UAW showdown puts squeeze on consumers, economy

Congress voted to avert a government shutdown by passing a short-term funding package that dropped assistance for Ukraine in the fight against Russia.

The stopgap measure will fund the government for 45 days as lawmakers on both sides work on a permanent deal.

The Phelps County Sheriff’s Department says escaped inmate Jonathan Eugene Schmidt O’Dell was seen after 3 p.m. in Ray County, Missouri, near Kansas City.