First Light - Tuesday, May 10, 2022

10/05/2022 24 min
First Light - Tuesday, May 10, 2022

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On today's First Light: A former Alabama jail official on the run with a murder suspect she was accused of helping escape shot and killed herself Monday as authorities caught up with the pair after more than a week of searching, officials said. The man she fled with surrendered.  With no major new battlefield successes to boast about, Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country’s biggest patriotic holiday without even uttering the word “Ukraine.” Schoolchildren in a northern New Mexico community that had been threatened by a wildfire were expected to resume in-person classes Tuesday while residents on the fire’s northern edges remained under evacuation orders. President Joe Biden announced Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy. Nebraska voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in primaries for governor and the House of Representatives. Grant Schulte of the Associated Press joins us for a preview. There’s a good chance that Americans’ total credit card balances will soon reach a new record high, marking a sharp reversal from the steep drop in 2020 and early 2021. We'll find out why when we talk to Ted Rossman of BankRate.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.