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Mexican Navy medical plane lost communication for several minutes before Texas crash
Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast, killing at least five people, Mexico's president said Tuesday.Authorities initially believed the plane had landed safely at its destination in Galveston, near Houston, before learning it had gone down Monday afternoon, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. A search-and-resuce operation in waters near Galveston pulled two survivors from the... Read More
US stocks hold near their records after mixed reports on economic growth, consumer confidence
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are holding near their record levels Tuesday following updates that showed the economy grew sharply during the third quarter, but inflation remains high and consumers are losing confidence.The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and is just below the all-time high it set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 66 points, or 0.1%, as of 10:38 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.1%.
A majority of stocks with the S&P 500 were losing ground, but the market was being bolstered by several big technology stocks. Nvidia rose 0.8% and Google’s... Read More
Consumer confidence slides in December to lowest level since US tariffs rolled out in April
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers confidence in the economy was shaken in December as Americans grow anxious about high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 3.8 points to 89.1 in December from November’s upwardly revised reading of 92.9. That is close to the 85.7 reading from April, when Trump rolled out his import taxes on U.S. trading partners.
A measure of Americans’ short-term expectations for their income, business conditions and the job market remained stable... Read More
Trump critic George Conway takes steps to run for New York City congressional seat
WASHINGTON (AP) — George Conway, a former conservative lawyer who has become one of President Donald Trump’s most outspoken critics, is taking steps toward a run for Congress in an open New York City seat.Conway filed paperwork Monday to run as a Democrat in New York’s 12th Congressional District, though he has not made an official announcement and his campaign did not respond to a request for comment. If he enters the race, Conway would be the latest high-profile contender in an increasingly crowded primary to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler in the... Read More
US economy expands at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, the most rapid expansion in two years, as consumer and government spending, as well as exports, all grew.U.S. gross domestic product from July through September — the economy’s total output of goods and services — rose from its 3.8% growth rate in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in a report delayed by the government shutdown. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast growth of 3% in the period.
However, inflation... Read More
Top Stories
- Mexican Navy medical plane lost communication for several minutes before Texas crash
- Consumer confidence slides in December to lowest level since US tariffs rolled out in April
- US economy expands at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter
- Parents are divided on whether their girls should return to flood-scarred Camp Mystic in Texas
- Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
- A look at aging baby boomers in the United States
- Major Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 3 people and cuts power
- Ex-aide says Netanyahu tasked him with making a plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack
- At least 5 killed after Mexican Navy plane on medical mission crashes in Texas
- US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific
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