Stock market today: Dow snaps 6-day losing streak, Powell warns on inflation
Stock market today: Dow snaps 6-day losing streak, Powell warns on inflation
MLB Power Rankings: Braves, Yankees surge to the top, followed by Dodgers, Orioles, Brewers
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
Officer witnesses fatal shooting at gas station, then he fires back, Missouri cops say
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
Oil Traders Wager on $250 Price by June as War Risk Escalates
(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
Trump has an edge over Biden on economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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
Brace for the S&P 500 to crash 30% before an even bigger collapse after the election, markets guru David Brady warns
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
Indiana lands top-ranked transfer Oumar Ballo from Arizona
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’
Melissa Murray: Trials are ‘about storytelling,’ ‘who your audience is is critically important’
Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there
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
Supreme Court Conservatives Appear Skeptical Of The Law Used To Charge Hundreds Of Jan. 6 Insurrectionists
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