• Light showers for the middle of the week

    Good morning, folks! Starting the morning with temps in the 50s and 60s across the High Plains. Light showers and pockets of drizzle have started across the areas in the overnight hours. In Amarillo we even saw some light rain around 2 AM. More light rain in the forecast for the rest of the day []

  • What does it mean to be 'middle class' in 2024?

    When I was a kid, $100,000 sounded like an impossibly large sum of money. Even when I started working at my first professional job with an entry-level salary of $32,000, I thought that making $100,000 would allow one to be comfortably upper-middle class. I’m sure I’m not alone; a “six-figure salary” was, for a long time, shorthand for a “well-paid job.” But in 2024, with the cost of housing and childcare (not to mention inflation on basics like food), a family making $100,000 a year can have...

  • Repatriation of Filipinos in Middle East

    Amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, the Philippine government is gearing up to ensure the safety of over two million Filipinos residing in the Middle East.

  • Labor’s Middle East folly

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  • Frost Advisory for Southern Middle Tennessee

    A Frost Advisory will go into effect on Monday for southern-middle Tennessee. It will begin at 1 a.m. and continue until 8 a.m.

  • Pope calls for dialogue in Middle East

    Shafaqna English- Following the Regina Coeli in Saint Peter’s Square on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Pope Francis urged dialogue over conflict in the Middle East. Pope Francis once again expressed his hope that dialogue, negotiation, and diplomacy might prevail in the Middle East. He urged against succumbing to “the

  • Middle school in Lynwood placed on soft lockdown

    Hosler Middle School is under a soft lockdown early Friday morning following a report of a student seeing another student on campus with a gun, according to Sergeant Perez with LASD.

  • Topeka middle school evacuation given all-clear

    TOPEKA (KSNT) - Police were investigating the possible smell of gas at a local middle school. On Thursday morning the Topeka Police Department was called to Landon Middle School at 731 S.W. Fairlawn Road on reports of a possible gas smell. Students were evacuated to an area church and Topeka West High School. Local authorities []

  • Biden calls for middle-class tax hike

    President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he won’t hike taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000, but then this week he promised on X to hike taxes on just about everyone. Now, to be fair, Biden may not have understood that’s what he’s saying. Letting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire and “stay expired” […]

  • Are you still earning enough to be middle class in Nevada?

    Depending on where you live, the salary needed to be middle class can vary greatly.

  • Australia sounds alarm over war in the Middle East

    The federal government is alarmed after Israel launched retaliatory strikes on Iran, bringing the Middle East closer to a regional war. “Australia remains extremely concerned about the potential for miscalculation and further escalation of conflict in the region,” Acting Foreign Minister Katy Gallagher said on Friday. “This is in no one’s interests. “We urge all […]

  • Europe down in premarket amid Middle East tensions

    Equities in Europe traded lower in the premarket on Friday as investors assessed the effects of Israel's reported retaliatory drone attack on Iran. They also anticipated the newest reports on Germany'