Monthly Archives: April 2022
Police: Carjacker Shot After Running Over Worker, Crashing Into Building
(AP) Officers shot and wounded a man early Tuesday when he charged at them with a knife after he killed a construction worker with...
Why It’s Looking More like the 1970s
(Joseph Solis-Mullen, Mises Institute) Last July when a team of White House economists issued their analysis of the predicament the US economy was mired in, the...
Feds: Retail Food Prices to Increase by an Additional 5%
(The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects U.S. food prices to increase by at least another 5% on average this year as...
Treasury Bars Russia Payments in Dollars from US Accounts
(AP) The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at U.S. financial institutions to be made in U.S. dollars,...
Medicare Enrollees to Get Free COVID-19 Tests at Drug Stores
(AP) Amid worries that the latest coronavirus variant could spark another rise in cases, Medicare announced Monday that millions of enrollees will finally have...
Billions, and More, for Lawmakers’ Projects in Spending Bill
(AP) Home-district projects for members of Congress are back, sprinkled across the government-wide $1.5 trillion bill President Joe Biden signed recently. The official tally...
Can We Really Divest from Fossil Fuels without Hurting the Economy?
(Patrick Carroll, Foundation for Economic Education) If you’ve been feeling some pain at the pump in recent weeks, you’re not alone. Gas prices are...
Suddenly, Tesla’s Elon Musk Is Twitter’s Biggest Stakeholder
(AP) Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder, just before raising questions about the social media...
California Mass Shooting: 6 Dead, 10 Injured in Sacramento
(AP) Six people were killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and...
Number of COVID Patients in US Hospitals Reaches Record Low
(AP) COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have plunged to their lowest levels since the early days of the pandemic, offering a much needed break to health...
