LONDON (AP) — A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is off to a mixed start on Wednesday and bond yields are rising as traders look ahead to an announcement later in the day on interest rates from the Federal Reserve. The Fed is widely expected to raise its benchmark shortterm rate by double the usual amount, half a percentage point, as it steps up its fight against inflation. Several companies were making big moves on earnings news. Lyft sank 30% after releasing an outlook weaker than analysts were expecting, while Airbnb and Starbucks both rose after reporting solid results. The S&P 500 was drifting between small gains and losses.
Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside.
NEW YORK (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities into new high-risk categories that are supposed to trigger indoor mask wearing, but much of the country is stopping short of bringing back restrictions amid deep pandemic fatigue.
Bells doctor among 10 others who agreed to pay to resolve False Claims Act allegations. Bruce Maniet, of Bells, Bruce Maniet, of Bells, agreed to pay $175,436 to settle allegations that from January 18, 2016 to October 23, 2017 he received kickbacks from two management service organizations in exchange for ordering laboratory tests from Boston Heart and Little River.
GCHS The Grayson County Historical Society meeting will be Tuesday May 10 at 6:30 P.M. in Frontier Village at Loy Lake Park with Brian Hander giving his presentation on the 150th birthday of the city of Denison.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is snubbing Texas and moving a proposed border rail link to New Mexico after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott backed up border crossings with state inspections in April.
May is mental health awareness month and Tuesday Grayson County commissioners recognized the designation with a presentation from 59th State District Court Judge Larry Phillips, a member of the Texoma Behavioral Health Leadership Team as well as others.
The primary elections in Ohio and Indiana on Tuesday stood as the first real test of former President Donald Trump’s status as the Republican Party kingmaker — and he passed. Takeaways from the races: TRUMP’S CLOUT Trump’s chosen candidate, “Hillbilly Elegy” author and one-time investment banker JD Vance, won the crowded Republican primary for U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday highlighted new figures showing the government’s red ink will grow less than expected this year and the national debt will shrink this quarter as he tried to counter criticism of his economic leadership amid growing dismay over inflation going into midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.