By Nicole Goodkind and Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — The S&P 500 index closed Friday at a record high, fueled by surging tech stocks and bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. The benchmark index closed at 4,839.81, besting its previous high of 4,796.56, reached on January 3, 2022. Earlier in the trading
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at our snow report! Mt. Bachelor saw 4 inches of new snow while Mt. Hood Meadows saw 3 more inches. Not much to report for the rest of the resorts. No major snowfall expected over the next several days, but there will be persistent pattern of snow each day. Temperatures will be
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El actor Alec Baldwin enfrenta dos cargos de homicidio involuntario por el tiroteo que cobró la vida de la directora de fotografía Halyna Hutchins durante el rodaje de la película “Rust”, al igual que la especialista que supervisó todas las armas utilizadas en la producción. Baldwin, quien ha mantenido que no
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los fiscales decidieron este jueves acusar al actor Alec Baldwin y a la armera de la película, Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, con dos cargos de homicidio involuntario cada uno, por el desparo fatal de Baldwin contra la directora de fotografía durante la grabación de la película “Rust”, en 2021. Halyna Hutchins murió por
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There will be wave after wave of light rain, mountain snow, and the chance for some freezing drizzle in the region for several days. The pattern is defined by a persistent flow in the upper levels of the atmosphere that have weak disturbances spaced out by about 12 or 24 hours. What that means is
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press Police cleared the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party of rape allegations on Friday, but said they have asked prosecutors to charge him with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance. The Sarasota Police Department said in a statement that a review of a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the consolidation of local police and firefighter pension systems, a rare victory in a yearslong battle to find an answer to the state’s besieged retirement accounts. The court’s unanimous opinion Friday rejected claims by three dozen working and retired
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature passed a congressional map with a second majority-Black district on Friday, marking a win for Democrats after a legal battle and political tug-of-war that spanned nearly two years. Democrats have long fought for a second majority-minority district among Louisiana’s six congressional districts
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un vuelo de carga de Atlas Air, que iba de Miami a Puerto Rico, realizó un aterrizaje de emergencia la noche de este jueves después de una aparente falla en el motor, informó la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA, por sus siglas en inglés). Según FlightAware, el avión estuvo en el aire
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Like other universities, Harvard is struggling to manage campus responses to Israel’s war in Gaza. On Friday it announced the creation of task forces to combat both antisemitism and Islamophobia. The task forces follow the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay, amid a backlash related to congressional
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Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Divisions within the Israeli government are deepening after war cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot suggested the key war aim of defeating Hamas is unrealistic and called for elections within months. “Those who say that there was a major blow and demolition of the capabilities in the north of the strip
Continue ReadingFORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man on trial for the shooting death of a 20-year-old woman who was with a group of friends who mistakenly drove up his backcountry driveway testified that he believed he was under siege that night and now feels “like my soul is dead.” But he maintained
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump renewed his motion for a mistrial of the defamation case brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll after she acknowledged deleting some emails. Trump’s attorney Alina Habba asked for a mistrial earlier this week in the middle of cross-examination of Carroll when Carroll testified
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The special prosecutor hired by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to pursue the criminal case against former President Donald Trump bought tickets for Willis to accompany him on at least two out-of-state trips, records released Friday show. A Friday motion filed in Cobb County Superior
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans have introduced a bill that would set up a binding statewide referendum on whether abortion should be banned after 14 weeks of pregnancy. Current Wisconsin law bars abortions after 20 weeks. The bill introduced Friday would outlaw abortions after 14 weeks if voters
Continue ReadingBy Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Minnesota (WCCO) — Despite a lackluster winter for snow, the World Snow Sculpting Championship are carrying on thanks to snow-making crews from Afton Alps. “We train all year long just to be in shape to do this kind of work,” said Carlos Miguel Ramirez
Continue ReadingWCCO By Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Minnesota (WCCO) — Despite a lackluster winter for snow, the World Snow Sculpting Championship are carrying on thanks to snow-making crews from Afton Alps. “We train all year long just to be in shape to do this kind of work,” said Carlos Miguel
Continue ReadingCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Federal search warrants have revealed new details about a shooting in August on the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus that left a professor dead. Warrant documents state the graduate student charged in the shooting had visited a gun range the day before Zijie Yan was killed inside a laboratory
Continue ReadingCNN By Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Actor Alec Baldwin has been indicted by a New Mexico grand jury on charges connected to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” new court documents show. Baldwin is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. The first involuntary manslaughter
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