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Here's what we know about the deadly school shooting in Wisconsin
Updated December 17, 2024 at 16:17 PM ET. A teacher and a teenage student were killed in a school shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., in an attack Monday that also injured six more people.
Biden signs stopgap spending bill, preventing a government …
Updated December 21, 2024 at 11:29 AM ET. The Senate voted 85-11 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. The measure, signed hours later by President Biden, had overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers after days of chaos caused by the last-minute intervention of President-elect Donald Trump.
Allentown Sees Significant Cuts in Violent Crime | WDIY Local News
Jan 15, 2025 · The City of Allentown recorded four homicides in 2024, down from eleven in 2023. In a release of their annual crime statistics, they also noted that the number of sexual assaults was cut in half, down to 33 compared to 66 in 2023. Robbery was down to 68 from 312, and aggravated assaults down to 221 ...
James Webb Space Telescope's 'little red dots' come into focus
Jan 14, 2025 · A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data to compile one of the largest samples of "little red dots." The team started with the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey before widening their scope to other extragalactic legacy fields, including the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) and the Next Generation Deep Extragalactic Exploratory ...
The Transportation Department sues Southwest Airlines for …
Jan 16, 2025 · The Department of Transportation is suing Southwest Airlines, claiming the company illegally delayed certain routes for months. The agency said Wednesday that from April to August 2022, Southwest had 180 flight disruptions on its routes between Chicago and Oakland, Calif., and Baltimore and Cleveland, making the flights "chronically delayed.". The DOT defines a "chronically delayed" flight as ...
Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hands off closer ties with ...
5 days ago · At a farewell speech in Washington D.C. this week, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflected on President Biden's formal apology last October for the U.S. government's historic assimilation policies and its Indian boarding school system. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, children were separated from families, with no full accounting of those who went missing or died.
Economic Pulse: Week of 1/3/25 - wdiy.org
Jan 3, 2025 · Dr. Kamran Afshar has a Ph.D. in Economics and has taught at graduate and under graduate levels between 1978-88. He has vast experience in economic impact studies, feasibility studies, customer satisfaction surveys, and scientific competitive analysis.
Pre-Retirement Planning | Your Financial Choices
Jan 16, 2025 · Laurie hosts WDIY's weekly financial call-in show, Your Financial Choices, every Wednesday at 6 PM. She is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner™ professional, Accredited Estate Planner, Registered Representative, Independent Adviser Representative, and Senior Vice President of Valley National Financial Advisors.
Biden's Medicaid director shares lessons learned and concerns for …
6 days ago · With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration set for Monday, there's still a lot of uncertainty about what changes his administration and the new Republican Congress could usher in. Republicans in Congress have begun discussing possible changes to Medicaid — the public health insurance program ...