WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace? One key reason is a relatively simple one: Wealthier consumers, boosted by strong gains in income, home equity and stock market wealth, have increasingly driven…… MORE
CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch has stepped down with company shares sinking 19% this year and the health care giant struggling on several fronts. Company shares tumbled again Friday after CVS Health also warned of disappointing third-quarter earnings and said investors should not rely on guidance it laid out in August. Lynch will be replaced…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Boy Scouts of America’s settlement trust is selling four Norman Rockwell paintings as part of a collection at Heritage Auctions in Dallas next month as part of the effort to compensate more than 64,000 sex abuse survivors. Each painting is valued at more than $100,000. The Irving-based organization filed…… MORE
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has killed Hamas’ top leader, Yahya Sinwar, during a battle in Gaza. Troops appeared to have run across him in a battle on Wednesday, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was the man Israel has hunted for more than a year. Authorities conducted…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – DALLAS, TX – Dr. May Lau is a professor in the pediatrics department at UT Southwestern Medical Center specializing in adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Paxton’s lawsuit claims that Dr. Lau provided hormone replacement therapy to 21 minors, and used false diagnoses and billing codes in order to hide illegal prescriptions. Last year,…… MORE