It would cost investors a little over $27,000 if they were starting with zero shares. Tobacco giant Altria (MO +1.52%) has routinely held one of the highest dividend yields on the stock market. Its current yield is 7%, which is almost six times higher than the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.11%) average. Even so, it’s below…
Shots were fired at a semi-trailer on I-70 in Clark County over the weekend. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] On Saturday, Dec. 13, just before 3:45 a.m. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers were called to a reported road rage incident. State troopers said it happened on I-70 near milepost 62…
As winter settles in, it’s not just the colder mornings and darker evenings making people feel a bit off – it’s the sudden surge in seasonal illnesses too. Many of us are battling scratchy throats, blocked noses and that run-down feeling that always seems to arrive ahead of Christmas. But this year, flu season has…
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A Florida physician was mysteriously found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree, a day after she entered…
An NHS resident doctors’ strike in the run-up to Christmas will go ahead after members of the British Medical Association (BMA) rejected a new offer from the government, the union has said. The BMA said 83.2% of those who took part in a poll rejected the offer, with a turnout of 65.34%. The offer made…
Ione WellsSouth America correspondent, Santiago Reuters José Antonio Kast will be inaugurated as Chile’s president in March next year Chile has elected the far-right wing José Antonio Kast to be its next president, after an election campaign that was dominated by themes of security, immigration and crime. Kast beat the governing left-wing coalition candidate Jeanette…
Tiffanie Turnbulland Tessa Wong,Bondi Beach Watch: BBC at the scene of Bondi Beach shooting Bondi Beach is almost unrecognisable. The sun is out but the surf is empty. The usually heaving main street is hushed. Helicopters track overhead. Forensic investigators – bright blue figures in the distance – comb over the crime scene from Sunday…
James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent BBC Vladimir Putin may have a reputation among some as a ruthless autocrat, a master manipulator of the international scene. But one thing Russia’s president does not have is a poker face. The late US Senator John McCain used to joke that when he looked into Putin’s eyes, he saw three things,…
Kelly Ng, Koey Lee,Hong Kongand Danny Vincent,Hong Kong Watch: What does the Jimmy Lai verdict mean for democracy in Hong Kong? Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the city’s controversial national security law (NSL). The 78-year-old UK citizen, who has been in…
AFP via Getty Images At least 15 civilians have been confirmed dead in Sunday’s shooting attack at Bondi beach. Many were attending an event to mark the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Authorities have confirmed that two rabbis, a Holocaust survivor and a 10-year-old girl were among the victims. This is what…