As a rule, it’s not great when congressional candidates agree to participate in a televised debate, and then walk out of the event midway through the broadcast. Nevertheless, it was just last week when Chuck Hand, a Republican candidate in Georgia, decided he didn’t like the line of questioning during a primary debate, and exited […]
A SpaceX rocket launch Friday evening left a red trail that could be seen for several minutes in the sky over the Myrtle Beach area. The company, owned by Elon Musk, launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida. The rocket added another 22 satellites as part of the Starlink 10-1 […]
May 18—ROCHESTER — President Abraham Lincoln described patents as adding “the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.” If that’s accurate, then local inventors have long been heating up Rochester with their patents. The city is home to many creative thinkers like Adam “Griff” Griffin, who knew he wanted to be an inventor at […]
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a “200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars” that may have been left behind by a runaway supermassive black hole. Video Credit: Black Hole Animation NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman Image of Chandra X-Ray Observatory NASA/CXC and J. Vaughan 3 Black Hole Orbits and Slingshots Image from paper “A […]
When prosecutors charged Derrick Evans for Jan. 6 crimes, they didn’t struggle to make their case against the defendant — because Evans had already created overwhelming evidence to be used against him. In fact, the West Virginia Republican livestreamed himself storming the U.S. Capitol, bragging about his actions, repeatedly referencing his own name aloud, and […]
Xinhua/Wang Ying/ Getty Images US stocks were mostly higher on Friday, with the Dow notching its eighth straight winning day. The strong gains in May come ahead of a key CPI report, set to be released on Wednesday. Fed speakers throughout the day struck a slightly hawkish tone. US stocks traded higher on Friday, securing […]
Home prices in February rose at the fastest clip since Nov. 2022, according to national home price data released Tuesday. Prices nationwide rose 6.4% over the same month last year, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed. “Following last year’s decline, U.S. home prices are at or near all-time highs,” Brian Luke, head of […]
SACRAMENTO, California — California has reversed a three-year population decline that proved politically fraught for Democrats and magnified the state’s affordability crisis. A rebound in legal immigration and drop in Covid-19 deaths fueled the increase of 67,000, or 0.2 percent, in 2023, according to data released Tuesday morning from the state Department of Finance. California […]
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 […]
Scottie Scheffler claimed his fourth win in five events on Monday when the weather-delayed RBC Heritage concluded at Hilton Head. That run includes a second Masters title and has seen the world number one extend his sizeable lead over Rory McIlroy at the top of the rankings. Here, the PA news agency looks at some […]
Stocks have recovered from their recent slump on Monday. But bearish strategists on Wall Street still see key concerns that aren’t going away anytime soon for stock investors. With Federal Reserve interest rate cut expectations fading, signs of inflation remaining sticky and stocks still trading at higher than average valuations, many believe the market is […]
Lucas Jackson/Reuters US stocks slumped on Wednesday, led by a sharp decline in tech stocks. The major indexes fell throughout the day, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq down more than 1%. Investors are grappling with the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates after comments from Powell on Wednesday. US stocks slid on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 […]