NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is in the throes of a gold rush, as investors drive the price of the precious metal to new heights. The price of gold has climbed nearly 27% this year, more than double the return of the largest U.S. bond funds and towering over the roughly 1% return of
Continue Reading The United States consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu officially closed on Monday morning, amid worsening relations between Beijing and Washington. The American flag over the building was lowered at dawn, according to Chinese state-run broadcaster CCTV, and onlookers were moved back as a heavy police presence surrounded the consulate, which Beijing ordered to
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Seattle police arrested at least 47 people Saturday evening in demonstrations against police violence and the presence of federal law enforcement in cities like Portland, Oregon. Police declared the protest a riot and said protesters threw large rocks, bottles, fireworks and other explosives at officers. Others set fire to a portable trailer and a construction
Continue Reading CHENGDU, China (AP) – The U.S. closed its consulate in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday, a victim of the rising tensions between the global powers. China ordered the mission closed in retaliation for a U.S. order to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston. The tit-for-tat closings marked a significant escalation in
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American actor John Saxon, who starred opposite Bruce Lee in the classic film “Enter the Dragon,” has died at 83, his wife tells CNN. Saxon died Saturday at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from complications from pneumonia, Gloria Martel Saxon said. “I was so sure he’d hold out until his birthday — until the 5th,”
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HOLLYWOOD, California — An El Paso man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed a 17-year-old girl watching a street race in Hollywood early Sunday morning, authorities said. Ramon Roque Monreal, 33, of El Paso, was arrested and booked for murder, with his bail set at $3 million, ABC affiliate KABC reported.
Continue Reading A small plane crashed in a suburban Salt Lake City neighborhood, killing at least three people, police said. The crash happened Saturday afternoon when a Piper PA-32 aircraft carrying six people crashed into a backyard in the city of West Jordan, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said. Three people aboard the plane were killed,
Continue Reading Olivia de Havilland, a two-time Oscar winner and for decades the last surviving star of “Gone With the Wind,” has died at the age of 104, her publicist Lisa Goldberg told CNN. The actress died Sunday of natural causes at her residence in Paris, Goldberg said. She lived in Paris for more than six decades.
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Police are searching for a suspect who slammed a car into a northeast Portland liquor store and got away with high-end bottles of alcohol. The crime occurred early Friday morning while surveillance cameras were rolling at the Beaumont Mix Shop on the 3300 block
Continue Reading Actress Spencer Grammer was injured in New York City while trying to break up an altercation, a police source told CNN on Sunday. Grammer, 36, and a 31-year-old male were jointly trying to break up an argument between an unidentified man and other customers at a restaurant in the city’s East Village on Friday night,
Continue Reading When Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler inhaled a face full of tear gas after addressing protesters on Wednesday, something atypical happened in the city’s long history of protest: Its mayor went from years of managing protesters and conflict in the city to becoming a protester himself. Wheeler’s target was federal law enforcement’s presence in the city,
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials say the state has 226 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, bringing the state’s total to 19,042. Data released Sunday by the state Department of Health also showed seven new deaths from the coronavirus. The number of deaths in New Mexico related to Covid-19 now stands at
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As more Covid-19 records get broken, debates on whether to send kids back to school or to shut down the economy again are coming to a head. More than 1,000 people died every day for four straight days last week due to Covid-19. That brings the total US death toll from the virus to more
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WGNO ) — Bourbon Street could become an abandoned avenue. Bars have been shut down. All because of the coronavirus. WGNO’s Bill Wood has the story from the French Quarter. As coronavirus numbers continue to climb in New Orleans, the state had barred Louisiana bars from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV ) — Businesses benefiting from Nashville tourism were forced to make last minute changes to stay open after Mayor John Cooper amended his Order 9 to close restaurants at 10 p.m. and shut down party buses and barges to slow coronavirus. The amendment came late Friday
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Academy Award-winning actress Olivia de Havilland. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1916 Death date: July 26, 2020 Birth place: Tokyo, Japan Birth name: Olivia Mary de Havilland Father: Walter de Havilland, a patent lawyer and teacher Mother: Lillian (Ruse) de Havilland, an actress Marriages: Pierre Galante (1955-1979, divorced);
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WASHINGTON, DC — White House officials and Senate Republicans are finalizing a bill that would offer $1,200 checks to many Americans and that would not renew the full unemployment insurance enhancement as part of a proposal for the next stimulus bill set to be unveiled Monday, several top administration officials said Sunday. White House economic adviser Larry
Continue Reading Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that his country’s response to the pandemic has defied global expectations. “The way Indians came together to fight against coronavirus in the last few months, we have proved the world wrong,” Modi said Sunday, while delivering his monthly radio address to the nation. India has the third-highest number
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JONESBORO, AR (KFSM ) — A city official in an Arkansas community who once vocally opposed a mask mandate has now changed her mind. “I knew I was going to die, and I knew I was going to do it alone,” said Sandra Brand. Sandra Brand is sharing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LUZERNE COUNTY, PA (WNEP ) — A big celebration took place Friday night for a veteran on his 96th birthday in Luzerne County. Fire trucks, police cars and dozens of motorcycles came out to salute Joseph Yonick in Salem Township. Local veterans came out to present Joseph with
Continue Reading St. Bernard dogs are the ones that traditionally have come to the rescue of humans. But in a reverse of circumstances, humans rescued a St. Bernard after she collapsed while coming down England’s highest mountain. With their great sense of direction and resistance to cold, St. Bernards have been saving people in the mountains since
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The state of Chihuahua Secretary of Health became the latest victim of the coronavirus, the Mexican government announced Sunday. Dr. Jesús Enrique Grajeda Herrera, 73, suffered a heart attack around 6 a.m. and died as a complication from Covid-19. He had been hospitalized for two weeks, most recently in intensive care
Continue Reading Two students tested positive for Covid-19, and as many as 200 others may have been exposed, after taking the ACT college admissions test at an Oklahoma high school. The two students tested positive for the virus Sunday, just one day after taking the ACT at Edmond North High School on July 18, according to an
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Manchester United and Chelsea grabbed the final two Champions League places at the expense of Leicester City on the final day of the English Premier League season. The three teams were separated by just one point heading into Sunday and Chelsea beat Wolves 2-0 at home to book one of the spots with both goals
Continue Reading It began as a love letter to Black people in the wake of an unexpected verdict. It was July 2013 and George Zimmerman was on trial for murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Black boy who had been walking in his father’s Florida neighborhood. The night the verdict was set to be
Continue Reading Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the conversion of the city’s historic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque after a court annulled a 1934 presidential decree that made it a museum. Shortly after Turkey’s top administrative court released its long-anticipated decision, Erdogan issued a presidential decree transferring the management of the site from the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — The La Vista Police Department has been out in full force Saturday making sure people and animals are safe in this heat. These high temps have been seen over the past few weeks and leaders with the department say they’ve seen an increase of
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LONGVIEW, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old in east Texas who is believed to be in grave danger. ABC affiliate KTRK reports that police in Longview are looking for Neveah Chaseberry, a Black female believed to be 2-feet 6-inches tall, weighs approximately 30 pounds and has black hair and
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AUSTIN, Texas — A man was fatally shot at a protest in Texas when he approached a vehicle and the driver inside opened fire, police said. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday during a protest in downtown Austin, police spokesperson Katrina Ratliff told reporters early Sunday. The man was taken to a hospital
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LE CLAIRE, IA (WQAD) — On Saturday, July 25, dozens of protestors gathered at City Hall after hate flyers were anonymously distributed throughout the town. “A white nationalist group delivered flyers to our town – just threw them in people’s driveways,” said protest organizer Travis Schlitter. Schlitter said
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