The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street following a batch of mixed news on the economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Friday. The benchmark index still wound up with its third weekly loss in a row. A key measure of inflation continued to slow, but it’s still far higher than anyone wants to
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: News Corp., up 49 cents to $18.56. Michael Bloomberg is reportedly interested in buying Dow Jones from the media company. Mission Produce Inc., down $2.22 to $12.39. The avocado producer reported weak fiscal fourth-quarter financial results. Nutanix Inc., down $2.23 to
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California seized more than 28,000 pounds of fentanyl over the past year, a nearly six-fold increase in the amount of the drug recovered a year earlier, officials said Friday. California’s National Guard, which hired and trained more than 160 members to work on efforts to reduce the amount of fentanyl on
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was taken into custody Thursday in Southern California after an hours-long standoff, authorities said. Eric Christie, 56, was arrested in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, according to Laura Eimiller, an
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Barack Obama stuck to an annual tradition Friday, releasing a list of his favorites for the year of 2022, including movies and books. “I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies, and music with all of you,” Obama tweeted. “First up, here are some of
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem is expanding the state National Guard’s mission to assist both the Oglala Sioux and the Rosebud Sioux Tribes with firewood and snow removal amid the relentless wind and life-threatening cold that have crippled their reservations in the southwestern corner of South Dakota.
Continue ReadingBy Tony Cabrera and Amy Powell Click here for updates on this story SANTA MONICA, California (KABC) — Former Santa Monica Mayor Rex Minter was killed when a small plane crash-landed and flipped over on the shoreline Thursday. Minter and a pilot were in a single-engine Cessna when it crashed just after 3 p.m. in
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN An Iowa sports reporter has gone viral for his vocal complaints after being asked to fill in for a weather reporter — during a snowstorm. Mark Woodley, a sports reporter at CNN affiliate KWWL, posted a video to Twitter on Thursday that spliced together some of his grumbling from his day
Continue ReadingBy Jessica De Nova Click here for updates on this story DOWNEY, California (KABC) — A mother in Downey died trying to save her 12-year-old daughter from a fire that ripped through their apartment earlier this week, according to family members. Now, as investigators work to determine the cause, a heartbroken family is having a
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A choppy day on Wall Street ended with broad gains for stocks Friday, though most of the major indexes wound up with their third weekly loss in a row. Mixed economic news weighed on stocks early on, but the indexes rebounded by late afternoon amid
Continue ReadingBy CBS Baltimore Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has issued an order suspending shellfish harvesting in a section of the Chesapeake Bay as a following a sewage overflow, the Maryland Department of the Environment said Thursday. The order, which extends a closure
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump’s violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election. The House passed an overhaul of the Electoral Count
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers raced to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown. The bill passed mostly along party lines, 225-201.
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Outfielder Michael Conforto has agreed to a $36 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, a deal that includes an opt out after the first season, a person with direct knowledge of the pact said Friday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on
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By Rob Frehse, CNN Adnan Syed, recently exonerated after spending over two decades behind bars, is now working as a program associate for Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative, the school announced. The initiative “addresses the root causes and consequences of mass incarceration and offers educational programs and training for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens,”
Continue ReadingBy Christina Fan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — In Far Rockaway, Queens, coastal flooding stalled cars and flooded homes. Neighbors say it was the worst storm since Superstorm Sandy, but they refused to be beaten down. CBS2 saw firsthand how the community came together. On the dreariest of days,
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh’s challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona attorney general, concluding that Hamadeh didn’t prove the errors in vote counting that he had alleged. The ruling on Friday by Mohave County Superior Court Judge
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are edging higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday and headed for weekly losses following a batch of mixed news on the economy. The S&P 500 shook off an early loss and inched up 0.4% as of 3:27 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are edging higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday and headed for weekly losses following a batch of mixed news on the economy. The S&P 500 shook off an early loss and inched up 0.4% as of 3:27 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones
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