Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has won a second term, extending Republicans’ two-decade hold on the governorship by brushing aside a challenge from Democrat Brandon Presley, who conceded late Tuesday. Reeves built a massive war chest of campaign cash for his re-election, but attacks from Presley and Democrats over health care and a welfare corruption scandal … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Stocks edged lower as investors awaited clues on the path of interest rates from a raft of central bank officials including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Most Read from Bloomberg Europe’s Stoxx 600 fell 0.1% and US equity futures traded little changed. The 10-year Treasury yields climbed by three basis points to 4.6%. … Read more
Philadelphia Union’s Kai Wagner admitted to using a racial slur during a match and will be banned the next three games as punishment. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) When Major League Soccer interviewed Kai Wagner about the racist slur he used toward Bobby Wood on Oct. 28, the Philadelphia Union defender admitted to the offense. … Read more
Escambia County, Alabama, District Attorney Stephen Billy has charged Atmore News publisher and co-owner Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher with revealing grand jury secrets. The charges are based on a story about an investigation into whether federal COVID-19 funds were improperly paid to seven former Escambia County School System employees. The school system’s payroll … Read more
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Tuesday ripped Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) as “one of the dumbest people that ever walked the earth in terms of political decisions” over his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, which could soon be coming to an end. Tuberville has for nine months blocked promotions in protest of a … Read more
Updated Nov. 8, 2023 3:15 am ET Bayer Chief Executive Bill Anderson said he is looking at options to overhaul the company’s structure and remove multiple layers of management in a move that will result in significant job cuts, but ruled out splitting the group into three businesses. Anderson, who took the helm of the … Read more
Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie Tom Haberstroh from Meadowlark Media joins Dan Devine to talk about his favorite NBA announcers, James Harden’s debut with the Clippers and a whole bunch of early season stats. On this episode of Devine Intervention, Dan Devine is joined by Tom Haberstroh from Meadowlark Media to discuss a whole bunch … Read more
Police are investigating a double shooting that left two people hospitalized. Gwinnett County Police said just before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, officers were called out to a domestic dispute at a home on Dayspring Trace. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Officers parked a few homes down from the actual location … Read more
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) offered up some strange takes in quick succession as it became clear that Tuesday’s election results would be bad for Republicans and conservative causes. “You put very sexy things like abortion and marijuana on the ballot, and a lot of young people come out and vote,” he griped on Newsmax. … Read more
(Bloomberg) — WeWork Inc.’s bankruptcy filing caps a years-long saga that revealed breathtaking flaws in the investment style of Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, damaging his professional reputation far beyond the money he lost. Most Read from Bloomberg Son overrode his lieutenants’ objections and handed WeWork founder Adam Neumann billions of dollars from both SoftBank Group … Read more