WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank. The justices heard arguments over Trump’s effort to fire Cook based on ...
Blair County-based S.P. McCarl & Co. is hosting a Heavy Metal Summer Experience this June. This is a free program that offers high school students and recent graduates a hands-on introduction to career opportunities in building trades. The camp will take place in both the sheet metal and pipe fabrication shops in Altoona. Students will have the opportunity to complete two hands-on projects that will require piping, electrical, sheet metal and safety. The weeklong camp will begin on June 22. The event is a free opportunity for any student who wants to try out building trades to see if ...
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market bounced back from its worst day since October on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he reached the framework for a deal about Greenland, an island he’s long coveted, and won’t impose tariffs he had threatened on several European countries. The S&P 500 rallied 1.2% after Trump said the deal, “if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America” and its allies in the North Atlantic region. The announcement triggered an immediate move higher in the stock market, which found solace earlier in the day after Trump ratcheted ...
The vast field of over 5,800 electric and hybrid vehicles gleamed on the cargo deck of the BYD Changzhou, an Chinese container vessel unloading Wednesday at a river port in eastern Argentina. In other places, such a scene would not be noteworthy. Chinese automaker BYD has sped up its exports and undercut rivals the world over, alarming Washington, upsetting Western and Japanese auto giants and unnerving local industries across Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. But the sight of so many new Chinese EVs gliding onto a muddy river bank in Buenos Aires province was unprecedented ...
HUNTINGDON Juniata College recognized Juniata College has earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a designation that recognizes institutions for the depth, quality and intentionality of their practices, placing it among a select group of U.S. colleges and universities recognized for excellence in community engagement. At Juniata, this work spans teaching, learning, research and co-curricular experiences and is grounded in partnership that benefits both the college and its community partners. Juniata is one of more than 230 U.S. colleges and universities to receive ...
LARNACA, Cyprus — Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fish from the day’s catch. Unlike a few years ago when he would have mostly caught local ...
