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Houthis launch sea drone to attack ships hours after US, allies issue final warning
01/04/2024 10:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed unmanned surface vessel launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen got within a “couple of miles” of U.S. Navy and commercial vessels in the Red Sea before detonating on Thursday, just hours after the White House and a host of partner nations issued a final warning to the
Thursday's Transactions
01/04/2024 10:29pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLBPA — Named Jonas Baer-Hoffmann executive vice president/international business and global strategy. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Dominic Freeberger on a minor league contract. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent C Carlos Perez outright to
New York City subway train derails in collision with another train, injuring more than 20 people
01/04/2024 08:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway train derailed Thursday after colliding with another train at low speed, leaving more than 20 people with minor injuries and causing major service disruptions across Manhattan during the afternoon rush hour, authorities said. At about 3 p.m. on the Upper W
Pilot accused of threatening to shoot airline captain midflight calls it a misunderstanding
01/04/2024 07:44pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Attorneys clashed Thursday in a Utah courtroom over opposing characterizations of a fight between two commercial airline pilots in which the co-pilot allegedly threatened to shoot the captain for suggesting they divert the flight for a passenger’s medical
emergency
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9 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $5
01/04/2024 07:00pm • Markets finished the year on a high note, as major indexes approached or exceeded record highs in December. Many jubilant investors expect the Federal Reserve to pivot toward easier monetary policy by implementing interest rate cuts in 2024. If inflation has indeed been tamed, falling rates would fa
Understanding Sundowning: Symptoms, Causes and Coping Strategies
01/04/2024 07:00pm • For many of our elderly loved ones, late afternoons and evenings are filled with panic, confusion and behavioral changes. It's called sundowning. A broad term for behavioral disturbances that commonly peak later in the day -- though they can occur at other times -- sundowning can be especially unset
7 of the Best Fidelity Bond Funds to Buy for Steady Income
01/04/2024 07:00pm • Conventional investing wisdom often frames buying bonds as a straightforward means of achieving both safety and income. At first glance it seems relatively simple: You lend money to a government entity through Treasurys or to a corporation via corporate bonds, and in return, it promises to pay back
Court records bring new, unwanted attention to rich and famous in Jeffrey Epstein's social circle
01/04/2024 06:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Before and after he was exposed as a pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein loved to mingle with the world's elite. The millionaire invited politicians and academics to his private island and luxury homes. He offered celebrities rides on his private jet. He and his girlfriend, the socialite Gh
Striking doctors in England say hospitals haven't shown an urgent need for them to return to work
01/04/2024 01:58pm • LONDON (AP) — The longest scheduled strike in the history of Britain's state-funded National Health Service entered its second of six planned days Thursday with doctors in England at loggerheads with hospitals over requests for some to leave the picket line to cover urgent needs during one of the
List of 2024 Golden Globe nominees
01/04/2024 01:34pm • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The nominees for next year’s Golden Globe Awards have been announced. BEST DRAMA MOVIE “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Killers of the Flower Moon”; “Maestro”; “Oppenheimer”; “Past Lives”; “The Zone of Interest” BEST MOVIE MUSICAL OR COMEDY “Air'; Am
A judge in Oregon refuses to dismiss a 2015 climate lawsuit filed by youth
01/04/2024 01:30pm • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A judge in Oregon has rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to dismiss a 2015 lawsuit brought by young people that alleges the federal government knew the dangers posed by carbon pollution but that it has continued through policies and subsidies to support the fossil fu
Culpeper police investigate 'swatting' call reporting hoax triple homicide
01/04/2024 11:39am • Culpeper law enforcement are searching for answers after a hoax call sent them to a home with a seemingly triple homicide. On Dec. 29, at approximately 6:17 p.m., the Culpeper County E-911 Center received a non-
emergency
phone call from an anonymous male subject. The man on the phone alleged that h
The key question about fiery crash at Tokyo airport: Did one or both planes have OK to use runway?
01/04/2024 11:36am • Passengers on Japan Airlines Flight 516 were buckled up and ready to land at Tokyo's Haneda Airport as their pilot made a final approach. “Cleared to land,” the pilot repeated after receiving an instruction from air traffic control to put the jet down on a specific runway. About two minutes lat
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele takes his presidential reelection campaign beyond the country's borders
01/04/2024 11:15am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Nayib Bukele took his presidential reelection campaign beyond his tiny country's borders this week to capitalize on his rising profile across Latin America, and he affirmed that he doesn't aspire to indefinite reelection. During a two-hour forum late
Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon
01/04/2024 08:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is providing $162 million to Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips — the second funding announcement tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. The incentives announced Thursday include $9
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