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BEFORE THE BELL: Wall Street mixed in early trading while oil prices push higher yet again
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (538+ words) By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers U.S. stock futures were mixed early Tuesday as flare-ups in the broadening Middle East conflict pushed oil prices higher. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.3% before the bell, while futures for the…...
Supreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump’s $400 million ballroom
1+ week, 6+ day ago (394+ words) By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press The decision replaces a temporary order from Chief Justice John Roberts previously issued hours before a lower-court decision halting the work would have gone into effect. The lawsuit will return to lower courts, but documents…...
Beloved New Orleans hospital, wracked by floods and grief in Hurricane Katrina, to get a makeover
2+ week, 2+ day ago (459+ words) By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America The massive hospital, a New Orleans landmark that long cared for the city’s most vulnerable residents, was shuttered after the last patients and staff were rescued in 2005. Now, as Louisiana marks the…...
Man pleads guilty in drunk boating fatal
2+ week, 6+ day ago (191+ words) PITTSBORO, N.C. (WPTF) — The suspect in a deadly Chatham County boating accident that happened last summer on Harris Lake pleaded guilty Monday (August 25). Quenten Kight, 42, pleaded guilty Monday to five charges in the boating accident that killed 10-year-old Brooklyn Carroll on…...
Iran official says support for new sanctions would be an ‘act of war,’ and other Middle East news
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (972+ words) The new head of Iran’s top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country’s support for new U.S. economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an “act of war,” while Iran’s president defended a memorandum of understanding…...
Court cuts $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely labeling Newtown killings a hoax
3+ week, 2+ day ago (593+ words) By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press The ruling does not affect a $1.25 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a legal victory for him after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the…...
Women in pink rally in support of Lindsay Clancy at her trial for killing her 3 children
3+ week, 3+ day ago (677+ words) By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy’s story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health system treats women. Clancy’s lawyer does not dispute that…...
A Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 16 in Ukraine’s Kyiv region | WPTF FM 92.9 / AM 680
3+ week, 3+ day ago (851+ words) By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press Moscow’s forces have in recent months intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine’s chronic shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the sole weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down…...
THE CLOSING BELL: US stocks halt their slide after the Treasury Department moves to ease pressure from the bond market
3+ week, 4+ day ago (601+ words) The Closing Bell 08/19/2026 | RSS.com The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and is on track for its first gain in four days after setting its all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 133 points, or 0.3%, as of 2:30 p.m. Eastern time,…...