday that it is issuing a $2.5 billion loan to help start three lithium battery manufacturing hubs in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.

    ​The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office will announce Monday that it is issuing a $2.5 billion loan to help start three lithium battery manufacturing hubs in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan. 

  • Patti LaBelle is rushed off the stage during a concert in Milwaukee due to a bomb threat

    Patti LaBelle is rushed off the stage during a concert in Milwaukee due to a bomb threat

     

    A Patti LaBelle concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee was abruptly halted Saturday night when the star was rushed off the stage due to a bomb threat, organizers said.

    ​A Patti LaBelle concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee was abruptly halted Saturday night when the star was rushed off the stage due to a bomb threat, organizers said. 

  • Chicago priest Michael Pfleger reinstated following latest accusation of sexual abuse against him

    Chicago priest Michael Pfleger reinstated following latest accusation of sexual abuse against him

     

    Father Michael Pfleger, the senior pastor of the St. Sabina Parish in Chicago, has been reinstated after an independent review board found “no reason” to keep him away following the latest accusation of sexual abuse against him.

    ​Father Michael Pfleger, the senior pastor of the St. Sabina Parish in Chicago, has been reinstated after an independent review board found “no reason” to keep him away following the latest accusation of sexual abuse against him. 

  • Lockerbie bombing suspect is now in US custody

    Lockerbie bombing suspect is now in US custody

     

    A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie in December 1988 is now in US custody, authorities in the United States and Scotland said Sunday.

    ​A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie in December 1988 is now in US custody, authorities in the United States and Scotland said Sunday. 

  • Karen Bass to be sworn in as first female mayor of Los Angeles by Kamala Harris

    Karen Bass to be sworn in as first female mayor of Los Angeles by Kamala Harris

     

    Karen Bass is being sworn in as the first female mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday, marking another historic achievement in her career.

    ​Karen Bass is being sworn in as the first female mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday, marking another historic achievement in her career. 

  • Stellantis to idle Illinois plant, lay off more than 1,000 workers, citing rising costs for EVs

    Stellantis to idle Illinois plant, lay off more than 1,000 workers, citing rising costs for EVs

     

    Stellantis is shuttering its Illinois plant in February resulting in indefinite layoffs for 1,350 employees, the company said in a statement, citing increasing costs in the electric vehicle market.

    ​Stellantis is shuttering its Illinois plant in February resulting in indefinite layoffs for 1,350 employees, the company said in a statement, citing increasing costs in the electric vehicle market. 

  • January 6 committee ends meeting on criminal referrals

    January 6 committee ends meeting on criminal referrals

     

    The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection will meet on Sunday to discuss criminal referrals, panel member Rep. Adam Schiff said.

    ​The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection will meet on Sunday to discuss criminal referrals, panel member Rep. Adam Schiff said.