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Do a read through of the disappointing earnings report out of FedEx on Tuesday night and you get the sense non-farm payrolls reports for the rest of 2021 may surprise economists to the downside. The problem (one that may be getting worse, per FedEx)? Finding humans to accept jobs in a very tight labor market even at higher rates than what the job paid months ago. "The impact of constrained labor markets remains the biggest issue facing our business as with many other companies around the world and was the key driver of our lower than expected results in the...

FedEx on Wednesday launched a new initiative that will test autonomous truck routes between Dallas and Houston. FedEx said it is collaborating with Aurora, an autonomous technology developer, and PACCAR, a medium-and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer, to launch the testing program, of which the pilot began on Wednesday. The companies will use Aurora’s autonomous driving technology in PACCAR’s Autonomous Vehicle Platform within FedEx trucking operations, according to FedEx.

How did the mass murder perpetrator in last week’s shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis have the ability to buy his firearms? Both local police and the FBI had intervened a year earlier after his family warned law enforcement about his mental health, and police had seized his shotgun at that time. Shouldn’t that have initiated a hearing under Indiana’s “red flag” law to bar Brandon Scott Hole from acquiring replacement firearms? It might have, the county prosecutor told the media today, had they pressed the red-flag case. Instead, Ryan Mears said, they stopped at the confiscation because prosecutors...

The teen who shot up an Indianapolis FedEx facility and killed eight people was reportedly part of a bizarre Internet subculture obsessed with “My Little Pony.” Posts on Brandon Hole’s since-taken-down Facebook page appear to indicate he was a member of the “Bronies” community — a group of mostly adult men who are extreme fans of the kiddie toys and animated television show, the Wall Street Journal reported. SNIP “I hope that I can be with Ap­ple­jack in the af­ter­life, my life has no mean­ing with­out her,” Hole wrote on his Facebook page at 10:19 p.m. Thursday, less than an...

USA Today reports that alleged Fed-Ex attacker Brandon Scott Hole used two rifles to carry out his heinous act and both guns were purchased “legally.” USA Today notes that Hole purchased one rifle in July 2020 and the other in September 2020. Breitbart News reported that the March 22, 2021, Boulder attacker bought his gun “legally” too, as did the March 16, 2021, Atlanta-area gunman. In fact, the overwhelming majority of high profile attackers acquire their guns by complying with background checks, rather than going around them. Here is a just a partial list of other attackers who got their...

The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop,” the bureau said Friday. Coroners released the names of the victims late Friday, a little less than 24 hours after the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S. Four of them were members of Indianapolis' Sikh community. The attack was another blow to the Asian American community a month after six people of Asian descent were killed in a mass shooting in the...

At least four of the eight employees who were killed during the FedEx mass shooting in Indianapolis late Thursday night were members of the Sikh community. The Sikh Coalition, which is the nation's largest Sikh civil rights and advocacy organization, confirmed the tragic news on Saturday. "Sadly, we acknowledge that this number is subject to change for the worse as more information becomes publicly available and those who were injured are treated at area hospitals," the group said in a statement.

Click here to read the full article Author­i­ties had pre­vi­ous­ly ques­tioned Bran­don Scott Hole and seized a weapon while the FBI was warned he might “sui­cide by cop”, accord­ing to mul­ti­ple reports. Indi­anapo­lis Met­ro­pol­i­tan Police Department’s deputy chief of crim­i­nal inves­ti­ga­tions Craig McCartt con­firmed at a Fri­day after­noon press con­fer­ence that author­i­ties seized a shot­gun from the shoot­er in 2020. The FBI’s spe­cial agent in charge, Paul Keenan, sep­a­rate­ly con­firmed that agents ques­tioned the 19-year-old after his moth­er warned her son might “sui­cide by cop”, accord­ing to Asso­ci­at­ed Press. “FedEx offi­cials have con­firmed that Mr Hole was a for­mer employ­ee...

No, you didn't read that incorrectly. We have some horrible news coming out of the Indianapolis Shooting that went down the other day. Apparently the former employee and gunman was a fan of Friendship is Magic, and more specifically Applejack, who was the focus of his final message on his pony focused Facebook page an hour before the shooting.

President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill battle to significantly change the country's permissive firearms laws. The day after a shooter killed eight people and himself at a FedEx Corp (FDX.N) facility in Indianapolis, Biden insisted he could tackle the problem while also pushing a sweeping jobs package and working to rein in the coronavirus pandemic. "This has to end. It's a national embarrassment," Biden said at a White House press conference alongside Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

The gunman in the FedEx shooting spree was previously known to federal and local authorities — and had been flagged up to law enforcement by a concerned family member before the deadly attack, according to a report Friday. The suspect, who committed suicide after killing eight at the Indiana facility Thursday night, has not been publicly identified by police. But CNN reporter Ana Cabrera said he’s no stranger to law enforcement. “Authorities were warned about FedEx suspect’s potential for violence in the past, sources say,” Cabrera tweeted. “The suspect in the Indianapolis mass shooting was known to federal and local...

Brandon Scott Hole, 19, was identified as the alleged shooter of the FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis. The alleged gunman's family warned authorities about his potential for violence before the mass shooting, according to CNN. The shooter pulled the weapon out of his trunk and allegedly started shooting for up to two minutes during a FedEx night shift change, witnesses claimed. Employee Jeremiah Miller told WISH that he watched the mass shooting unfold inside the warehouse, saying: "I saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort, an automatic rifle, and he was firing in the open. "I immediately ducked...

The Fed-Ex shooter from Indiana was identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole, he killed at least eight people and injured several more. What is really interesting that at the time of the press conference where the authorities didn't reveal his identity the special agent in charge of the Indianapolis field office, Paul Keenan, told NBC News the suspect's home was being searched by the FBI. Many left asking how come they don't know his identity but they are searching his house. 13News has exclusive video as federal agents searched the Indianapolis home of the suspect in the FedEx facility mass...

Law enforcement sources tell @NBCNews the FedEx shooting suspect has been identified as 20-year-old Brandon Scott Hole

President Biden on Friday condemned the deadly FedEx rampage that left eight people dead in Indiana as “the latest in a string of tragedies” that have become all “too normal” in the US. Repeating his call for more weapons control legislation, the president added in the prepared statement, “Gun violence is an epidemic in America.

"FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Paul Keenan says “it would be premature to speculate” on suspect’s motivation for the FedEx facility shooting." The Recount (with video)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eight people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter has killed himself, police said. Multiple other people were injured Thursday night when gunfire erupted at the facility near the Indianapolis International Airport, police spokesperson Genae Cook said. At least four were hospitalized, including one person with critical injures. Another two people were treated and released at the scene, Cook said. The shooter wasn't immediately identified, and Cook said investigators were still in the process of conducting interviews and gathering information.

Indianapolis police say at least eight people were killed and multiple others wounded at a FedEx facility on the city's southwest side late Thursday. They say it appears the suspected gunman killed himself. He wasn't included in the death toll of eight.

Multiple people shot at Indianapolis FedEx facility: reportMultiple people were shot a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday night, TV station WRTV reported. Police were called to the scene at around 11 p.m., the outlet reported. Officials declared the scene a ““mass casualty, Level 1,” TV station WISH reported. Police did not immediately have information on how many people were shot or their conditions. The FedEx facility is near Indianapolis International Airport. This is a developing story.

100% of my gifts being delivered by the USPS are late. 100% of my gifts being delivered by FedEx and UPS have arrived on time.The tracking info for the USPS also has a big lie. They say that they could not reach my front door because my driveway was not clear of snow. That was on Saturday, and my driveway was cleared hours after last week's storm. Everyday I see UPS and FedEx drivers hustle through my neighborhood. They are working their butts off. They are also seem happy, at least the guy who just dropped off a package. I...