Text size Walmart is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings on Thursday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Stock futures traded slightly higher Thursday following solid gains for Wall Street after President Joe Biden said he was “confident” that he and congressional leaders will reach an agreement to avoid the first ever U.S. government default. These stocks were poised to … Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe are set to argue Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline that the tribe says is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation land. The Bad River Band of Lake … Read more
A raccoon dog in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. (Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images) The raccoon dog did it: That was the explosive takeaway of a genomic analysis conducted in March by a trio of scientists who had scrutinized data from a market in Wuhan, China, where the pandemic was thought to have begun. Until then, evidence for that … Read more
May 18—An Owensboro man was charged with a number of misdemeanor violations early Wednesday after he boarded a school bus and later overdosed. Owensboro Police Department reports say officers were called to a school bus stop at the intersection of West Third Street and Hale Avenue at 6:36 a.m. to investigate a suspicious person call. … Read more
In the latest political scrum facing Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., the offense came from fellow New Yorkers in Congress and the defense came from Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The shouting match broke out Wednesday evening on the Capitol steps, with Democratic Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calling on Santos to resign after his … Read more
“I still take comfort in the fact that Bob used every minute on this planet to enjoy life to the fullest and make the world a better place,” Rizzo shared of her late husband, who died in January 2022 Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Bob Saget and Kelly Rizzo Bob Saget‘s widow, Kelly Rizzo, is honoring her late … Read more
“Let the kids play.” That’s been the mantra of many Mets fans in recent weeks as their team has struggled offensively. Entering Wednesday’s game, the Mets have scored 4.16 runs per game, which is ranked 23rd in the league. They also hit just 44 home runs this season, which is ranked 21st in the league. … Read more
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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — World leaders began arriving in Hiroshima on Thursday for a Group of Seven meeting in the western Japanese city that was the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with Russia’s war in Ukraine expected to be high on the agenda. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida planned to hold separate … Read more
A person wearing a mask walks out of a store past a “wear a face mask” sign in New York City in 2022. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow the federal public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic to expire, but not everyone sees it as … Read more