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Month: January 2024

Stock market today: Wall Street follows global markets lower ahead of earnings, central bank moves

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer Wall Street pointed lower early Wednesday following market declines in Asia and Europe. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and for the S&P 500 each fell 0.4% before the bell. Investors were anticipating upcoming earnings reports, as well as potential moves by the world’s central banks, to gauge

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Law enforcement investigating remarks allegedly made by Roger Stone appearing to discuss assassinating Democrats, sources say

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Kristin Wilson, CNN US Capitol Police are investigating comments allegedly made by pro-Trump political operative Roger Stone in the weeks before the 2020 election in which he appears to discuss assassinating two well-known House Democrats, two sources familiar with the probe confirmed to CNN. The FBI is also involved in

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‘We’re trying to remain a little subtle’: Austin aide pressed 911 dispatcher to keep ambulance response quiet

CNN By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An aide who called 911 requesting an ambulance to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s house on New Year’s Day asked that the ambulance be discreet and “not show up with lights and sirens” due to a desire by Austin’s camp to be “subtle.” It’s the latest revelation in what has been a damaging episode for the

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Immigration issue challenges delicate talks to form new Dutch government

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Delicate talks to create a new Dutch government around anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders suffered a setback when a lingering immigration issue divided the parties involved in brokering a coalition. People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy senators threw their support behind legislation that could force municipalities

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What are sacred forests?

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press KOTAGIRI, India (AP) — Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine. Thousands of sacred forests have survived. They’re the church forests in Ethiopia’s highlands, hillside groves considered holy by Catholics in

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At Davos, Blinken calls a pathway to a Palestinian state a necessity for Israeli security

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel cannot achieve “genuine security” without a pathway to a Palestinian state, insisting such a move could help unify the Middle East and isolate Israel’s top rival: Iran. Speaking at World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski

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