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Losses for Big Tech pull US indexes lower -
Friday, November 29, 2024
Technology stocks helped pull stocks lower on Wall Street Wednesday, handing the market its first loss in more than a week.
The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, even though more stocks in the index notched gains than ended lower. The loss snapped a seven-day winning streak for the benchmark index.
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Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief -
Friday, November 22, 2024
DETROIT (AP) — If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation.
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Wall Street closes higher as the Dow reaches another record -
Friday, November 22, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to another all-time high. The Dow added 1% Monday to the record it set on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%. Treasury yields eased in the bond market after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager, to be his Treasury Secretary. Smaller companies can feel a big boost from easier borrowing costs, and the Russell 2000 index of small stocks jumped 1.5%, closing just shy of the record high it set three years ago.
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At the crossroads of news and opinion, 'Morning Joe' hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting -
Friday, November 22, 2024
One of the striking things about how furiously many people reacted to the news last week that MSNBC "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski met with President-Elect Donald Trump was how quaint their defenders sounded.
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Food prices worried most voters, but Trump's plans likely won't lower their grocery bills -
Friday, November 15, 2024
Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills.
Trump often railed on the campaign trail against hefty price increases for bacon, cereal, crackers and other items.
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Top Davidson County commercial real estate sales for October 2024 -
Friday, November 15, 2024
Top Davidson County commerctial real estate sales for October 2024, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.
Address | Zip | Filing Date | Buyers | Sellers | Sale Price |
110 Murphy Ct | 37203 | 10/2 | CRP/ECG Parke West Owner LLC | Parke West Venture Partners LLC | $72,500,000 |
660 Bell | 37013 | 10/21 | Bell Tn Partners LLC | Cambridge at Hickory Hollow Owner LLC | $65,250,000 |
380 Harding, 700 Whispering Oaks | 37211 | 10/7 | TWG Whispering Oaks LP | WB TN LP | $61,121,770 |
14446 Old Hickory | 37013 | 10/9 | Rethinkforward Inc | Albatross To Home At Old Hickory LLC | $35,302,663 |
784 McGavock | 37214 | 10/10 | Oncentury Hospitality LLC | Century TN VII LLC | $20,962,500 |
4012 Hillsboro | 37215 | 10/1 | 4012 GH LLC; Endeavor Partners LLC | Hillsboro Nashville LP | $13,050,687 |
4589 Cleeces Ferry, 4667 Old Hickory | 37218 | 10/30 | 621 W Belden LLC; Cs Farm LLC | Bbdb LLC | $8,750,000 |
501 Metroplex | 37211 | 10/24 | Airport South Ind LLC | FLT Airport South LLC | $7,825,000 |
1638 Bell | 37211 | 10/9 | Rethinkforward Inc | Albatross To Home LLC | $7,745,791 |
2126 Century Farms | 37013 | 10/2 | JMB Legacy Prop LLC | Bulls-Eye Century Farms LLC | $7,400,000 |
1269 Hunters | 37207 | 10/10 | Domain Timberlake Multistate 2 LLC | Clayton Properties Group Inc | $7,266,386 |
701, 705, 709 Main | 37206 | 10/24 | Kumar Lodging Inc | Ronald Alton Hasty Revocable Trust | $5,350,000 |
4242 Century Farms | 37013 | 10/23 | In-N-Out Burgers | Century Farms LLC | $3,593,264 |
69 Trimble | 37210 | 10/16 | Skyhaus Entertainment LLC | 69 LLC | $2,950,000 |
1722 West End | 37203 | 10/9 | Badass Prop LLC; Cooke Charles Edward | Shirley Talbot Boone Revocable Trust | $2,800,000 |
14897 Old Hickory | 37013 | 10/9 | Rethinkforward Inc | Albatross to Home at Little Bit LLC | $2,697,069 |
4403, 4407 Alabama | 37209 | 10/22 | Vita SP LLC | Ebata Richard; Ebata Richard T; Ebata Tatsuo | $2,650,000 |
218 Largo | 37211 | 10/22 | TM Inv LLC | American Global Inc; American Global LLC | $2,600,000 |
3421 Murphy | 37203 | 10/2 | CRP/ECG Parke West Retail Owner LLC | Parke West Venture Partners LLC | $2,500,000 |
3421 Murphy | 37203 | 10/2 | ECG Parke West Inv LLC; Sohr James M | CRP/ECG Parke West Retial Owner LLC | $2,500,000 |
825 Gale | 37204 | 10/17 | Domus Dev Group LLC | Land Inv Partners LLC | $2,350,000 |
3101 Gallatin | 37216 | 10/10 | FCFS TN Inc | JDP Prop; JDP Prop LP | $1,800,000 |
2800 Foster | 37210 | 10/17 | Quality Nashville LLC | Horrell John Wilson | $1,700,000 |
605 Due West | 37115 | 10/1 | Allahabi Walid; Hauter Amin | Miller Jeffery S; Miller Julie | $1,625,000 |
534 Expressway Park | 37210 | 10/9 | Td Enterprises LLC | Brent Ronnie Albert Stratton; Duke Carter Michael; Duke Ronnie Estate; Ridge Tabitha Lanae; Sharp Alexis B; Sharp Annette Duke; Stevens Alexis B | $1,500,000 |
931 Rev Dr Enoch Jones, 926, 928 Jefferson | 37208 | 10/21 | Hunter Kiel | Kea Chanele Westmoreland Trust; Westmoreland Claude E Estate; Westmoreland Inv Inc | $1,500,000 |
4205 Gallatin | 37216 | 10/22 | Evelyn Properties LLC | Beck Carson W Estate | $1,450,000 |
1221 Briarville | 37115 | 10/7 | Appleseed Holdings LLC | Modco of KY Inc | $1,400,000 |
438 Iris | 37204 | 10/24 | Skip Holdings LLC | Lovett Philip A; Lovett Vickie L | $1,300,000 |
439 Iris | 37204 | 10/18 | Iris Holdings LLC | Spartex LLC | $1,200,000 |
1000 Dickerson | 37207 | 10/21 | Leslie Kathy A | Wall Melissa Estate; Wall Melisssa Ann Estate | $1,000,000 |
3904 Dickerson | 37207 | 10/2 | W G West Family LP | SDI Property LLC; Watson Annita; Watson David R | $900,000 |
316 White Bridge | 37209 | 10/24 | White Bridge 316 LLC | Kenmar LLC | $850,000 |
2324 Kline | 37211 | 10/31 | Louis Anderson Green III Legacy Trust | Venable Robert C | $825,000 |
4088 Murfreesboro | 37013 | 10/31 | Rust Lucas | Shams Properties LLC | $825,000 |
1733 Neelys Bend | 37115 | 10/7 | Barajas Matthew Bryan; Sebesta Elizabeth Mae | Daft Kimberly; Daft Thomas | $820,000 |
6308 Charlotte | 37209 | 10/2 | WG West Family LP | Sdi Property | $800,000 |
2122 Murfreesboro | 37217 | 10/11 | Murfreesboro Property LLC | AP Dev LLC; RHD Const LLC | $800,000 |
0 Lischey | 37207 | 10/1 | BMB Properties | Grace Apostolic Church Inc; Rebuilding Lives Church | $800,000 |
327 Hermitage | 37210 | 10/21 | Harris Inv Holdings | Morgan William Allen; Sanders Steve Edward Jr | $759,000 |
0 Pettus | 37013 | 10/18 | Mark William Perry 2014 Rev Family Trust Agmt | Pope Engles J; Pope Nancy M | $655,000 |
2800 Buena Vista | 37218 | 10/31 | Jmj Enterprises Inc | Trustees of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church | $500,000 |
2111 Buchanan | 37208 | 10/21 | 934 Jefferson LLC | Flash Home Equity LLC | $300,000 |
112 Glenrose | 37210 | 10/1 | Hauter Nagi | Qualls Dwain | $300,000 |
713 McPherson | 37221 | 10/3 | Hill Garla | Elberta Express Inc | $280,000 |
2504 Booker | 37208 | 10/15 | High Latasha Dionne | Housing Fund Inc | $228,000 |
812 Churchill | 37115 | 10/17 | Turtle Evan W | Deversa Peter | $209,000 |
2112 Buchanan | 37208 | 10/24 | Craiova LLC | Westmoreland Inv Inc | $190,000 |
3045 Casa | 37214 | 10/30 | Jozefowski Brigitta Anne | Irving & Dorothy Smith Comm Prop Trust | $185,000 |
801 Charlie | 37207 | 10/17 | Rancho Parkway LLC | Crowder Edward Estate; Martin Sa Mia D | $155,000 |
0 Baker | 37072 | 10/25 | Wilson Hannah R; Wilson Trey C | Adair Pamela; Adair Robert | $150,000 |
5714 Edmondson | 37211 | 10/8 | Norouzi Ellie | V3 Property Mgmt LLC | $125,000 |
550 Harding | 37211 | 10/14 | Smith Tyler | Usa Condos LLC | $120,000 |
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Big names highlight Nashville-area movie projects -
Friday, November 15, 2024
Not since 2018 has Nashville gotten this much screen time. That’s when the “Nashville” television series ended its seven-year run of filming in Music City, a project that helped boost both tourism and the local economy.
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For nearly a decade, climate talks have been hashing out so-called Article 6. But what is it? -
Friday, November 8, 2024
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — After nearly a decade of negotiations, leaders during the United Nations climate conference's first day decided on some of the finer points of much-debated sticking point aimed at cutting planet-warming emissions from coal, oil and gas.
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Those who backed out on Icon deals really missed out -
Friday, November 8, 2024
“If Rapunzel had a home like this, she would never have let her hair down” wrote the listing brokers on the condominium at 600 12th Avenue South.
The familiar address is that of the Icon in the Gulch, and this space on the 21st floor includes two bedroom and two full bathrooms. Known as a junior penthouse, as it has access to all the penthouse amenities. Its ceilings are lower, however, than the penthouse.
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Rising tech stocks send Nasdaq to a record as most of Wall Street stumbles -
Friday, October 25, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Rallying technology stocks sent the Nasdaq composite to a record on Tuesday, but trading was mixed along the rest of Wall Street as homebuilders and Ford Motor sank following the latest profit reports.
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Goff throws for 3 TDs, Lions win 5th straight, dominating Titans 52-14 -
Friday, October 25, 2024
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes but was far from the star for the Detroit Lions in one of the highest-scoring games in franchise history.
David Montgomery was the first of five Lions to score in the first half in a 52-14 rout of the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
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What is fascism? And why does Harris say Trump is a fascist? -
Friday, October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was asked this week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied, "Yes, I do." She subsequently called him the same thing herself, saying voters don't want "a president of the United States who admires dictators and is a fascist."
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Harris leaning on some of the biggest names in Democratic politics to close out campaign -
Friday, October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is enlisting some of her most high-profile surrogates in the closing days of the campaign, hoping those names will help energize her supporters to vote early in the 2024 election.
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The RNC is rebuilding its legal operation after Trump allies' failed effort to undo the 2020 race -
Friday, October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Donald Trump ran for president, the lawyers most directly involved in his efforts to overturn the election wound up sanctioned, criminally prosecuted or even sued for millions of dollars.
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Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs 'fundamental reform' -
Friday, October 18, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally faulted the Secret Service for poor communications that day and failing to secure the building where the gunman took his shots. The review also found more systemic issues at the agency such as a failure to understand the unique risks facing Trump and a culture of doing "more with less."
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DINKs less stressed than parents about money -
Friday, October 18, 2024
A new survey from MarketWatch Guides finds couples in a DINK relationship (“Dual Income, No Kids”) are four times more likely than parents to say they have no financial stress. What’s more, they accumulate money at a faster rate. DINKs report saving twice as much as parents each month ($908 instead of $413).
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Obama urges Black men to show up for Harris as he campaigns in critical Pennsylvania -
Friday, October 11, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former President Barack Obama gave a blistering critique of his White House successor Donald Trump and urged Black men to show up for Kamala Harris as he opened a swing-state tour for the Democratic ticket.
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US House control teeters on the unlikely battleground of heavily Democratic California -
Friday, October 11, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's reputation as a hothouse of progressive politics is being tested in a string of U.S. House contests that are again expected to play into which party controls the chamber next year.
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Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex -
Friday, October 11, 2024
She blames greedy companies for price-gouging. He blames the Biden administration's economic policies.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agree on one thing: Tapping into sour consumer sentiment about high grocery prices is one way to court voters.
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Wall Street slides as Treasury yields climb back above 4% -
Friday, October 4, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slid Monday after Treasury yields hit their highest levels since the summer and oil prices continued to climb.
The S&P 500 dropped 1%, though it's still close to its all-time high set a week earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 398 points, or 0.9%, coming off its own record, while the Nasdaq composite sank 1.2%.
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Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations -
Friday, October 4, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court left in place Friday two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing industry emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury.
The justices did not detail their reasoning in the orders, which came after a flurry of emergency applications to block the rules from industry groups and Republican-leaning states. There were no noted dissents.
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Amid Hurricane Helene's destruction, sports organizations launch relief efforts to aid storm victims -
Friday, October 4, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — N.C. State football player Davin Vann was on the move, tiptoeing his way between obstacles in the Wolfpack's indoor practice facility midway through a game week.
And it had nothing to do with the upcoming visit from Wake Forest.
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Fabulous freshmen in the SEC are delivering the big plays from Alabama to Texas -
Friday, October 4, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The kids in the SEC are more than alright.
From quarterbacks to pass catchers and pass rushers, from 17-year-olds to second-year freshmen, the Southeastern Conference has seen an explosion of young talent emerging as the league's top playmakers. Some were pressed into duty because of injuries, while some just could not be kept off the field.
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'The rules were you guys weren't going to fact-check": False, misleading claims from VP debate -
Friday, September 27, 2024
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims during the vice presidential debate
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The vice presidential candidates, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance, on Tuesday engaged in a fast-moving, largely civil debate on a wide range of issues. Here's a look at some false and misleading claims from the debate.
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Judge's ruling clears way for North Carolina public high school athletes to profit from NIL -
Friday, September 27, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge in North Carolina has cleared the way for the state's public-school athletes to profit off their fame in a court case involving a high school football player who has committed to play at Tennessee.
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Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities 'wiped off the map' by Helene -
Friday, September 27, 2024
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for more victims of Hurricane Helene days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast.
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Long water and power outages from Helene test patience in the Carolinas, Georgia -
Friday, September 27, 2024
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Many residents of the Carolinas still lacked running water, cellphone service and electricity Wednesday as rescuers searched for people unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast and killed at least 166 people.
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Hurricane Helene's death toll passes 150 as crews search for survivors -
Friday, September 27, 2024
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast.
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Wall Street sets more records to close a winning September and third quarter -
Friday, September 27, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its latest winning month and quarter with more records on Monday. The drift higher for U.S. stocks followed a wild start to the week for financial markets in Asia, where Japanese stocks tumbled and Chinese indexes soared.
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What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debate -
Friday, September 27, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the opposing nominees who top the major-party tickets.
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Dodson Parker welcomes new associate Nelson -
Friday, September 27, 2024
The Nashville law firm of Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella, PC, has hired Maddin M. Nelson as an associate attorney. She joins the firm’s employment and litigation practice groups.
Nelson previously practiced law in Denver, Colorado, specializing in business law and commercial litigation.
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Barry Trotz using lessons winning Stanley Cup as coach to guide Preds to their first as GM -
Friday, September 20, 2024
NASHVILLE (AP) — Barry Trotz won a Stanley Cup as a coach and is showing no patience for a rebuild toward some kind of fuzzy, optimistic future.
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Tennessee is getting away with delaying access to public records, sometimes for years -
Friday, September 20, 2024
Late last year, the city of Memphis wrote a $7,419.68 check to reimburse the attorney fees of journalist Marc Perrusquia rather than risk losing a public records lawsuit.
The city folded before the case got before a judge. What was the issue?
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Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing anti-diversity backlash -
Friday, September 13, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, when gay men and lesbians were prohibited from serving openly in the U.S. military and no state had legalized same-sex marriages, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to promote change by grading corporations on their workplace policies.
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Do you know the 3 branches of US government? Many don't, leading to a push for civics education -
Friday, September 13, 2024
BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up.
"So, how did all you people become citizens?" he asks. "Did you pass a test?"
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More than 67 million people watched Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debate. That's way up from June -
Friday, September 13, 2024
An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a sharp increase from the June debate that eventually led to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race.
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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris' debate -
Friday, September 6, 2024
In their first and perhaps only debate, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris described the state of the country in distinctly different ways. As the two traded jabs, some old false and misleading claims emerged along with some new ones.
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Trump insists Russia's war should end. But he won't say if he wants Ukraine to win -
Friday, September 6, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump spoke heatedly in the presidential debate about wanting Russia's war in Ukraine to be over — but twice refused to directly answer a question about whether he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win.
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As Trump and Harris spar, ABC's moderators grapple with conducting a debate in a polarized country -
Friday, September 6, 2024
The ABC News moderators were great. No, actually they were a "disgraceful failure." They cut off Kamala Harris too much. No, actually they corrected Donald Trump unfairly.
Such is the contentious tenor of the times in 2024's campaign season. And so it went Tuesday night at Trump's and Harris' first — and quite possibly only — debate.
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Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds -
Friday, September 6, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S. drug supply are still struggling to get back to where they were in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended factory inspections in the U.S. and across the world, The Associated Press has found.
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Can Harris prosecute the political case against Trump? Key questions ahead of their debate -
Friday, September 6, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will debate for the first — and perhaps, last — time on Tuesday night as the presidential candidates fight to sway voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics.
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Musk's Starlink backtracks and says it will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil -
Friday, August 30, 2024
SAO PAULO (AP) — Elon Musk's satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice's order to block the billionaire's social media platform, X.
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The interview: Kamala Harris' inaugural sit-down was most notable for seeming ... ordinary -
Friday, August 30, 2024
After avoiding a probing interview by a journalist for the first month of her sudden presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris' first one Thursday was notable mostly in how routine it seemed.
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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83 -
Friday, August 23, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country's most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83.
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Mother of high school QB headed to Tennessee sues state of North Carolina over NIL restrictions -
Friday, August 23, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The mother of a touted high school football player who has committed to play in college at Tennessee is suing the state of North Carolina over its restrictions for public-school athletes to cash in on their athletic fame.
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House Republicans release their impeachment report on Biden but the next steps are uncertain -
Friday, August 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates.
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Walmart grows more optimistic about 2024 as bargains prove a powerful lure for the inflation weary -
Friday, August 16, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart had another quarter of strong sales that topped almost all expectations with its comparatively low prices proving a powerful draw for millions who have struggled with rising costs for housing, groceries and almost everything else.
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Groceries are expensive, but they don't have to break the bank. Here are some tips to save -
Friday, August 9, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — If you've noticed that you're paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you're not the only one. Inflation is easing, but grocery prices are still high — up 21%, on average, since inflation started to surge more than three years ago.
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Millions of campaign dollars aimed at tilting school voucher battle are flowing into state races -
Friday, August 9, 2024
NASHVILLE (AP) — Millions of dollars are being spent this year to steer voters toward candidates for Republican-led Legislatures who not only support school vouchers, but will become key figures in implementing school choice programs in states across the U.S.
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Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike -
Friday, August 9, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it.
Some of America's largest companies, from Amazon to Disney to Yum Brands, say their customers are increasingly seeking cheaper alternative products and services, searching for bargains or just avoiding items they deem too expensive. Consumers aren't cutting back enough to cause an economic downturn. Rather, economists say, they appear to be returning to pre-pandemic norms, when most companies felt they couldn't raise prices very much without losing business.
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Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US election, Microsoft says -
Friday, August 9, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday.
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Harris, Walz will debut as the 2024 Democratic ticket at a Philadelphia rally -
Friday, August 2, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, turning to an affable longtime politician who Democrats hope can keep newfound party unity alive in a campaign barreling toward Election Day.
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Bloomberg gives $600M to Meharry, 3 other Black medical schools' endowments -
Friday, August 2, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg's organization Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools to help secure their future economic stability.
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The Fed's high rates spur fear of slowdown, yet recession signals have so far proved wrong -
Friday, August 2, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The turmoil shaking global financial markets reflects a sudden fear that the Federal Reserve may have held its key interest rate too high for too long, heightening the risk of a U.S. recession.
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Dow drops 1,000 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 as markets quake worldwide -
Friday, August 2, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — A scary Monday that started with a plunge abroad reminiscent of 1987 's crash swept around the world and pummeled Wall Street with more steep losses, as fears worsened about a slowing U.S. economy.
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Unemployment rise spurs fears of slowdown, yet recession signals have been wrong — so far -
Friday, August 2, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising rise in the U.S. unemployment rate last month has rattled financial markets and set off new worries about the threat of a recession — but it could also prove to be a false alarm.
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Buckle up: Wall Street's shaky July could be a preview for more sharp swings -
Friday, August 2, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a year, the U.S. stock market went in mostly one direction, up, and in mostly one manner, quietly. A bonanza around artificial-intelligence technology helped drive Big Tech stocks higher, while other areas of the market held up amid rising hopes for coming cuts to interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
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Bank of England lowers its main interest rate by 0.25%, to 5%, its first cut since for over 4 years -
Friday, August 2, 2024
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 as inflationary pressures in the economy have eased.
In a statement Thursday, the bank said that by a 5-4 margin, its policymaking panel backed a quarter-point reduction in its main interest rate to 5%, from the 16-year high of 5.25%.
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Trump welcomes Netanyahu to Mar-a-Lago, mending his relationship with a key political ally -
Friday, July 26, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — A beaming Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to their first face-to-face meeting in nearly four years on Friday, patching up a political alliance important to both men that had broken down when the Israeli leader offended Trump by being one of the first to congratulate Joe Biden on his 2020 presidential victory.
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Once more into the breach: Brave Dems battle on -
Friday, July 26, 2024
The reminders came in the forms of a knock on the front door and a text message: The Aug. 1 statewide primary election is approaching and fast.
I try not to think about the big election in November. Otherwise, I get depressed and start to speculate about what distant locale might be a good place to spend the next four years. Oaxaca has a certain appeal, and I could brush up on my college Spanish. ¡Que bueno!
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Trump's economic plans include proposed tariffs, tax cuts and no taxes on tips. Details are scarce -
Friday, July 12, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first night of the Republican National Convention kept its official focus on the economy Monday even after Saturday's shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania in which former President Donald Trump was injured.
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Biden's challenge: Will he ever satisfy the media's appetite for questions about his ability? -
Friday, July 12, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Toward the end of his closely watched news conference Thursday night on the sidelines of the NATO summit, President Joe Biden was talking about being examined by doctors for his mental acuity. Suddenly, a little frustration slipped through.
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Higher costs, low base fares send Delta's profit down 29%; airline still earned $1.31B -
Friday, July 12, 2024
Americans are traveling in record numbers this summer, but Delta Air Lines said Thursday that it saw second-quarter profit drop 29% due to higher costs and discounting of base-level fares across the industry.
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A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study -
Friday, July 5, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one.
Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and normally aren't an option for people with active cancer. Marty Kedian is only the third person in the U.S. ever to undergo a total larynx transplant – the others, years ago, because of injuries – and one of a handful reported worldwide.
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Key events in the troubled history of the Boeing 737 Max -
Friday, July 5, 2024
Boeing's 737 Max is a more fuel-efficient version of the American aerospace company's popular 737, the best-selling airliner ever. Airlines have flown Max jets for just seven years, but in that short time two of them crashed, killing 346 people, and the plane has become a symbol of safety concerns swirling around Boeing.
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Leadership Tennessee announces Class IX participants -
Friday, July 5, 2024
Leadership Tennessee, a collective with a mission to foster non-partisan dialogue on issues of state importance, has selected 32 individuals for its ninth class.
Leadership Tennessee NEXT is the state’s only statewide leadership program focusing on Tennessee’s existing and emerging leaders and spanning geographic and industry boundaries.
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Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial -
Friday, June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.
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Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial -
Friday, June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.
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Court sends Trump's immunity case back to lower court -
Friday, June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court extended the delay in the criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, reducing the chance that Trump could be tried before the November election.
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What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators -
Friday, June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision by the Supreme Court.
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FACT FOCUS: Here's a look at some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump's first debate -
Friday, June 28, 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election.
Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police and misstated the strength of the economy during his administration.
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Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers -
Friday, June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry.
Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States.
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On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump -
Friday, June 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is "guilty" of rolling back women's freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis.
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Most of Wall Street rises, but Nvidia tumbles again as AI mania cools -
Friday, June 21, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Another slide for Wall Street heavyweight Nvidia kept U.S. indexes mixed Monday, even as the majority of stocks rallied.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% to pull further from its record set last week. The drops for Nvidia and other winners of Wall Street's artificial-intelligence boom pulled the Nasdaq composite down 1.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 260 points, or 0.7%.
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'Everything is at stake' for reproductive rights in 2024, Harris says as Biden-Trump debate nears -
Friday, June 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says "everything is at stake" with reproductive health rights in November's election as the Biden campaign steps up its focus on contrasting the positions taken by Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump on the issue before their debate this week.
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TikTok accuses federal agency of 'political demagoguery' in legal challenge against potential US ban -
Friday, June 21, 2024
TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in "political demagoguery" during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S.
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Boeing's CEO is scheduled to field questions about plane safety from U.S. senators -
Friday, June 14, 2024
U.S. lawmakers are expected to press Boeing's chief executive Tuesday about the company's latest plan to fix its manufacturing problems, and relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners plan to be in the room, watching him.
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Scooter Braun says he's no longer a music manager, will focus on Hybe duties and his children -
Friday, June 14, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Scooter Braun, one of the most recognizable names in the music business known for representing artists like Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, will no longer work as a music manager.
On Monday, the executive and entrepreneur announced the news on his Instagram page. Instead, he will focus his attention on his current roles: As a board member of Hybe, and CEO of Hybe America, the South Korea entertainment company.
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Breaking down the teams playing for national championship at the College World Series -
Friday, June 7, 2024
A look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Friday at Charles Schwab Field. (Capsules in order of CWS opening games. Coaches' records through super regionals):
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Stranch, Jennings & Garvey welcomes 2 new Attorneys -
Friday, June 7, 2024
R. Christopher Gilreath and Grayson Wells have joined the Nashville law firm of Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC.
Gilreath has joined the firm as a member and co-leads SJ&G’s personal injury practice group. He previously served as the managing attorney of the Memphis office of Gilreath & Associates.
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Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes -
Friday, May 31, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
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Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes -
Friday, May 31, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
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Lab-grown meat isn't on store shelves yet, but some states have already banned it -
Friday, May 31, 2024
Lab-grown meat is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants. If some lawmakers have their way, it never will be.
Earlier this month, both Florida and Arizona banned the sale of cultivated meat and seafood, which is grown from animal cells. In Iowa, the governor signed a bill prohibiting schools from buying lab-grown meat. Federal lawmakers are also looking to restrict it.
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Slow May showings let air out of bullish April closings -
Friday, May 31, 2024
April residential real estate sales were august, and the number of pending sales at the end of April points to more positive sales numbers for May. However, Realtors seem unified in their opinion that May was dead.
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Play ball! Things to know entering the NCAA baseball regionals -
Friday, May 24, 2024
The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals.
Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 14.
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Here's what every key witness said at Trump's hush money trial. Closing arguments are coming -
Friday, May 24, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York.
Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defense called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf.
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Nasdaq sets another record as Wall Street wins back earlier losses -
Friday, May 24, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Friday in a bounce back from Wall Street's worst day since April.
The S&P 500 gained 36.88 points, or 0.7%, to 5,304.72 and won back all its losses from the prior two days. It eked out a tiny gain for the week, enough to extend its weekly winning streak to five, and is sitting just below its record set on Tuesday.
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NFL closer to filling every day of the week with a game as league's reach keeps growing -
Friday, May 24, 2024
NASHVILLE (AP) — The NFL hasn't scheduled a game for every day of the week. Yet. "We're going to be the new 7-Eleven," New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan said. "NFL, 24 hours, you can watch them play any given day."
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Trump might be stuck in a Manhattan courtroom, but he knows his fave legal analysts -
Friday, May 24, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — If there are bragging rights associated with Donald Trump praising your legal acumen when he speaks after a day's testimony at his criminal trial, Fox News analyst Andy McCarthy has already been cited at least a dozen times.
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London judge rejects Prince Harry's bid to add allegations against Rupert Murdoch in tabloid lawsuit -
Friday, May 17, 2024
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry can't expand his privacy lawsuit against The Sun tabloid's publisher to add allegations that Rupert Murdoch and some other executives were part of an effort to conceal and destroy evidence of unlawful information gathering, a London judge ruled Tuesday.
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Walmart's strong first quarter driven by consumers seeking bargains with inflation still an issue -
Friday, May 17, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart Inc. reported another quarter of strong results Thursday as its low prices pull in shoppers scouring for discounts with inflation stubbornly high.
The nation's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, also offered an upbeat outlook. Share rose more than 6% in early afternoon trading.
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Key players: Who's who at Trump's hush money criminal trial -
Friday, May 10, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, who was once Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer, is expected to take the stand Monday as the prosecution's star witness in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
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K-12 school leaders reject allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant -
Friday, May 3, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of three large public school systems strongly denied allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant in their schools, telling a congressional panel Wednesday that they are fighting it with education and, when necessary, discipline.
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Katy Perry and Rihanna didn't attend the Met Gala. But AI-generated images still fooled fans -
Friday, May 3, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — No, Katy Perry and Rihanna didn't attend the Met Gala this year. But that didn't stop AI-generated images from tricking some fans into thinking the stars made appearances on the steps of fashion's biggest night.
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Wall Street rises to add to last week's gains -
Friday, May 3, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday and added to their gains from last week, as technology companies once again led the way.
The S&P 500 rose 52.95, or 1%, to 5,180.74. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 176.59, or 0.5%, to 38,852.27, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 192.92, or 1.2%, to 16,349.25.
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Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief -
Friday, May 3, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Godwin is out after three tumultuous years as ABC News president, a move presaged earlier this year when network parent Walt Disney Co. installed one of its executives, Debra O'Connell, to oversee the news division.
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Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate -
Friday, May 3, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money.
The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party defending twice as many Senate seats as Republicans this year. But it also risks elevating untested candidates who might not be prepared for the scrutiny often associated with fiercely contested Senate campaigns.
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Judge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 at hush money trial -
Friday, April 26, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it again, the judge warned, he could be jailed.
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Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads -
Friday, April 26, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board.
A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the unobstructed lane and rumbled past the obstacles.
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Trump's lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution's first witness in hush money trial -
Friday, April 26, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution's first witness in his hush money case, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme between Trump and a tabloid to bury negative stories to protect the Republican's 2016 presidential campaign.