Category Archives: (1470 & 100.3 WMBD) Breaking News
Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash was barred from flying into clouds, NTSB chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pilot in the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others was “legally prohibited” from flying int...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. job growth rebound less than expected; more government aid needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employment growth rebounded less than expected in January and job losses the prior month were deeper than initially thought, strengthening the argument for additional...
Feb 05, 2021
U.S. House punishes Republican congresswoman over incendiary remarks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of two high-profile committee assignments on Thursday, punishing the Republican congresswoman for i...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Buttigieg to head Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to hea...
Feb 02, 2021
FBI agents killed in early-morning raid in Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two FBI agents were killed and another three were wounded during an early morning raid on Tuesday at a Sunrise, Florida home as they were executing a court-ordered search warrant...
Feb 02, 2021
Trump aimed mob ‘like a loaded cannon’ at Capitol, Democrats argue in impeachment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives who will prosecute former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial will argue that he pointed a mob “lik...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. economy contracts in 2020; worst performance since 1946
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy contracted at its sharpest pace since World War Two in 2020 as COVID-19 ravaged services businesses like restaurants and airlines, throwing millions of Am...
Jan 28, 2021
Biden administration to purchase millions more vaccine doses to curb virus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will purchase 200 million more coronavirus vaccines and funnel more to states now, in a bid to deliver on the U.S. president's promise to curb the...
Jan 26, 2021
Top U.S. Capitol security officials apologize for ‘failings’ in Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Capitol security officials apologized on Tuesday for “failings” during the deadly attack on the building by followers of then-President Donald Trump i...
Jan 26, 2021
U.S. House to deliver Trump impeachment to Senate on Monday: Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republi...
Jan 22, 2021
