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Parents have mixed opinions on new dress code for Leavenworth public schools

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Students and parents in Leavenworth County are learning about a dress code that takes effect this fall. School board members with the Leavenworth Unified School District made a Monday night decision that isn’t in style for everybody. The board approved new dress code guidelines, allowing items that were previously seen as unacceptable […]

SLO County road closed, hotel evacuated after chemicals accidentally mixed

Emergency responders shut down a portion of Moonstone Drive and evacuated a hotel in Cambria on Thursday afternoon after a hazmat incident in the area. Someone mixed muriatic acid and chlorine in the rear of Cypress Cove Inn in what appeared to be an accident, according to Cambria Fire Department Chief Michael Burkey. The chemicals […]

Asian shares are mixed as China stocks get bump from new property measures

Asian shares were mixed on Friday, with Chinese stocks reversing earlier losses following the announcement of fresh measures to revive the ailing property market. U.S. futures were little changed, with the contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average near 40,000 after it topped that level for the first time on Thursday. China’s central bank said […]

PPI ‘mixed,’ next move unlikely to be a rate hike

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said the latest report on U.S. producer prices was more “mixed” than “hot” given that prior data was revised lower even as the figures for April came in higher than expected. “I wouldn’t call it hot, I’d call it mixed,” Powell said at an event […]

Oil Edges Lower as Iraq’s Mixed Messages Put Spotlight on OPEC+

(Bloomberg) — Oil edged lower as traders looked ahead to an OPEC+ meeting on supply policy, with Iraq giving out mixed messages about its stance. Most Read from Bloomberg Global benchmark Brent fell toward $82 a barrel after losing 1.3% on Friday, while West Texas Intermediate was below $78. Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani […]

Global shares mixed after Wall Street’s lull stretches to a 2nd day

HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street’s lull stretched into a second day, with Chinese benchmarks rising after China reported better-than-expected trade figures for April. U.S. stocks are set to be down as the futures for the S&P 500 and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average both dropped […]

Stocks and bonds wobble as global economy throws off mixed signals

By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Investors have gone from bracing for a U.S. recession to positioning for the world’s biggest economy to keep chugging along. European growth is also better than anticipated a few months ago, a challenge for traders trying to divine how much central bankers will lower interest rates. Here’s what markets […]