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Month: March 2022
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US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face […]
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North Korea testing new ICBMs, US says, warns more coming
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration says two North Korean missile launches in recent weeks were test firings of a powerful new long-range ICBM and warned Thursday that a full-range test could soon follow. The […]
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Teacher attrition report: Workforce largely stable in 2020-21
RALEIGH — A report detailing the number of teachers leaving the profession and the reasons for departures for the pandemic 2020-21 school year was presented to the N.C. State Board of Education at its March […]
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US producer prices climbed 10% in February from a year ago
Wholesale inflation in the United States shot up 10% last month from a year earlier — another sign that inflationary pressures remain intense at all levels of the economy. The Labor Department said Tuesday that […]
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Saget’s fractures possibly caused by fall on carpeted floor
ORLANDO, Fla. — Fractures around Bob Saget’s eye sockets and bleeding around his brain were possibly caused by the comedian hitting “something hard, covered by something soft,” such as a carpeted floor, according to a […]
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Dubai’s state-owned water, power utility plans public offer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s state-owned utility announced Tuesday it will list a sliver of its worth on the emirate’s stock exchange, hoping to ride a recent wave of initial public offerings in the […]
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CARLETON: Why Russia thinks it’s exceptional
Destiny calls upon Russia once more to face the West – or so Russians might believe. America is not alone in projecting itself as an exceptional power and indispensable force for good in the world. […]
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Hacked US companies to face new reporting requirements
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress. The rules are part of a broader […]
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2022 Lincoln Navigator: Hands-free tranquility
PHOENIX — The Lincoln Navigator is a vehicle that evokes opinion. Folks seem to either love the sheer enormity and luxuriousness of the Navigator — or they despise its enormity and unnecessaryness. For 2022, there’s […]