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Optimism over Strait of Hormuz drives markets higher – CBS News Watch CBS News The announcements from President Trump and Iran that the Strait of Hormuz is open sent oil prices plunging and stocks soaring on Friday. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady has more.
High school senior Sara DeVolld is finding her own way to brighten the world – one stitch at a time. The teen from Alaska is creating clothing to combat the prolonged darkness in her state and the health impacts that can come with it. “I am a fourth-generation Alaskan,” said DeVolld. “This is my design …
Ford Motor Co. is recalling around 1.4 million F-150 pickup trucks in the United States after a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation uncovered a gearshift issue in the vehicles. The NHTSA report cites unexpected downshifts that potentially led to two injuries and one accident. The recall is for Ford F-150 trucks produced between March …
Democratic Rep. Mark Takano of California sparred with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about President Trump’s mental fitness. Takano asked Kennedy whether he would insist that the president undergo an assessment of his mental fitness and emotional stability, to which the secretary responded, “Absolutely not.”
April 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it had approved the possible sale of integrated combat system, supporting equipment, and support to Germany for an estimated cost of $11.9 billion. The principal contractors will be Lockheed Martin Corp and RTX Corp, the State Department said in a statement. (Reporting by Bhargav …
Artificial intelligence is making headlines, local news is sinking (further) and President Donald Trump picks a fight with the pope. Sidney Slon here, and this is the week in news. Monday With multiple lawmakers facing scandals, the House of Representatives was considering expelling some of its members. So Olivier started the week by examining the …
April 17 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Friday for joint efforts for an effective mission to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and said Kyiv’s wartime experience in the Black Sea could help. “Decisions made regarding Hormuz now will determine how other aggressive actors perceive the possibility of creating …
The lead career federal prosecutor in Miami who was overseeing a criminal investigation into whether former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress is no longer assigned to the case, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Maria Medetis Long, who is the head of the national security section for the U.S. attorney’s office …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. In a federal court filing Friday, Trump asks a judge to …
NEW YORK (AP) — The murder case surrounding the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz is on track for a third trial, after a judge declined Friday to dismiss charges against the onetime New York shop clerk charged with abducting and killing the boy on his way to school. The man, Pedro Hernandez, 65, has …