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Bruce St. reopening gets closer

MARSHALL — A busy Marshall intersection is getting closer to opening back up after construction, representatives of R and G Construction said. The intersection of Bruce Street and East College Drive could reopen at the end of next week. However, with rain in the forecast today and early ...

Microsoft's best day since 2008 leads US stocks, while inflation worries remain in the bond market

NEW YORK (AP) — A monster day for Microsoft's stock following signals that its big spending on AI is translating into profits led a powerful rebound on Wall Street Thursday, while computer-chip companies regained some of their sharp recent losses. In the bond market, though, worries remained about inflation potentially remaining high for years. The S&P 500 rallied 1.7% and more than recovered its drop from the day before, which was its worst in seven weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 613 points, or 1.2%. The Nasdaq composite, which is full of artificial-intelligence ...

Crime

MARSHALL — A 42-year-old man was arrested in a domestic incident at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday on the 1200 block of East College Drive, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — Theft of copper wire and motors reported at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday on the 800 block of West Main Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. Accidents GARVIN — A motorcyclist received serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday near Garvin, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. A 1995 Yamaha motorcycle driven by a 37-year-old man and a 2024 GMC Sierra driven by a 66-year-old man were involved in the ...

Obamacare enrollment declines in 49 states

In 49 states, the number of people enrolled in Obamacare plans has declined since Congress made coverage more expensive by allowing federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. The lone exception was New Mexico, the only state that has used its own money to fully replace the expired aid, according to a new analysis by KFF, a health policy research group. Late last month, the Trump administration announced that overall participation in the health insurance marketplaces created under Obamacare, officially called the Affordable Care Act, had declined by nearly 3 million people, ...