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Here’s a look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock index comprised of 30 “blue-chip” US stocks. It is meant to be a way to measure the strength or weakness of the entire US stock market. The Dow began in 1896 with 12 industrial stocks. Dow Jones
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Two tweets by Elon Musk in the past two years have run afoul of an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Tesla lawyers must pre-approve certain posts he makes on the social media site, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The Tesla CEO is known for his
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A motorist killed in a Memorial Day head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver on Highway 62 near Whitewater was identified today as a 45-year-old Landers man. Clinton Palmquist was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which was reported about 10:10 p.m. Monday just east of Dillon Road and remains under investigation. A
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGE BEACH, Alabama (WALA) — Gerri Womack Garon said she got a little surprise when she was about to plop down in a comfortable beach chair on the sand in Orange Beach. Snake! The reptile — we’re not sure of the species — was making good use of
Continue ReadingThe financial standing of Black and White Americans is anything but equal. When it comes to wealth and income, major disparities persist despite the years of economic prosperity that preceded the coronavirus pandemic. This long-standing racial divide has garnered renewed attention in the Biden administration, which has committed to improving equity as it guides the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A senior living facility is bringing some big smiles to several communities throughout Davidson County. Kempton of Hermitage is playing a game of hide and seek with the help of some rubber ducks. “All of the sudden there is this little rubber ducky smiling
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Authorities are looking for the person who threw a boulder at a New Hartford police cruiser over the weekend. It happened between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday at the New Hartford Resident Trooper’s Office behind the town hall. State police said
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam. Personal Birth date: May 11, 1933 Birth place: The Bronx, New York Birth name: Louis Eugene Walcott Father: Percival Clark Mother: Sarah Mae (Manning) Clark Marriage: Khadijah Farrakhan, formerly Betsy (Ross) Walcott, (September 12, 1953-present) Children: Mustapha, Joshua Nasir, Abnar,
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A nonprofit aimed at equipping wedding planners with the proper tools to create inclusive LGBTQ-friendly weddings will host its inaugural conference in Indian Wells next year, it was announced today. The National Gay Wedding Association will hold its inaugural Inclusive Awareness Conference at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa between January 4-6. “The
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(CNN Español) — Los seguidores de «El Chavo del 8» seguro deben acordarse de una de las frases características de ‘Don Ramón‘: «¿Qué pasó? Yo le voy al Necaxa?». Pues ahora el equipo de fútbol que apoyaba el personaje interpretado por el actor Ramón Valdés tiene entre sus propietarios a otros personajes del mundo del
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of Radovan Karadzic, who was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity related to ethnic violence during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Petnjica, Montenegro Father: Vuk Karadzic Mother: Jovanka Karadzic Marriage: Ljiljana Karadzic Children: Aleksandar; Sonja Education:
Continue Reading (CNN en Español) — El ministro de la Defensa de Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino, informó en su cuenta de Twitter que los ocho militares venezolanos que habían sido secuestrados por insurgentes colombianos fueron “rescatados en el estado Apure” y que un grupo de médicos militares les brindó atención médica. El anuncio estuvo acompañado de un comunicado
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration formally ended the Trump-era policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico until their court dates in the United States, according to a memo issued by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Shortly after President Joe Biden took office, the Department of Homeland Security suspended new enrollments to the program formally known as Migrant
Continue ReadingMonths into President Joe Biden’s first term, supporters of former President Donald Trump are still touting the “big lie” that Trump actually won the 2020 election. One of the prominent supporters of these theories is Trump’s former lawyer Sidney Powell, who is facing a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit for promoting the big lie. In defending
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Tuesday used stark language as he mourned one of the worst acts of racial violence in US history, marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Biden outlined his administration’s new efforts to combat the country’s racial inequality during a speech in Tulsa, memorializing the hundreds of Black Americans who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Denver police say they suspect a driver was intoxicated when she crashed into multiple parked cars and headstones at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Officers responded to the sacred site on Memorial Day – a day to honor service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A plane made an emergency landing Monday on the 101 Freeway in the Westlake Village area. “The officer in command was able to land the plane,” California Highway Patrol Officer Craig Martin said. “He was able to take over and safely land the
Continue Reading The daughter of Ugandan government minister General Edward Katumba Wamala has been killed in a drive-by attack targeting the general outside his home in Kampala on Tuesday, Ugandan police said in a statement. Police said the Minister of Works and Transport was leaving the residence in the upmarket Kampala suburb of Kisasi when unknown assailants
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A Los Angeles County firefighter was killed in a shooting at a fire station Tuesday morning, LA County fire Chief Daryl Osby announced in a news conference. The shooting happened at around 10:40 a.m. in Agua Dulce, about 30 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. It is with heavy hearts that the LACoFD confirms that
Continue Reading A firefighter was killed during a shooting at a Los Angeles County fire station Tuesday morning, County Supervisor Hilda Solis said in a tweet. “My most sincerest condolences to the family of the firefighter who was tragically killed in today’s shooting at Fire Station 81 in Agua Dulce. My thoughts are with our @LACOFD family,”
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