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NEW YORK — A modest pullback for U.S. stocks Friday eased the market from all-time highs and left major stock indexes on Wall Street in the red for the week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed 0.3% lower a day after setting a record high. The benchmark index’s loss for the week followed two straight weekly…
ONCE AGAIN BE ON DISPLAY THIS WEEK, AS SOME OF THE SPORT’S BIGGEST STARS MAKE THEIR ANNUAL TRIP FOR THE SUPER BOWL OF CELEBRITY GOLF. SO HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FROM THE EDGEWOOD GOLF COURSE. THIS IS IN STATELINE, NEVADA. IT HOSTS THIS BIG EVENT EVERY YEAR. LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL AND CRYSTAL BLUE THAT WATER…
Men with shaved heads, dressed in all-white outfits, walk in a single-file line into a large auditorium with their hands tied behind their backs. They are forced to kneel, then they are bound together in circular formation, facing away from one another. This haunting scene is not from inside El Salavador’s high-security CECOT prison, which…
It’s been a volatile year for stock traders, but there are a handful of new winners in the S&P 500 that could be poised for big gains over the next 12 months, according to Goldman Sachs. In a note to clients on Friday, the bank said it updated its Sharpe Ratio basket, a list of…
Saraí Ortiz’s father Jose worked 18 years for Ambiance Apparel, rising to become a floor manager at the sprawling fast-fashion warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. His tenure ended Friday, when federal authorities raided the company, arresting Jose Ortiz and more than 40 other immigrant workers as Saraí watched. “You know this is a possibility all…
British comedian Russell Brand remained firm this week in denying he sexually assaulted four women from 1999 to 2005. The controversial “Get Him to the Greek” actor, 49, appeared in a London court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault….