MAY 31, 2019
Stocks dropped Friday as investors feared President Donald Trump’s surprise threat of tariffs on all Mexico imports, amid a worsening trade war with China, could risk sending the U.S. economy into a recession.
The Dow was down 200 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropped 0.8%. The S&P 500 was already down 5.3% this month through Thursday...
MAY 31, 2019
Not one, two, but eight dictionary experts claimed the 92nd Scripps National Spelling Bee championship title Thursday, after surviving 20 total rounds on a historic night.
The voice of the Scripps Bee, Jacques Bailly, announced three hours into the final competition that everyone who nailed their 12th word of the night would share the honor, marking the first time more...
MAY 30, 2019
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second U.S.-North Korea summit in February, holding them responsible for its collapse, a South Korean newspaper reported on Friday.
Kim Yong Chol, a senior official who had been U.S. Secretary...
MAY 30, 2019
Brief Scorecard: England 311 for 8 (Stokes 89, Morgan 57, Roy 54, Root 51, Ngidi 3-66) beat South Africa 207 (de Kock 68, van der Dussen 50, Archer 3-27) by 104 runs
LONDON - Ben Stokes top-scored with 89 while Jofra Archer picked 3 wickets as England stormed to a 104-run win over South Africa at The Oval...
MAY 30, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked former special counsel Robert Mueller while speaking to reporters outside the White House, calling him a "true never-Trumper" and saying that he never should've been tapped as special counsel.
"I think Mueller is a true never-Trumper," the president said.
Trump's comments came one day after Mueller's first public remarks on...
MAY 29, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by national flags.
The biggest newspaper in China explicitly warned the U.S. on Wednesday that it would cut off rare earth minerals as a countermeasure in the escalated trade battle, using an expression it only used twice in history, both of which involved full-on wars.
"We advise the U.S. side not to underestimate...
MAY 29, 2019
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - Baltimore’s budget office estimates a ransomware attack on city computers will cost at least $18.2 million — a combination of lost or delayed revenue and direct costs to restore systems.
The city’s IT office has spent $4.6 million since the ransomware struck May 7 and expects to spend an additional $5.4 million by the end...
MAY 29, 2019
FILE PHOTO: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump talk in the garden of the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi. - Reuters/Leah Millis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - North Korea on Wednesday accused the United States of showing bad faith in negotiations by conducting nuclear and missile tests and military...
MAY 29, 2019
Stocks ended lower Wednesday as bond yields declined again, triggering concerns about the economic outlook. Increasing trade tensions in the China-U.S. trade fight also weighed on markets.
The Dow closed down 221 points, while the S&P 500 slid 0.7%. The Nasdaq declined by 0.8%. The Dow briefly fell more than 400 points as the 10-year Treasury note yield...
MAY 29, 2019
Wet grass stuck to lawn mower tires
It’s OK, we get it. When the only free day you have to mow the lawn is on a Saturday but the lawn is wet, it’s extremely tempting to get the job done—especially when using these tips to efficiently mow the lawn. But warning: It can be dangerous to mow...
