NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street held firmer on Wednesday, a day after strong reports on the economy hurt U.S. stocks by stirring up worries that inflation and interest rates may remain higher than expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to recover a bit of its 1.1% slump from the day before. The ...
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025 The Mercury change is an omen for constructive communication. When two people really want to understand one another, even an argument can bring them closer together. The relationship improves because their knowledge of one another improves. But when people want to ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 81-year-old man (5 feet, 2 inches tall at 122 pounds) in good health, except that I have Type 2 diabetes. My A1C level has been in the range of 6.3% to 6.8% for the past five years with the help of metformin. Five times a week, I walk on a treadmill for 15 minutes (about ...
Dear Heloise: So happy to read your column in the Press of Atlantic City again. We have a huge 150-gallon composter in our backyard, where I deposit lots of vegetable and fruit peelings, eggshells, coffee grinds, tea bags, shredded paper, chopped dry leaves, and grass clippings. I mix it up ...
Taking zinc throughout the day to ward off colds Q. Zinc has a reputation for fighting colds. At the very first sign of a possible cold (a funny tickle in the throat or sinuses), I start taking 15 mg zinc, four times a day. I take it with each meal and again at bedtime. If I follow that ...
The federal holiday issues of the Morning Journal will be returning digitally beginning with today’s official day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter and moving forward throughout 2025. Although the Morning Journal will not publish a print newspaper on federal holidays, it will be ...
(AP) — If Ohio State beats Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals, the sport will be assured of having consecutive national champions from outside the Sun Belt region for the first time in three decades. The possibility means the playoff’s expansion from four to 12 teams ...
Dear Annie: I have mobility issues and use a walker, so I’m mostly confined to my home. My son helps by taking me to the beauty salon and occasionally to the bank or pharmacy, but I spend most of my time at home. Today, two ladies showed up at my door unexpectedly. I hadn’t been up long ...
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump remains on track to be sentenced this week in his hush money case after a judge on Monday denied his request to halt proceedings while he appeals a ruling that upheld the historic verdict. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ordered sentencing to ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a New York City hotel is unlikely to appear in Manhattan federal court again before mid-February after prosecutors and lawyers on Monday requested more time to prepare the case for trial. The lawyers agreed in ...