U.S. productivity fell in the April-June quarter by a larger amount than first estimated, while labor costs accelerated sharply. Productivity declined at an annual rate of 0.6 percent, even worse than the 0.5 percent drop initially reported, the Labor Department ...
Read More »Midwest economic survey figures show slight improvement
Figures from a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states have risen slightly but still suggest slow or no economic growth ahead, according to a monthly report issued Thursday. The Mid-American Business Conditions index inched up to ...
Read More »In some US schools, resistance to ending corporal punishment
Two licks with a wooden paddle in the principal’s office was the price 11-year-old Kaley Zacher, of Dexter, Georgia, paid for ignoring warnings about falling behind in her school work. Rules are rules, said her mother, Kimberly Zacher, so why ...
Read More »Fists not football: Brain injuries seen in domestic assaults
There are no bomb blasts or collisions with burly linemen in Susan Contreras’ past. Her headaches, memory loss and bouts of confused thinking were a mystery until doctors suggested a probable cause: domestic violence. A former partner repeatedly beat her, ...
Read More »Christian groups have renewed focus on fighting racism
Christian groups have recently been putting more time and resources into addressing racism, with the issue at the forefront because of police shootings of black men and the Black Lives Matter movement. One of the largest U.S. evangelical college ministries, ...
Read More »Neighbor churches, split on race lines, work to heal divide
There are two First Baptist Churches in Macon, Georgia — one black and one white. They sit almost back-to-back, separated by a small park, in a hilltop historic district overlooking downtown. “We’re literally around the corner from each other,” said ...
Read More »Poll: Most young adults say police treat some differently
Across racial and ethnic groups, most young Americans think police treat some groups of people differently than others, according to a new GenForward poll. The poll shows that most think African-Americans, Latinos, the poor and immigrants are more likely to ...
Read More »Woman leaves prison after feticide conviction overturned
An Indiana woman whose feticide conviction for a self-induced abortion was overturned in July walked out of prison Thursday, a day after a judge resentenced her to less time than she had already served and ordered her immediate release. Purvi ...
Read More »Newspaper investigation reveals absentee voting problems
St. Louis voters who claim to be the victims of absentee voting irregularities are raising questions about the conduct of campaign workers for a state representative who narrowly won her primary. The allegations stem from Democratic state Rep. Penny Hubbard’s ...
Read More »Reporter sues over Missouri’s picks of execution witnesses
A reporter whose stories have been critical of Missouri’s death penalty procedures sued the state’s prisons chief Wednesday in federal court, accusing him of wrongly excluding him from being an execution witness. The American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit filed on ...
Read More »Judge rules against St. Louis prosecutor in disclosure case
A judge has ordered St. Louis’ city prosecutor to disclose names and addresses of victims and witnesses to defendants. St. Louis Circuit Judge Gael Wood’s order Wednesday follows more than a year of litigation by St. Louis’ head public defender ...
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