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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising, and bond yields are sinking Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated cuts to interest rates may be coming next year. Wall Street has been craving such cuts, which can relax pressure on the economy and goose prices for investments. The S&P 500
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general is again accusing a white nationalist group of civil rights violations, this time in response to a demonstration outside a Concord café hosting a drag story hour event. Attorney General John Formella said Wednesday he has filed a civil complaint alleging
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they intend to retry former Louisville officer Brett Hankison. Last month, a jury deadlocked over charges that he used excessive force the night Breonna Taylor was killed by police in 2020. Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared mistrial after the jury deliberated for several
Continue ReadingBy Orko Manna Click here for updates on this story TURLOCK, California (KCRA) — Thieves stole dozens of guns from a gun show at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds over the weekend, according to the Turlock Police Department. Police said two people took 33 guns from the same vendor. Dominique Sanchez, a public affairs analyst with
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, and its officials signaled that they expect to make three quarter-point cuts to their benchmark rate next year. The Fed’s message Wednesday strongly suggested that it is finished with rate hikes
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s state schools superintendent is calling for Universities of Wisconsin regents to delay a vote on a deal with Republican legislators that would limit campus diversity positions in exchange for employee raises and money for construction projects. The regents rejected the deal on a 9-8 vote
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will officially introduce Shohei Ohtani at a news conference on Thursday. The two-time AL MVP agreed to a record $700 million, 10-year contract last weekend, a deal that the team announced Monday and provides that 97% of the money be deferred
Continue ReadingBy Maricela De La Cruz Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — An unfenced, off-leash dog park could soon come to Sacramento’s William Land Park. The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved a project that will further explore a site for a permanent dog park. That includes funding for community outreach
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia says it’s a “silly notion” that the former president’s case should be paused just because he’s running for office. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis sat down with The Associated Press for
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By Macie Goldfarb and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Kenneth Dodson and younger brother Axel visited the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta Thursday to take a picture. For a moment, it was like the retired New York City Police Department officers were back on the job. Someone called out that
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A 3-year-old was reunited with family last week after a U.S. Postal worker found the boy wandering shoeless on the streets of Salem, Massachusetts. On Dec. 8 at about 11:17 a.m., Salem police responded to the area of Palmer Street for
Continue ReadingBy Kilee Thomas Click here for updates on this story JONES, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A mother and daughter duo are accused of paying their personal bills with cards of people they were employed to care for. New court documents show that nursing home residents at Oak Hills Care Center in Jones had thousands of dollars
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — College athletes who were denied the chance to play immediately after transferring a second time can return to competition, for now. A federal judge in West Virginia issued a 14-day temporary restraining order Wednesday against the NCAA. The order comes after seven states filed a
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — One is a small-town girl from Spain’s northern coast whose family once owned a world champion cow and today supplies milk for much of the country and parts of Europe. The other is a well-traveled city girl from Barcelona with deep basketball pedigree as her
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal investigators say the tail of a JetBlue plane struck a Colorado runway during takeoff last year when the captain quickly pointed the jet’s nose upward to get airborne and avoid a head-on crash with a plane preparing to land on the same runway. The National Transportation Safety Board
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A new report finds that operator error likely caused a medical helicopter to break apart mid-air and crash during a training exercise in New York last year, killing both men on board. The Mercy Flight helicopter was on its second training run of the day when
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will consider whether part of a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. How the Supreme Court defines how the obstruction law can be used related
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer Medication abortion is the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S. Mifepristone is one of the two drugs used and it will go in front of the U.S. Supreme Court next year. States have imposed bans or restrictions or seek to limit abortions after Roe v. Wade was
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Cabinet members have taken office after being sworn in by the country’s president. The ceremony in Warsaw on Wednesday marked the end of eight tumultuous years of rule by a national conservative party, Law and Justice. President
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Withrow Click here for updates on this story CADDO COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The charges have been amended for the caretakers in the Athena Brownfield case. Athena Brownfield, a 4-year-old, was reported missing on the afternoon of Jan. 10 after a mail carrier found her 5-year-old sister outside their home on West Nebraska
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