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Call it 50 shades of ugly. Not just here in the u. S. But around the globe. The dough jones industrial average suffered a 332 point loss to close at 17,662. Its second worst day of the year. The gains of the year so far, gone. The nasdaq off 82. The s p 500 dropping 35. Those declines amounted to 1. 7 or more. Big part of the problem today, the strengthening dollar. The greenback rising 1. 1 to a 12 year high against the euro and theres a powerful force driving the dollars dramatic move. Diverti...

The incident happened in baltimore, more than half the people there are unemployed. This is an area of town that doesnt have a single grocery store. Theres not a single restaurant in the area. Not even a fast food joint. So you have high unemployment. You have very few opportunities for people and its not surprising that theres a certain hopelessness and despair and frustration that sets in so that when theres an incident like freddie gray, it lights a spark and everything goes off. The question...

And just kept on going down extending losses into the Late Afternoon as some of the big market gainers in recent months like small caps and biotechs lost steam. By the close, the dow stroensjones off 17,840. And s p 500 fell 21 points. Despite todays selloff, all three major indexes finished the month in the black with the nasdaq and the s p up nearly 1 full percent. On the ten year treasury note just held above 2 . That level watched closely because its seen a proxy as the health of the economy...

And just kept on going down extending losses into the Late Afternoon as some of the big market gainers in recent months like small caps and biotechs lost steam. By the close, the dow stroensjones off 17,840. And s p 500 fell 21 points. Despite todays selloff, all three major indexes finished the month in the black with the nasdaq and the s p up nearly 1 full percent. On the ten year treasury note just held above 2 . That level watched closely because its seen a proxy as the health of the economy...

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Washington national ballpark. Reporter walter perez with our sister station is live in washington, d. C. Now with the latest on whats happening. Walter . Well, dan, carolyn a confirmed death toll is 13. That does include alleged gunman identified as a 34yearold aaron alexis of fort worth, texas. Tonight they continue searching for a possible second shooter, it was like a scene from a war zone, people were rescued by way of a basket lowered from a helicopter. Inside witnesses say it certainly loo...

11 15 last night. Investigators say Police Officers were pulling over the driver and he sped up. The driver made it to oakland before hitting another car and a building on 98th. Authorities do not know why he took off. He has some history, criminal history, so we are looking at that. The man was arrested. The other driver, a woman, was taken to the hospital. No word on her condition. Autopsies are scheduled for later today on the bodies of three women who died when a fire tore through their pitt...

Squeeze the by the changing economy. Newly released video of an amazing free fall from space. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. I am stephanie sy. We begin with breaking news out of russia. A teenager in moscow entered a school, killing a teacher and a Police Officer. He reportedly held more than 20 students hostage in a classroom. Police say hes been disarmed and detained. The shooting sent dozens of students running out of the school. The incident coming days before the Winter Ol...

Effort to edit rid of its chemical weapons. And massive cuts coming to egypts military and the country in the form of Financial Aid from the united states. The u. S. Is suspending hundreds of millions of dollars in military and other aid to the country. Weeks after the u. S. Ordered its overseas embassies to shut down, staffers are allowed to return to their post in beirut. The state department evacuated families and staff in response to security threats. Those are your headlines and real money ...

Hell meet with a group of House Republican leaders tomorrow. The talks come as the pressure builds for congress to break the deadlock. Any signs of progress in washington today . Reporter not really. We do have moving parts to tell but. The president in the east room of the white house talking to house democrats. Thats a bit like preaching to the choir. Were waiting to hear from nancy pelosi and others from the conclusion of that meeting tomorrow. Its the House Republicans, they are the center o...