A newly elected councilman in a Northern Kentucky city is accused of attacking his wife under the influence of alcohol last month. Alexandria police arrested City Councilman Shane Collins on domestic violence and criminal mischief charges at the end of January, court records show. Police say officers went to Collins’ home around 10 p.m. on…
This story was updated at 7:45 a.m. to add new information. A winter weather advisory is in effect for Monroe and its surrounding counties until 1 p.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service in Indianapolis is warning snow accumulations up to 3 inches are possible in parts of central Indiana, including in Brown, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan…
In a flurry of activity at the end of the week, the Trump administration fired more than 10,000 federal workers across multiple agencies as part of its “large-scale reductions” in the government workforce. This is likely just the beginning of the job cuts, as President Donald Trump and top White House aide Elon Musk seek to continue slashing…
Wall Street remained resilient as investors focused on optimism surrounding Ukraine peace talks. President Donald Trump’s tariff plan also appeared less severe than anticipated. Inflation and its impact on the U.S. economy crept back into the conversation over the week but Wall Street remained resilient as investors focused on optimism surrounding Ukraine peace talks and…
In just a matter of days, President Donald Trump signaled a new direction in Washington’s approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its relationship with NATO. Trump talked this week to Russian President Vladimir Putin directly for the first time since the war began, his Defense Secretary declared Ukraine’s NATO membership and returning its pre-invasion…
Feb. 6 marked the deadline for federal workers to accept the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Trump Administration’s offer of a buyout. These buyouts, or the option of “deferred resignation,” were offered via email from the OPM to over two million federal employees. All federal workers were given the choice of a…
On Friday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: President Donald Trump made another major move on tariffs Thursday. USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard takes a look at the impact from President Trump’s executive order to freeze spending, pending a review, at the U.S. Agency for International Development. RFK Jr. was sworn in Thursday as Secretary of Health and…
U.S. stocks were mostly unchanged at the open as investors weighed hot inflation reports earlier in the week, the postponement of reciprocal tariffs and this morning’s weak retail sales report. Consumers sharply curtailed their spending in January, indicating a potential weakening in economic growth ahead, according to the Commerce Department. Retail sales slipped 0.9% in January…
The ban was proposed due to national security concerns regarding TikTok’s Chinese ownership. The future of TikTok in the U.S. is uncertain, as parent company ByteDance has 50 days to sell its U.S. assets. Even if a sale occurs, the app may look different to American users due to potential changes in algorithms and terms…
Cleveland-based television news station WKYC and its affiliates are denying the charges made against it by a former meteorologist. The defendants in the case filed by Hollie Strano, who was dismissed from the news station in September, include WKYC-TV, Tegna National Sales and Finance, and Micki Byrnes, president and general manager of the television station….