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Stock market today: Stocks look to rebound with Netflix earnings on deck
Investors are counting down to earnings from Netflix, the first of the "Magnificent" group of companies to report.
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Associated Press
A lab chief's sentencing for meningitis deaths is postponed, extending grief of victims' families
A Michigan judge on Thursday suddenly postponed the sentencing of a man at the center of a fatal meningitis outbreak that hit multiple states, dismaying people who were poised to speak about their grief 12 years after the tragedy. The judge who took a no-contest plea from Barry Cadden retired in March. Peggy Nuerenberg, whose 88-year-old mother, Mary Plettl, died after getting a tainted steroid injection for pain, said she was “absolutely blindsided."
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NBC News
Black Georgia inmate says he was choked with a chain by jail guard while restrained
A Black inmate at a Georgia jail accused a corrections officer of choking him with a leg restraint and making a racist comment while three other officers watched, according to a lawsuit.
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Associated Press
Two shootings, two different responses — Maine restricts guns while Iowa arms teachers
Six months after a deadly mass shooting by an Army reservist, Maine lawmakers this week passed a wide-ranging package of new gun restrictions. Three months after a fatal school shooting, Iowa lawmakers this week passed legislation allowing trained teachers and staff to carry guns on school property. “We live in two different Americas, in essence," said Daniel Webster, a health policy professor affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
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Politico
Another Eric Adams contributor pleads guilty to straw donor scheme
Shamsuddin Riza will be sentenced to probation for steering illegal donations.
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Yahoo Finance
Trump Media stock jumps for second day as company goes to battle with short sellers
Trump Media is advising investors on ways to prevent their shares from being loaned for a short interest position.
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Associated Press
Tesla shares tumble below $150 per share, giving up all gains made over the past year
Tesla's stock tumbled below $150 per share, giving up all of the gains made over the past year as the electric vehicle maker reels from falling sales and steep discounts intended to lure more buyers. Shares in the Elon Musk-owned company slid nearly 4% in intraday trading Thursday, in what what now stands as the third worst week for the stock in 2024, a year that has been dismal for Tesla investors. Shares of Tesla Inc. last traded for $150 in January 2023.
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NBC News
Disneyland characters and cast members attempt to unionize
Unionization at Disneyland may no longer be a fairytale, as a majority of approximately 1,700 parades and characters cast members have filed with the NLRB for union representation.
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NBC News
Two seated jurors in Trump's hush money trial were excused, underscoring difficulty of finding impartial jurors
Seven jurors were selected from 96; Thursday focuses on questioning another group about impartiality on Trump. Judge aims for 12 jurors and alternates by Friday.
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Time
Rachel Goldberg-Polin on the Days Since Oct. 7
For the families pressing relentlessly for the release of their loved ones taken hostage, moving forward is a contradiction.
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Time
FCC Investigating 911 Cell Service Outages
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating after outages impacted 911 call service in multiple states.
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Reuters
US power, tech companies lament snags in meeting AI energy needs
U.S. electrical systems are not expanding fast enough to meet rapidly growing power needs of technology like Generative AI, prompting data center businesses to sometimes bypass utilities, executives said at an energy conference this week. Layers of regulations, citing and permitting processes, and frequent legal fights brought by environmental and community groups, have slowed new power projects from connecting to the grid, and posed a threat to profits by traditional power companies like regulated electric utilities. "Regulation and permitting within the United States is abysmal," Brad Stansberry, who leads the financial management practice for the power and utility industry at services firm KPMG, said at the AI: Powering the New Energy Era summit in Washington on Wednesday.
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Reuters
Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France
France should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognising the island's independence, a coalition of civil society groups said on Thursday. The group of around 20 non-governmental organisations currently in Geneva for a U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD) are seeking a new independent commission to oversee the restitution of the debt, which they refer to as a ransom. They say the money should go to public works in Haiti where a transition council was installed this month in an effort to restore security after a period of devastating violence by armed groups.
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AFP
Germany arrests two over military base attack plot for Russia
Investigators have arrested two German-Russian men on suspicion of spying for Russia and planning attacks in Germany -- including on US army targets -- to undermine military support for Ukraine, prosecutors said Thursday."The actions were intended, in particular, to undermine the military support provided from Germany to Ukraine against the Russian aggression," prosecutors said.
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AFP
UN chief warns Mideast on brink of 'full-scale regional conflict'
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday painted a dark picture of the situation in the Middle East, warning that spiraling tensions over the war in Gaza and Iran's attack on Israel could devolve into a "full-scale regional conflict.""One miscalculation, one miscommunication, one mistake, could lead to the unthinkable -- a full-scale regional conflict that would be devastating for all involved," he said, calling on all parties to exercise "maximum restraint."
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AFP
IMF chief urges attention to war-ravaged Yemen, Sudan
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday drew attention to the suffering in Yemen and Sudan, both plagued by civil wars and often overshadowed by the plight of other countries."When we have these highly visible wars like the one in Ukraine, like the one in Gaza... they overshadow the pain and suffering that is happening in other places," Georgieva said during a press conference.
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Associated Press
UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases
The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain epidemics. The vaccine was shown to be help preventing the diarrheal disease in late stage research conducted in Nepal. WHO’s approval means donor agencies like the vaccines alliance Gavi and UNICEF can now buy it for poorer countries.
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CNN
House GOP erupts into name-calling and fresh threats to Johnson over effort to pass aid
Speaker Mike Johnson is being lobbied by his members to raise the threshold required to trigger the procedure to oust the speaker, according to multiple GOP sources – a move that would help ensure the Louisiana Republican can pass foreign aid bills and still keep his job without needing to rely on Democrats to bail him out.
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CNN
Fresh and frozen imported strawberries highly contaminated with pesticides, report says
Fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, including imported versions, may contain concerning levels of pesticides, a new report says.
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Time
Recognizing Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Deception is central to this form of medical child abuse.
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