A Fulton County judge on Thursday denied a motion from former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants seeking to have the Georgia election interference case thrown out based on First Amendment challenges. Trump and others had argued, in part, that the Fulton County indictment violated their First Amendment right to challenge the 2020 … Read more
A powerful spring coastal storm is clobbering New England, bringing up to two feet of pasty snow, significant sleet accumulations and strong gusts that are knocking out power. According to PowerOutage.us, more than 600,000 customers are without power in the Northeast, nearly 500,000 of whom reside in New Hampshire and Maine alone. Winter storm warnings … Read more
A former Tacoma police officer who was hired as a sheriff’s deputy in a neighboring county — despite his involvement in the violent fatal arrest of Manuel Ellis in 2020 — has resigned his new job after just two days. Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders said in a written statement Wednesday that he failed to … Read more
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U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in February Despite Growth in Oil, Plane Exports 3 minutes ago The U.S. trade deficit ticked higher in February, with both exports and imports moving higher as U.S. oil shipments continued to grow. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported a trade deficit of $68.9 billion, up almost 2% from … Read more
Wall Street pointed to a modestly higher open Thursday ahead of fresh data on the jobs market that could impact the Federal Reserve’s next decision on interest rates. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials rose 0.2% before the bell, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%. The U.S. releases its weekly jobs report Thursday and on … Read more
Stock Market Today: Dow opens 250 points higher as Treasury yields retreat MarketWatch Source link
When Savita Subramanian, head of US equity strategy at Bank of America, raised her outlook for stocks at the end of last year, there was a lot of skepticism that equities could go any higher. The S&P 500 had already surged on expectations that the Federal Reserve would start cutting rates in 2024. And investors … Read more
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Wall Street pointed to a modestly higher open Thursday ahead of fresh data on the jobs market that could impact the Federal Reserve’s next decision on interest rates. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials rose 0.2% before the bell, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%. The U.S. releases its weekly jobs report Thursday and on … Read more
Home » Technical trading, short-covering and a weaker dollar, oh my Photo: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for April 3 Wheat futures launched a rebound Wednesday after sliding lower since the new week, month and quarter began. Lifting wheat was a round of short covering, technical trading, a weakening dollar and geopolitical news after Russia halted … Read more
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Several rivers throughout the Pittsburgh area have crested at or near major flood stages after record rainfall fell across Western Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service says the Ohio River in Pittsburgh appears to have crested just after 6 a.m. at 28..37 feet, just shy of the 28.5′ major flood stage mark later … Read more