As long as the calendar says April, I’ll continue to look at the MLB standings through a lens of skepticism and patience. Power rankings at this stage of the season are something of a fool’s errand. I feel reasonably confident about the placement of the first four teams and the last five or so in … Read more
An officer shot and killed a man authorities say fired deadly shots outside a Missouri gas station, according to police. The fatal shootings happened around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, outside a gas station in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, according to the St. Louis County Police Department. Authorities said an officer with the … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Oil traders piled into more than 3 million barrels worth of options contracts in a bet that prices would spike to $250 a barrel by June as geopolitical risks remain elevated. Most Read from Bloomberg About 3,000 lots of June $250 call options in US crude traded for a penny each on Tuesday, … Read more
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. voters view Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as better for the economy than President Joe Biden , as the incumbent’s approval rating ticked lower in April from the previous month, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Some 41% of respondents in the three-day poll, which closed on Sunday, … Read more
The S&P 500 is headed for a devastating crash, markets guru David Brady said.peshkov/Getty Images Expect the S&P 500 to tumble 30%, recover, then suffer a historic crash, David Brady warned. He predicted the Federal Reserve would shore up the market before the election. The analyst said economic and geopolitical forces would cause a market … Read more
Oumar Ballo is headed to Bloomington. Ballo, who was the top-ranked player in the transfer portal this spring, committed to play at Indiana next season on Tuesday. The 7-foot center spent the past three seasons at Arizona, and he was easily one of the best big men in the Pac-12. Ballo, who got his start … Read more
Melissa Murray: Trials are ‘about storytelling,’ ‘who your audience is is critically important’
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador on Tuesday in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito. Venezuela also “fully supports” Mexico’s request to have the United Nations suspend Ecuador from the … Read more
The Supreme Court appeared incredibly skeptical of how a law has been used to charge hundreds of participants in the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, in arguments on Tuesday. The case came to the court from a challenge brought by Joseph Fischer, who was among the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Among … Read more
New residential construction, including single-family and multifamily homes, tumbled by the largest amount in four years as rising mortgage rates weaken housing activity. Housing starts fell 14.7% month over month in March, dropping from a 1.55 million units annualized pace to 1.32 million units annualized, according to data from the Census Bureau released Tuesday. Single-family … Read more