Columbus, OH

CBS Minnesota

Fear, long absent in financial markets as investors bet on a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy, is back in the air on Wall Street.Stocks tumbled Friday after new government data showed a steep decline in hiring in July, spurring concerns that economic activity is slowing faster than economists expected. Two hours into the session, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 984 points, or 2.4%, to 39,415. The broader S&P 500 sank 2.5%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost nearly 3%, fueled by disappointing quarterly earnings from bellwethers such as Amazon and Intel. Market analyst Adam Crisafulli of Vital Knowledge...

Dow plunges nearly 1,000 points amid sharp drop in U.S. hiring

TheStreet

Markets end lower as investor seem to think the Fed has waited too long to cut rates. And they sold stocks hard in response.

Stock Market Today: Stocks crushed as markets see Fed rate error

At least the monthly jobs report wasn’t boring. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said employers added 114,000 jobs in July, the lowest number since December of 2020. Unemployment, meanwhile, rose to 4.3%. Both numbers were weaker than expected. And it sent stocks plunging on Friday. The S&P 500...

Unemployment rises, stocks plunge and the economy becomes a question mark

Markets Insider

Until recently, investors cheered weak economic data as fuel for rate cuts. Now they fear the Fed may be too far behind.

Why the stock market is going berserk today

Stocks sold off Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average heading for its worst day of the year as new data raised fears of a potential U.S. recession. The Dow dropped 636 points, or nearly 1.6%. At its session lows, the 30-stock index lost 744.22 points, or about 1.8%. The S&P 50 shed 1.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 2.8%. The Russell 2000 index, the small-cap benchmark that has rallied lately, dropped 3.6%.

Dow slides 650 points, on track for biggest sell-off of 2024 over U.S. recession fears

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Butler County, PA

USA TODAY

Butler County Coroner William Young released a one-page autopsy summary of the man who attempted to kill former President Donald Trump.

Trump shooter autopsy reveals cause of death after attempted assassination

PureWow

Here’s all the royal news you need to know for the week leading up to August 2, 2024, from a royal baby gender reveal to a new update from Meghan Markle about her kids.

Royal News Roundup: a New Royal Baby, a Royal Gender Reveal & an Update on Archie & Lilibet from Meghan Markle

Fox News

Podcast host Joe Rogan predicted Vice President Harris will win the presidency in 2024 because how much of a hold the anti-Trump media narrative has on people.

Joe Rogan warns Kamala Harris will win because people are ‘giving into the bulls---’ like never before

America is totally ready for a woman in the White House. Kamala simply isn't the executive branch's optimal girlboss.

5 reasons Kamala can't be president that definitely aren't because she's a girl!

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Ash Jurberg

Texas Home Goods Retailer Conn's Shutters Operations Amid $77 Million Loss. Conn's HomePlus, a longstanding Texas-based home goods retailer, has officially announced a complete shutdown of its operations across 15 southern states. This drastic move follows the company's recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas.

Major Texas Retailer Collapses: 74 Stores to Close Amid Financial Struggles

The New Republic

Former President Donald Trump shared a slew of videos online attacking Vice President Kamala Harris, after a favorability poll aired on Fox News found she was leading him in a few key swing states. The new poll, conducted July 22–24 and released Sunday, found that Harris’s approval rating had surpassed Trump’s in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota.* Many online predicted that Trump would be incensed over the results. “The ketchup is going to hit the wall in Mar-a-Lago after this new Fox News poll,” remarked former Clinton White House aide Keith Boykin on X (formerly Twitter).Within hours, Trump posted five separate videos on Truth Social of...

Trump Loses It Over Devastating Fox News Poll on Kamala Harris

Trump's re-election could be 'perilous' to stocks, given his economic policies, three researchers said.

The 'Trump dump': The presidential hopeful causes deep stock losses in companies and industries he targets, researchers say

American Skyler Mapes and Italian local Giuseppe Morisani spent a magical evening together in Rome. Then they drove across Italy together. Here’s what happened.

She hit it off with the guy she met at the bar on vacation. Then he sent her an unexpected text message

A top lawyer met a tragic end 30 years ago when he attempted to demonstrate the strength of his office's unbreakable glass by throwing himself against a window, only to fall 24 floors to his death when the frame, not the glass, gave way. Garry Hoy's untimely demise occurred as...

Horror after Toronto lawyer fell to his death attempting to prove glass window was unbreakable

The Atlantic

From the beginning, the campaign was going his way. Not anymore.

Trump Is Suddenly Running Scared

The Mirror US

Simone Biles faced backlash online after competing in the 2024 Olympics with a 'messy' bun and fans were quick to come to her defense online

Olympics fans call out 'disgusting double standard' after Simone Biles' hair criticism

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KHYL V101.1

'I’m writing to you this morning with a heavy heart...'

Popular California Startup Suddenly Lays Off Hundreds Of Workers

Kelli Bloomquist, 45, spent up to 10 hours a day sitting at her desk in her home office. That, plus ending her day with family couch hangs, left the media executive with very little time on her feet. “My legs were always falling asleep. I’d have to stand up just to get feeling back into my legs and butt,” she recalls.

The Shocking Truth About ‘Sitting Disease’

Mediaite

Donald Trump raged against Fox News for covering presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris's campaign rallies on Monday.
The post Trump LOSES IT on Fox News for Carrying Harris Rally and Letting ‘Perverts’ Advertise on the Network first appeared on Mediaite.

Trump LOSES IT on Fox News for Carrying Harris Rally and Letting ‘Perverts’ Advertise on the Network

Interesting Engineering

An unmanned submarine conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of the underside of an Antarctic glacier.

Drone submarine finds mysterious 1,300-ft-long structures under Antarctic ice

NewsBreak

Market Bloodbath: S&P 500 Crashes $1.2 Trillion in Hours as Recession Fears Soar

The stock market’s benchmark index, the S&P 500, has erased $1.2 trillion of its market capitalization since its daily high in just four hours after falling...

Market Bloodbath: S&P 500 Crashes $1.2 Trillion in Hours as Recession Fears Soar

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