A Grand Rapids police officer fatally shot Lyoya following a traffic stop on April 4.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inBusiness
Retail sales rise modestly in March amid soaring inflation
Retail sales increased 0.5 percent as shoppers still showed resilience in spending.
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Big bank profits decline as deal-making, mortgages slow
Banks are often seen as a proxy for the overall economy, and the first quarter of 2022 has been considerably rougher than a year earlier.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Harlem Festival of Culture, inspired by Oscar-winning ‘Summer of Soul,’ planned for 2023
The series of events and music concerts called ‘The Black Woodstock’ will be revived at an annual outing.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, New England
Mechanic reaps windfall from art in Connecticut dumpster
WATERBURY, Conn. — A trove of paintings and other artwork found in an abandoned barn has turned out to be worth millions. Notified by a contractor, Waterbury auto mechanic Jared Whipple retrieved the dirt-covered pieces in 2017 from a dumpster containing materials from a barn in Watertown. Whipple later found out they were by Francis […]
Posted inNation & World
2 killed, 10 wounded in Cedar Rapids nightclub shooting
Authorities said a shooting inside a crowded nightclub has left a man and a woman dead and 10 people injured.
Posted inBusiness
More than 1,500 flights canceled Sunday after storms, other disruptions
Problems with weather, air traffic conditions and airspace congestion started snowballing Saturday, leading to thousands of canceled flights over the weekend during the spring travel peak.
Posted inNation & World
States look for solutions as U.S. fentanyl deaths keep rising
With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions.
Posted inNation & World
Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps
Ukraine and its Western allies reported mounting evidence of Russia withdrawing its forces from around Kyiv and building its troop strength in eastern Ukraine.
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Much of Shanghai locked down as mass COVID-19 testing begins
The city’s financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass testing gets underway.