Category Archives: (1470 & 100.3 WMBD) Breaking News
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine-or-test policy for large businesses
UPDATED 3:23 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s pandemic-related vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses at a time of escalat...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. consumer prices increase strongly in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices rose solidly in December, with the annual increase in inflation the largest in nearly four decades, which could bolster expectations that the Federal ...
Jan 12, 2022
Bob Saget, TV dad and comedian, found dead in Florida hotel room
UPDATED 8:04 P.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Bob Saget, an actor and comedian best known as the jovial dad on the television sitcom “Full House,” was found dead in a hotel room in Orlando, Flo...
Jan 09, 2022
Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Academy Award, dies at 94
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in “Lilies of the Field,” and inspired a gener...
Jan 07, 2022
FDA clears Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the use of a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15 years, and narrowed the ti...
Jan 03, 2022
Betty White, working actress into her 90s, dies just shy of her 100th birthday
(Reuters) — Comedic actress Betty White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America’s geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms “The Gold...
Dec 31, 2021
Gregarious NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden dies at 85
(Reuters) – John Madden, the beefy, exuberant Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders who became one of America’s best-known TV sports announcers and lent his name to a wildly succ...
Dec 29, 2021
Ex-Minnesota police officer found guilty of manslaughter in shooting of Daunte Wright
UPDATED 1:38 P.M. (Reuters) – A Minnesota jury on Thursday found former police officer Kimberly Potter guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traff...
Dec 23, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court allows challenge to Texas six-week abortion ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed abortion providers to pursue a legal challenge to a ban on most abortions in Texas, with the fate of the Republican-backed measure that a...
Dec 10, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to lowest level since 1969
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in more than 52 years last week as labor market conditions continued to tig...
Dec 09, 2021
