Oil prices fell as much as 3.5% on Monday following OPEC+’s decision to start unwinding some voluntary cuts earlier than anticipated amid recent softness in oil prices and demand concerns heading into 2025. West Texas Intermediate (CL=F) futures slid to below $75 per barrel, while Brent (BZ=F), the international benchmark price, was hovering around $78.60 […]
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Fox Reporter Asks Biden if He Worries He Will Also Become a Convicted Felon Someday
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked President Joe Biden on Friday if he was worried about someday becoming a convicted felon himself following the guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump this week. “Do you think this conviction helps Trump in the election?” Doocy asked Biden outside the White House. “I have no idea,” Biden […]
New EMA director worries and plans for a living
Jun. 1—Jonathan Warner worries about things before they happen. He even worries about things that will probably never happen. It’s all part of his job. Warner, 46, of Hartselle, is director of the Morgan County Emergency Management Agency, a job he’s held since August. Before that, Warner had been the part-time Morgan County safety coordinator […]
Futures fall as rate worries push bond yields higher
By Johann M Cherian and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) -Wall Street index futures fell on Wednesday, with megacap stocks pressured as Treasury yields rose on concerns around the timing and scale of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts. Megacaps such as Apple, Meta and Nvidia dipped between 0.2% and 1.1% in premarket trading as yields […]
Trump Proxy Alina Habba Worries Memorial Day Hangouts Will Corrupt Hush Money Jurors
As Donald Trump’s hush money trial comes to a close, Alina Habba is fretting about how Memorial Day weekend might be an opportunity to sway jurors. While appearing on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Habba, previously an attorney for Trump but now his legal spokesperson, told host Sean Duffy that jurors should have been sequestered […]
US stocks look to rebound after inflation worries sparked 2-day decline
Lucas Jackson/Reuters US stocks traded higher on Friday, attempting to rebound from a 2-day sell-off. Inflation worries from Fed minutes and hot economic data sparked the Dow’s worst sell-off in a year on Thursday. Investors are awaiting next week’s release of PCE data to gauge if inflation is falling or not. US stocks edged higher […]
Dow Slips 500 Points. Interest Rate Worries Are a Drag.
Worries about interest rates cast a cloud over the rally fueled by Nvidia earnings. The Dow was down 503 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.1%. The Nasdaq was on track for a record close before pulling back. The last time it marked such a milestone on […]
Millions of Americans already have high cholesterol in their 20s and 30s — and don’t know it. Here’s why that worries doctors.
It’s estimated that millions of Americans are walking around with dangerous levels of “bad” cholesterol in their blood well before their 40th birthday. But many have no idea, because doctors typically don’t screen, much less treat, people for high cholesterol in their 20s or 30s. U.S. guidelines don’t call for Americans to be screened during […]
USDA official explains early worries about meat monopoly in Menendez case
An American agriculture official in Cairo notified the FBI soon after Egypt granted a monopoly to a New Jersey company alleged to have been involved in bribing Sen. Bob Menendez, the official testified on Friday. The USDA official, Bret Tate, walked federal prosecutors and jurors through what he called his unusual introduction to the head […]
India’s Tata Motors sinks most in 2 years on JLR margin concerns, demand worries
BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Tata Motors’ shares fell 8% on Monday, their biggest slide in over two years, over concerns of muted margin growth at its Jaguar Land Rover division, while the unit said it would have to ramp up spending amid slowing global demand. The company’s stock slid the most since February 2022. They […]
Estes Park store owner worries construction will impact business
ESTES PARK, Colo. (KDVR) — Construction is underway to reconfigure the street layout of downtown Estes Park, and a business owner said they are losing customers with half the street torn up. Currently, half of Elkhorn Avenue is business as usual. But on the other side, at least one store owner is concerned that business […]
Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders has always been a political maverick, but these days the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history is not afraid to show his pragmatic side. In an exclusive interview with USA TODAY on Wednesday, the senior senator from Vermont spoke about topics including the Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism, college protests, and President Joe […]