An avid lottery player took a break from playing — and won big upon his return in Maryland, officials said. He decided to buy a ticket during ”a spur-of-the-moment” Walmart run in Columbia, about a 20-mile drive southwest from Baltimore, lottery officials said in a news release. “I stopped playing a while back for two […]
By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden‘s decision to pause shipments of thousands of bombs to Israel over the U.S. ally’s attacks on Rafah won praise from some critical Democrats, but won’t stop protests about Gaza that have dogged his reelection effort, strategists and organizers say. Biden’s […]
WASHINGTON — The message was not getting through. Not through the phone calls or the emissaries or the public statements or the joint committee meetings. And so, frustrated that he was being ignored, President Joe Biden chose a more dramatic way of making himself clear to Israeli leaders. He stopped sending the bombs. Biden’s decision […]
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further consolidation to its processing and delivery network, warning it could slow mail deliveries. The letter, seen by Reuters and led by Senator Gary Peters, who chairs the committee overseeing the USPS, urged a halt […]
US stocks tipped lower on Wednesday as investors tried to read the rate-cut runes and weighed a fresh batch of earnings reports for insight into the chance of a Corporate America-spurred revival. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.1%, or about 50 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) ticked down 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq […]
Palantir (PLTR) stock dropped more than 12% following the company’s latest quarterly earnings release, which included an annual revenue forecast that failed to impress investors. Palantir issued full-year revenue guidance in a range of $2.68 billion to $2.69 billion. This came roughly in line with the $2.68 billion analysts had expected. But with shares already […]
Nuclear waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository near Carlsbad were suspended for about two months as workers completed numerous maintenance projects at the underground facility. Transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste made of irradiated clothing materials, equipment and debris is sent to WIPP for disposal via burial in a 2,000-foot-deep salt deposit from federal […]
US stocks hit pause on Tuesday as investors marked time ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, with earnings from Amazon (AMZN) on deck to test prospects for a further Big Tech-fueled rally. Futures on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) slipped roughly 0.1% after closing with small gains. Dow Jones […]
US stocks hit pause on Tuesday as investors marked time ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, with earnings from Amazon (AMZN) on deck to test prospects for a further Big Tech-fueled rally. Futures on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) slipped roughly 0.1% after closing with small gains. Dow Jones […]
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations has urged South Sudan to remove newly imposed taxes and charges that led to the suspension of U.N. food airdrops for thousands of people who are depended on outside aid. The U.N Humanitarian Affairs Agency in a statement on Monday said the pausing of airdrops in March […]
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday, authorities said, marking the first deportation flight in several months to the Caribbean nation struggling with surging gang violence. The Homeland Security Department said in a statement that it “will continue to enforce U.S. laws and policy throughout the […]
Hello and welcome to your Under the Dome newsletter. Kyle Ingram here. North Carolina lawmakers heard two presentations about the state of the judicial system on Thursday. One was a relatively positive look into the operations of the Department of Adult Correction, which has reduced staff vacancies in jails and prisons. The other presentation was […]