Giorno: 26 Settembre 2023

Wall St Pounded as Investors Grapple With Higher Rates

Wall Street’s main indexes ended sharply lower on Tuesday as 10-year Treasury yields held their multi-year highs, with investors still wrestling with prospects for a long period of high interest rates and the economic fallout.[#item_full_content]

Calif. Gov. Newsom Signs Law Raising Taxes on Gun, Ammo Sales

California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and various violence prevention programs under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday. The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and …[#item_full_content]

Senate Democrats and GOP plan to pass CR with scant Ukraine funding, sources say

Lawmakers in the upper chamber are gearing up for a cloture vote measure Tuesday evening to end negotiations and extend government funding past the Sept. 30 deadline with a “clean” Continuing Resolution (CR).  Sources indicate, however, the measure — which has yet to be revealed — may not allocate significant resources toward disaster relief or […]

McCarthy Says Biden Must Tighten Border to Avert Govt. Shutdown

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to agree to tight border restrictions in order to prevent wide swaths of the U.S. government from shutting down for the fourth time in a decade.Republican McCarthy’s proposal is not likely to resolve a…[#item_full_content]

Remembering David McCallum: ‘U.N.C.L.E.’ Spy Series

As his legions of fans worldwide mourned the death of actor David McCallum, the Scottish-born actor was remembered as the quirky medical examiner Donald “Ducky” Mallard on the long-running “NCIS” television series. But McCallum…[#item_full_content]

Bull gores, kills man at festival in Spain

A Spanish man has died from his injuries after a bull gored him in the street during a festival in eastern Spain, authorities said. The 61-year-old man died at a hospital after a bull called “Cocinero” gored him during a running festival in the town of Pobla de Farnals in Valencia region on Saturday, officials […]