NEW YORK (AP) — More swings hit Wall Street, except it finished higher this time. After bobbing up and down Friday morning, the S&P 500 took off and rallied nearly 2% before finishing with a gain of 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.9%. It’s a fitting finish…… MORE
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to remove additional import tariffs on some Brazilian agribusiness products marks significant progress. On Thursday, Trump lifted the 40% tariffs on goods like coffee, fruit, and beef to lower consumer costs. Alckmin, who also serves as Trade minister, led negotiations…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world. A plan proposed Thursday by the Interior Department would open up new drilling on federal waters…… MORE
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported that its exports to the world rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier, while imports edged up 0.6%. Data released Friday by the Finance Ministry showed exports to the U.S. dipped 3.1%, marking the seventh straight month of year-on-year declines. Worries remain about the possible negative impact from…… MORE
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — OpenAI has announced a partnership with Taiwan’s Foxconn to design and make equipment for AI data centers in the U.S. Foxconn, known for making assembling iPhones and other Apple products and making servers for Nvidia, said it will co-design artificial intelligence data center racks with OpenAI under the agreement. The products…… MORE
WASHINGTON – WFAA- (WBAP/KLF) – Texas is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order to be allowed to use a congressional redistricing plan favorable to Republicans in the 2026 elections. Texas on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to be allowed to use a congressional redistricting plan pushed by President…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – KERR COUNTY, TX – A lawsuit has been filed against camp mystic where 27 girls and counselors were killed in deadly floods. The family of 8-year-old Eloise Peck is suing camp organizers claiming that they knew that the cabins near the Guadalupe River were dangerous. The lawsuit claims that the camp played Russian…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – Two Muslim civil rights groups are pushing back after Governor Abbott labeled them foreign terrorist organizations. The governor accused the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American Islamic Relations of supporting global terrorism, and twisting state law through intimidation and violence, which is a designation that bars both groups from…… MORE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to visit Turkey this week to revive talks on ending Russia’s invasion, which began nearly four years ago. It remains unclear if U.S. representatives will attend, but Russia says it will not send a representative. Earlier talks in Turkey achieved only prisoner exchanges. Heavy U.S. sanctions…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a potentially far-reaching development in survivors’ years long push for a public reckoning over how the well-connected financier sexually abused and trafficked teenage girls for more…… MORE
