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The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Friday as worries about interest rates offset an encouraging start to earnings reporting season for big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 lost 0.2% but still squeezed out a fourth weekly gain in the last five. The Dow and Nasdaq fell a bit more. A top Fed
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El juez de la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. Samuel Alito extendió la suspensión de un fallo de un tribunal inferior que había impuesto restricciones al acceso a un medicamento abortivo, una medida temporal destinada a dar a los jueces más tiempo para considerar el tema. Alito dijo que la orden queda
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE and EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The trip by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Beijing has made clear he is counting on China to help reinvigorate the South American nation’s ailing industrial sector — particularly by picking up the slack of exiting U.S. companies. After Lula
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story BOYLE HEIGHTS (KCAL, KCBS) — It was on Boyle Heights’ Whittier Boulevard where a security camera captured the moments a 29-year-old motorcyclist sped away from a horrific crash that claimed the leg of a 13-year-old boy. “I was in shock,” said victim Josh Mora.
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — County commissioners have rescinded an energy company’s permit to drill exploratory wells for a geothermal project in the Nevada desert near the site of the annual Burning Man counterculture festival about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno. Officials for the Burning Man organization and others
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN David’s Bridal, one of largest sellers of wedding gowns in the United States, is laying off thousands of workers nationwide, according to a notice filed to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor. The notice said the retailer is eliminating 9,236 positions across the United States. In Pennsylvania, the layoffs are set to
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized in Georgia and under observation, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN. “They are running tests and still trying to figure out what exactly happened,” the individual said. Foxx has been in Atlanta, Georgia, filming the Netflix movie, “Back in Action.” The source
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has temporarily kept in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it more fully considers the issues raised in a court challenge. The court asked both sides Friday to weigh in over whether lower court rulings restricting the
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has temporarily kept in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it more fully considers the issues raised in a court challenge. The court asked both sides Friday to weigh in over whether lower court rulings restricting the
Continue ReadingBy Daeshen Smith Click here for updates on this story WALTON COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — For the past few months, Walton County Animal Control had received calls from residents about some loose goats on Elmwood Road. “Going over into the neighbor’s yard, destroying flowers. You know goat things,” said Animal Services Bureau Captain Angie Hogeboom.
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused in the leak of highly classified military documents appeared in court Friday as prosecutors unsealed charges and revealed how billing records and interviews with social media comrades helped pinpoint the suspect. Among the revelations: That
Continue ReadingBy Evan Sobol Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — Four men are facing charges after the DEA led an investigation into a drug trafficking ring in Waterbury. Officials said the investigation lasted for about nine months. According to federal officials 22 kilos of narcotics, 200,000 bags of fentanyl, and $150,000
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN Since Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that’s been a household name for decades, signaled recently that it might be going out of business, you might be wondering how long your stash of its food storage containers is safe to use — especially if it’s vintage. Figuring out the answer to that
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Pollard, Zac Summers Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office addressed concerns on Thursday surrounding the death of an inmate whose family and attorney claim was “eaten alive by insects and bed bugs” at the jail. Lashawn Thompson was found dead in a Fulton
Continue ReadingBy Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story GENESEE CO, Michigan (WNEM) — Former Flint police chief William Barksdale was sentenced on Friday, April 14, to pay fines and fees for charges related to illegal gambling. Barksdale, along with his co-defendants Alvin and Adam Crossnoe, operated West Point Arcade located in Flint. Michigan
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Gov. Kim Reynolds that seeks to require her office to respond to public record requests. The court in a unanimous decision on Friday rejected Reynolds’ argument that her office wasn’t obligated to respond in
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Kids at an illegally run daycare in Bellevue were left starving and with rashes, according to parents. This week, a mom found her 3-month-old baby dead at that same business. Metro Police say the caregiver, Anne Jordan, was watching seven kids
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