LANSING — Lane restrictions on more than half of state road and bridge projects statewide will be reduced or eliminated over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Wednesday the move to reduce lane restrictions on 55% of MDOT projects to ease traffic delays over the three-day weekend. “This Memorial Day weekend, […]
Kevin O’Leary says Americans should ‘get used to the idea’ that the Fed won’t offer reprieve to rates in 2024 Americans hoping for a reprieve on the interest rate front were left disappointed on Wednesday, when the Federal Reserve held its key rate at a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.5%. Inflation in the U.S. […]
(Bloomberg) — Traders on Wall Street cheered on Wednesday when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled he didn’t see oncoming interest-rate hikes despite inflationary pressures. The celebration didn’t last long. Most Read from Bloomberg For a brief period, US stocks popped to unleash the biggest post-policy meeting rally since December, while Treasury yields tumbled more […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — On a weekend reprieve from the courtroom, former President Donald Trump will campaign Saturday in North Carolina as he juggles legal troubles and his rematch against President Joe Biden. Trump’s evening stop in the coastal city of Wilmington marks his first rally since his criminal hush money trial began this week […]
The Texas supreme court has agreed to temporarily halt state attorney general Ken Paxton’s scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit, a case that lies at the heart of the impeachment charges brought against him in 2023. Mr Paxton had urged the all-Republican court to block his deposition scheduled for Thursday morning, and the court agreed […]
Convicted drug kingpin Carl Anthony Knight got an enormous break three years ago. A judge reduced his life sentence and freed him after he had served close to 22 years in federal prison for running one of the largest-ever illegal drug operations in Erie. Knight, 52, who was convicted of dealing in crack cocaine, is […]