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Today in History: January 19, Howard Hughes sets coast-to-coast flight record
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Fri,01/10/25-3:43PM , 25 Reads
Today is Sunday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2025. There are 346 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Jan. 19, 1937, Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental air speed record in his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

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How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 1/10/2025
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Fri,01/10/25-3:20PM , 127 Reads
U.S. stocks dropped on worries that good news on the job market may prove to be bad for Wall Street by keeping inflation and interest rates high.

The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.6%.
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A staircase is left partially standing in a property in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Disney pledges $15 million in Los Angeles fire aid as more stars learn they've lost their homes
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Fri,01/10/25-2:18PM , 326 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
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A child washes her hands at a day care center in Connecticut on Thursday Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

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It's sick season. Here's how to protect yourself from norovirus, COVID-19, flu and RSV
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,01/10/25-2:06PM , 148 Reads
In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds.
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