Tech stocks lead Wall Street lower, snapping winning streak | Local news
Wall Street ended a hectic week of trading on Friday with a broad slide in stocks that left the major indexes in the red for the week. The S&P 500 closed 1.3% lower, snapping a four-week winning streak. Shares of more than 80% of companies in the benchmark fell, with technology stocks driving much of the pullback. The Nasdaq tech composite fell 2%, also ending four weeks of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9% to finish slightly in the red for the week. Small-cap stocks also lost ground, sending the Russell 2000 index down 2.2%. Friday marked the…
Read More »Breaking News: The Loch Ness Monster May Come Out of Hiding! | JAM’N 107.5
Climate change is ruining everything, even for monsters! Jubal Fresh reports on a study in Scotland that climate change could bring the Loch Ness monster out of hiding! You can click here to read more about it here. There are things you can’t do on most airlines, but on Spirit, everything works! Alex Fresh reports on a viral video of a man lighting up and smoking a cigarette while flying. You can click here to read more about this story. Celebrities are just like us! Christian Gray Snow reports that Kourtney Kardashian posted a photo with pee-filled urinals in the…
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Local GOP leaders say Iowa’s ‘retail politics’ only appeals to 2024 hopefuls
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! DES MOINES, Iowa – As 2024 hopefuls descend on the Iowa State Fair, the state’s top GOP leaders tell Fox News Digital the state is uniquely positioned to help America elect presidential candidates because of his style of “retail politics” and that President Biden’s failures will propel Republicans to victory in the coming semesters. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Sen. Tim Scott, RSC, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and former Vice President Mike Pence are some of potential 2024 contenders who have stopped by…
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Illinois State Fair political days notes and quotes Capitolnewsillinois.com
Pictured left to right are Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, Republican Attorney General nominee Thomas DeVore, Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul and House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Jerry Nowicki) Friday, August 19, 2022 2022 hopefuls come out in force for one of the state’s biggest campaign stages By JERRY NOICKI Capitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Along with fried foods, carnival rides and an 800-pound cow made of butter, the Illinois State Fair is known for its political theater. For the Statehouse press corps, it means we clear our schedules by at least…
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Breaking News: HBO renews Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” for a second season
[08/19/22 – 10:00 AM]HBO renews Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” for a second seasonThe season one finale airs tonight on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. [via press release from HBO] HBO renews Nathan Fielder’s essay for a second season · HBO has renewed Nathan Fielder’s critically acclaimed comedy series THE REHEARSAL for a second season. The season one finale airs tonight on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. · Logline: THE ESSAY explores how far a man will go to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion…
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Texas Democrat in tight congressional race says ‘no chaos’ at southern border, accuses GOP of exaggerating crisis
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Democratic candidate for the US House in Texas’ 15th congressional district claimed Monday that there was “no chaos” on the southern border and accused Republicans of hyping up the crisis for political gain. During a virtual discussion with DemCastUSA, a liberal grassroots media group, Democratic businesswoman Michelle Vallejo argued that Republicans were making South Texas residents their “political pawns” while campaigning for border security and that they were “creating” photo shoots to falsely make it look like there was a crisis at the border. “When you’re in a district or a…
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When will their churches condemn the Christian nationalism of MAGA politicians?
(RNS) – “He who would do good to another must do it with details.” This is a helpful and useful adage from the poet William Blake. It is also a deeply moral call to particularity in the attempt to do good, a call to specificity. Go granular or go home, he might say, because “Generalized good is the scoundrel’s plea, hypocrite. And flatterer”. Generalization, in politics and religion, may work to accumulate credit, coins, clicks, and book sales, but particularity is where the righteousness, the great moral upliftment, lies. In recent weeks, as elected officials who once tweeted “Back the…
Read More »Judge says Georgia’s Medicaid plan can be implemented
The Trump administration approved Georgia’s plan, called a “waiver,” in its waning days. On Friday, Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia said it was illegal for the Biden administration to revoke that approval. Godbey Woods wrote “the decision was not reasoned, was arbitrary and capricious for numerous independent reasons.” The Biden administration had argued that the pandemic had changed the landscape of who is uninsured and who is not, and who can and cannot meet the pledge requirements, calling into question the original calculations of the waiver plan. CMS, which is…
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