Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand
BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil was knocked lower Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand. Read more here: Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand
BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil was knocked lower Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand. Read more here: Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world’s third highest mountain. Read more here: 5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks continued to retreat Friday after being routed the day before by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus. Read more here: Asia stocks extend losses after big sell-off
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world’s third highest mountain. Read more here: 5 climbers missing on world's 3rd highest mountain
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in his seventh career playoff shutout, and the Los Angeles Kings moved to the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals with a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 5 on Thursday night. Read more here: Quick's LA Kings put Sharks on brink with 3-0 win
By Ian Chua SYDNEY (Reuters) – Japanese stocks turned negative on Friday and the yen reversed early losses, keeping intact worries that the Nikkei's largest one-day drop in two years may be the start of a bigger rout. In a sign that many are still spooked by Thursday's eye-watering 7.3 percent Nikkei drop, share markets elsewhere in Asia extended their decline to a fresh one-month low. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.6 percent, extending Thursday's 2.2 percent fall. Australian shares underperformed the region, falling 1.9 percent. “There's a lot of … Read more here: Asian stocks shaky, Nikkei still seen vulnerable
Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window. Read more here: Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping several vehicles into the water as authorities investigated the cause of the collapse that cut off the state's main north-south thruway and sent three people to the hospital. Read more here: No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash.
An earthquake has struck Northern California’s Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7. Read more here: 5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami disaster. Read more here: Japan's PM Abe defends policies as markets settle