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Jul 16, 2024 | 
wowt.com | John Chapman |Ben Burke
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A South Omaha man says he shot and killed a man who was violent and refused leave his home early Tuesday morning. Police arrived at a residence near 51st and Q streets in Omaha around 2:30 a.m. to find 40-year-old Nicholas Gomez inside the house - he'd been shot to death. "I heard all the sirens and saw all the lights and I'm like, 'Oh my God,'" said neighbor Rosanne Pickering.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
san.com | Karah Rucker |Ben Burke
3M is nearing a settlement to resolve more than 300,000 claims from U.S. veterans over the company’s combat arms earplugs. The complaints allege the earplugs, which were supplied to the U.S. military, did not adequately protect soldiers from hearing loss. People close to the discussions told The Wall Street Journal that under the terms of the proposed settlement, 3M would pay about $5.5 billion. The 300,000 claims make the earplug litigation the largest mass tort claim in U.S. history.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
san.com | Karah Rucker |Ian Kennedy |Ben Burke
Florida residents braced for Tropical Storm Idalia as it develops into a potential hurricane, and paper straws may not be the better option over plastic after all. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Aug. 28. Florida residents have begun bracing for impact as Tropical Storm Idalia barrels its way toward the Gulf Coast. The storm is projected to make landfall as a hurricane anywhere between Tampa and Panama City Tuesday night, Aug. 29 into Wednesday morning, Aug. 30.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
san.com | Ian Kennedy |Karah Rucker |Ben Burke
According to a study published Tuesday, Aug. 22, only 40.3% of people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke reported taking aspirin to help prevent a second one. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA, looked at data from 51 different low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
san.com | Karah Rucker |Ian Kennedy |Ben Burke
American Airlines pilots approved a new contract, according to an announcement from the Allied Pilot Association (APA) on Monday, Aug. 21. According to the union’s announcements, 95% of eligible pilots voted on the contract, with 72.7% of those voting in favor. The announcement said the contract includes more than $9.6 billion in total pay and benefits increases over four years.
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Aug 17, 2023 | 
san.com | Ben Burke |Karah Rucker
The month of July saw higher-than-expected sales in the world of retail except for Target, which saw the opposite trend. Target’s second quarterly sales report shows that sales dropped for the first time in six years. This sales dip followed the release of merchandise celebrating Pride Month back in June. A tuck-friendly bathing suits for male-to-female transgender individuals caused controversy and led to a boycott.
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Aug 17, 2023 | 
san.com | Karah Rucker |Ian Kennedy |Ben Burke
A New Jersey federal judge ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 million to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit from a former regional director against the coffee giant. Starbucks had already been ordered to pay $25.6 million in punitive and compensatory damages to Shannon Phillips after a trial in June of 2023. Court documents show the $2,736,755 in payment ordered Wednesday, Aug. 16, covers back pay, front pay and tax gross.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
san.com | Karah Rucker |Ian Kennedy |Ben Burke
According to Nielsen data, broadcast and cable television made up less than half of TV viewing for the first time in July 2023. The two forms of linear television combined for just 49.6% of viewership. The TV viewing breakdown looked like this:Streaming: 38.7%Cable: 29.6%Broadcast: 20%Other: 11.6%The share of broadcast and cable television viewing dropped 3.6% and 2.9% respectively in July. Year-over-year, broadcast viewership has fallen 5.4%, with cable TV dropping 12.5%.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
san.com | Ben Burke |Karah Rucker
There are reports of movement in the Justice Department’s classified documents case, but not the one against former President Donald Trump. This update concerns the case looking into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. In response to the federal indictment of Trump’s handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, the former president asked on social media in June where Biden’s charges were given classified documents were found in his possession too.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
san.com | Ray Bogan |Ben Burke
The Justice Department announced the arrests of two Navy sailors accused of “transmitting sensitive military information” to China. While the sailors were charged in separate cases, they are accused of similar crimes. “These individuals stand accused of violating the commitments they made to protect the United States and betraying the public trust, to the benefit of the PRC government,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen said in a statement released Thursday, Aug. 3.
