00:00 Speaker A Consumer sentiment data is coming in worse than expected today. The final reading on December consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan actually came in lower than the previous reading and below where Wall Street had predicted those numbers. Joining us now, Joanne Shue, University of Michigan Director of Consumer Research. Joanne, … Read more
There are many rules when you set foot in an airport, but not all of them apply to you. Do you present a REAL ID document? Yes, you must do this or face a $45 fee. Lost shoes during security screening? No, that’s not a thing anymore. But when it comes to airport security technology, … Read more
BOYNTON BEACH – Boynton Beach city officials donned their construction helmets and swung golden sledgehammers at the walls of the former Inn hotel, officially beginning demolition to put to rest the property’s troubled history. At a December 17 demolition ceremony for the existing vacant hotel building, located at the corner of the Interstate 95 exit … Read more
(Correct spelling in story identifier for RUSSIA-CYBER/UKRAINE) By AJ Vicens Dec 19 (Reuters) – Russian technology companies working on air defense, sensitive electronics and other defense applications have been targeted in recent weeks by a cyber espionage group that uses AI-generated decoy documents, according to a cybersecurity analyst. The discovery by cybersecurity firm Intezer shows … Read more
By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Allyson Lopez was hoping business would return to her dress shop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, which specializes in ballgowns for quinceaneras, a coming-of-age ritual in many Latino communities that celebrate a girl’s 15th birthday. Instead, this week brought back the federal immigration raids that emptied the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Dvorak is concerned that her 83-year-old mother’s emergency room trips for seizures are draining her retirement savings and will soon put her on Medicaid. At the same time, Dvorak, who is 56 and suffers from a chronic knee condition that keeps her on state and federal assistance, expects her own health … Read more
Dec 19 (Reuters) – The Chinese unit of Netherlands-based Nexperia has locked in supplies of silicon wafers from local firms to cover all of its 2026 production of a key product, a document showed, after the Dutch firm stopped supplying the raw material in a corporate dispute. The development will allow the Chinese unit, which … Read more
References in a US Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” were removed Thursday, and a US senator said she was lifting the hold she had placed on a nomination for the service’s top job. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose agency oversees the Coast Guard, said on social media that the latest changes … Read more
A private jet crashed at a North Carolina regional airport and burst into flames Thursday, killing seven people, including retired NASCAR star Greg Biffle and three of his family members, officials said. Here are some things you should know about the crash. what happened The plane took off Thursday morning from Statesville Regional Airport, about … Read more
President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump’s direction, she is ordering US Citizenship and Immigration Services to … Read more