WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Last month’s hiring kept the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the lowest level in a half-century. Employers have added at…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis man has been found guilty of killing of a 94-year-old woman in his care nearly five years ago. A jury found 58-year-old Tommie Coffer Jr. guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the December 2017 death of Geneva Richardson in her Florissant home. Prosecutors say Coffer…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yadier Molina’s late arrival to spring training left him little time to fine tune his swing. He wasn’t seeing the ball, often going after every pitch. So when Molina homered for his first RBI of the season, things felt right again. The vetrean catcher connected on a slider leading off the…