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Wall Street rises to records after the unemployment rate improves
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hit records Friday following a mixed report on the U.S. job market, one that may delay another cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve but does not slam the door on it.The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% and topped its prior all-time high set earlier in the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 237 points, or 0.5%, and likewise set a record, while the Nasdaq composite led the market with a 0.8% gain.
The moves came after the U.S. Labor Department said employers hired fewer workers during December than economists expected, though the... Read More
The Latest: Minnesota prosecutor asks public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office.Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, the Trump administration’s decision to keep the investigation into Wednesday’s killing of Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in federal hands concerns her. She said she’s worried that the FBI won’t share evidence with state investigators.
A day after Good... Read More
Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: 'We had whistles. They had guns'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness.“We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said in a written statement Friday that was provided to Minnesota Public Radio.
The statement was her first public comment about the death of Renee Good, 37, who was killed Wednesday after three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounded... Read More
Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers
Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data center that is being built in New Albany, Ohio. Meta announced Prometheus, which will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning across multiple data center buildings, in July. It's anticipated to come online this year.
Financial terms of the deals with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra were not... Read More
Trial begins for Stanford students for occupying offices in pro-Palestinian protest
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A trial began Friday for five current and former Stanford University students who occupied the university president's offices during a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024 — in a rare instance of demonstrators facing trial for actions from the wave of campus protests that year.Authorities initially arrested and charged 12 people after demonstrators barricaded themselves inside the president and provost’s offices for several hours on June 5, 2024, the last day of spring classes at the university in California’s Silicon Valley.
One defendant, a... Read More
Top Stories
- Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: 'We had whistles. They had guns'
- Trump promises oil executives 'total safety' if they invest in Venezuela after Maduro ouster
- Minnesota prosecutor calls on the public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office
- Wall Street rises to more records
- Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though unemployment slips to 4.4%
- Luigi Mangioneâs federal death penalty trial could start before the end of the year
- Swiss bar owner put in pre-trial detention over the fatal fire at an Alpine resort
- US intercepts fifth sanctioned tanker as it exerts control over Venezuelan oil distribution
- Some flu measures decline, but it's not clear this severe season has peaked
- Iran supreme leader signals upcoming crackdown on protesters 'ruining their own streets' for Trump
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- Rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman sells for $15 million
- Laura Dave's sequel to 'The Last Thing He Told Me' reveals all
- Producers Guild nominees include âOne Battle After Another,â âSinnersâ and âWeaponsâ
- Judge dismisses Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim master recordings from Universal Music Group
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- Baltimore Ravens interview Kevin Stefanski and Klint Kubiak for head-coach vacancy
- The NCAA has denied Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss' eligibility waiver. Rebels plan to appeal
- Free agent outfielder Max Kepler suspended 80 games by MLB following positive drug test