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Buyers need to make $350,000 to afford an average home in this coastal area.

Green said that his longtime foe "don't stand a chance against Joker."

A new study shows that wage theft has more than doubled in major cities.

DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — DallasNews Corporation (DALN) on Wednesday reported a loss of $1.4 million in its first quarter.

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — OncoCyte Corp. (OCX) on Wednesday reported a loss of $9.3 million in its first quarter.

BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — Air Industries Group (AIRI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $706,000 in its first quarter.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aqua Metals Inc. (AQMS) on Wednesday reported a loss of $5.8 million in its first quarter.

Pro-Palestinian protesters wearing masks pitched tents and placed fake bloody corpses outside the home of a University of Michigan official. Sarah Hubbard is chair of the university’s governing board. She says the 6 a.m. demonstration in Okemos involved 30 people Wednesday with a bullhorn and a drum. The protesters left 30 to 45 minutes later when police arrived. There were no arrests. The protesters have been demanding that the university get rid of investments in companies connected to Israel. The school says it has no direct investments.

BAY HARBOR ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — BAY HARBOR ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Fortress Biotech Inc. (FBIO) on Wednesday reported a loss of $17.7 million in its first quarter.

DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (CMCT) on Wednesday reported a loss in a key measure in its first quarter.

US Forecast for Thursday, May 16, 2024

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City/Town, State;Yesterday’s High Temp (F);Yesterday’s Low Temp (F);Today’s High Temp (F);Today’s Low Temp (F);Weather Condition;Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index

Albany, NY;68;55;71;55;Decreasing clouds;NE;7;71%;27%;4

Albuquerque, NM;82;52;66;50;Thundershowers;ESE;8;69%;85%;3

Anchorage, AK;53;39;51;40;Mostly cloudy;SW;7;68%;85%;3

Asheville, NC;68;56;77;51;Clouds and sunshine;NW;7;65%;25%;11

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The Port of New Orleans’ president and chief executive officer has resigned to pursue an opportunity in the private sector. The port announced Tuesday that Brandy Christian will step down in mid-June. She has served in the leadership role since 2017 but the port didn't say what her next steps would be. Christian was seen as instrumental in advancing a state-of-the-art terminal project called the Louisiana International Terminal. The multimillion-dollar project is likely to begin construction next year. Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cidara Therapeutics Inc. (CDTX) on Wednesday reported a first-quarter loss of $10.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

Congress has passed a bill that is designed to add more safety inspectors at aircraft factories and to give air travelers automatic refunds for canceled or long-delayed flights. The House gave final approval on Wednesday to a $105 billion measure to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration programs and sent it to President Joe Biden. The Senate passed the bill last week. It will require FAA to hire more air traffic controllers and safety inspectors and increase the use of collision-avoidance technology at airports. Читать дальше...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives in China for a state visit in a show of unity between the authoritarian allies.

Vermont state officials say an antique copper weathervane that was swiped from a Vermont railway station 40 years ago has been found and returned to the state. The Vermont Agency of Transportation said in a statement Monday that the 1910 weathervane is of a steam locomotive and coal tender. It sat on top of the White River Junction station before it was stolen in 1983. Nearly 40 years later, it was consigned to a New York auction house. The agency says the organization Arts Loss Register confirmed... Читать дальше...

San Francisco Bay Area voters will weigh in on the recall of another politically progressive prosecutor in November. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price ran on a platform of offender rehabilitation and police accountability. She won office in November 2022. Her critics say she is undermining public safety. Her supporters say she deserves more time to make good on promises to reform the criminal justice system. The recall comes two years after San Francisco voters ousted Chesa Boudin, another progressive... Читать дальше...

Candian officials say favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sand hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, a day after thousands were evacuated. Wildfire season has started early in Canada this year with several fires burning across the country’s west, forcing residents out of their homes. The fire, which started last week, caused about 6,600 residents to flee parts of the southern end of Fort McMurray. The rest of the city remains on evacuation alert Wednesday... Читать дальше...

A second teen has pleaded guilty in the death of a 20-year-old driver who was hit in the head by a rock that crashed through her windshield in suburban Denver last year. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, Nicholas Karol-Chik pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday. The 19-year-old says he passed a rock to another teen, Joseph Koenig, who then threw it at Alexis Bartell’s car, killing her. Prosecutors have previously said they did not know which of the three teens threw the rock that killed Bartell... Читать дальше...

It took several hours to clear the road after a truck carrying rice overturned.

An Interior Department staffer has become the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Lily Greenberg Call is a special assistant to the chief of staff in the Interior Department. She accuses President Joe Biden of using Jews to justify U.S. policy in the conflict. She is at least the fifth mid- or senior-level administration staffer to make public their resignation in protest of the Biden administration’s military and diplomatic support... Читать дальше...

Military officials say the remains of a 17-year-old soldier from Michigan who was killed in the Korean War in 1950 have been identified and will be buried in his home state. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that U.S. Army Pfc. Thomas A. Smith’s remains were identified by military scientists who analyzed DNA, dental and anthropological evidence. The agency says Smith, who was from Grant, Michigan, will be buried in that western Michigan city at a date that's yet to be determined. Читать дальше...

Yemeni authorities have deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden, in preparation for the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations. For several days, hundreds of demonstrators in three central districts of Aden blocked roads and set tires on fire as temperatures soared. On Monday and Tuesday, security forces moved in to disperse the demonstrations, beating protesters and barricading some streets... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two general election debates: One in June and one in September. The first will held June 27 at CNN’s studios in Atlanta. Georgia is a critical battleground state. The second will take place on Sept. 10 and will be hosted by ABC. But there are still some nitty-gritty details to be worked out, including the formats of the events and their moderators. Trump's team is also pushing for more debates, saying it wants one every month through September... Читать дальше...

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15 May 2024

(Bloomberg) -- Frank McCourt, a real estate mogul with ambitions to improve the web, said he plans to build a consortium to bid for social media app TikTok’s US business.

McCourt, a former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and executive chairman of investment firm McCourt Global, is an unlikely contender for the ByteDance Ltd.-owned app. TikTok’s US assets were valued at $35 billion to $40 billion by Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.

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