The first 2019 mass killing occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members including his infant daughter. Five months later, 12 people were killed in a workplace shooting in Virginia. Twenty-two more died at a Walmart in El Paso in August. A database compiled by […]
2019 was another bruising year for many American retailers, despite healthy consumers and a strong economy. This year, U.S. retailers announced 9,302 store closings, a 59% jump from 2018 and the highest number since Coresight Research began tracking the data in 2012. Bankruptcies in the retail sector intensified this year and many struggling chains cut […]
Dressbarn is shutting down 62 more stores as part of its plan to close down all stores by the end of this year. Nine stores across eight states were scheduled to be closed in July with another 53 slated to be shuttered in August, according to a list released by the company (pdf). The August […]
Americans paid 25 percent less in taxes on average in 2018 even though the impact is not reflected in the refund totals, according to data from H&R Block, a tax preparation firm. According to H&R, Americans on average saw their tax refunds go up by just 1.4 percent, causing confusion among many who viewed the refund total […]
Chicago police officers made the first gun-related arrest in the city just two minutes after the new year started. Darrell Rhyme, 23, was found to be in possession of a stolen gun and was arrested after a brief chase. Police officers pulled over a vehicle that Rhyme was riding in at 12:01 a.m. in the West […]
WASHINGTON—Soon-to-be House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said that going into 2019, Democrats plan to focus on shoring up the country’s infrastructure with green technology, reforming campaign-finance laws, and lowering health care costs, while leaving room for the incoming representatives to have a say in the party’s agenda. When asked about the Democrats’ plans […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin was named Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City. Her victory Sunday night resurrected a string of successes the Empire State has had in the pageant in recent years. Mallory Hagan, Nina Davuluri and Kira Kazantsev won the title from 2013 to 2015 competing as Miss New York. […]
