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Japanese yen weakens after BoJ announces no change to yield curve range The Japanese yen weakened against the greenback after the Bank of Japan surprised markets by keeping its yield curve tolerance band unchanged.The Japanese yen weakened 2.04% against the U.S. dollar after the announcement and last stood at 130.94.”Japan’s economy is projected to continue growing at a pace above its potential growth rate,” the central bank said in a statement. The Bank of Japan also left its interest rate unchanged at an ultra-dovish -0.1% – in line with expectations and maintaining the same rate it’s kept since 2016.—Jihye Lee, Lee Ying…

Nichols’ family spoke out against the department over the weekend, joining protesters in calling for transparency. Wells told NBC affiliate WMC reported that his stepson was placed on a dialysis machine following the stop.Wells spoke at Nichols’ memorial service Tuesday, talking about their instant connection. “From the first day that I met Tyre, I was Pops. I was Dad,” Wells said. “He embraced me. The first Father’s Day, he brought me a Father’s Day present and he was so happy. … Tyre is a great person.”LaToya Yiza, whose mother was Nichols’ godmother, remembered Nichols as a baby. She said they…

The ubiquitous reek of pot smoke is making NYC’s streets stink to high heaven. And with NYC’s first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana open since late last month — and more to follow — the haze is no longer limited to neighborhoods popular with nightcrawlers. Now it’s pervasive on Midtown sidewalks during the morning commute — and irking 9-to-5’ers. Matt, 39, a communications executive, said an assault of marijuana smoke followed him as he ascended from the subway just after 9 a.m. Tuesday and headed to his office near the Empire State Building. “I was like, ‘What the actual f…

CNN  —  Embattled freshman Rep. George Santos has been awarded seats on two low-level committees after House Republicans debated where to put the New York congressman, who is facing mounting legal issues and growing calls to resign for extensively lying about his resume. Several GOP sources told CNN that the House Republican Steering Committee, controlled by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his top allies, tapped Santos to serve on two House panels: the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Santos had privately lobbied GOP leaders to serve on two more high-profile committees, one overseeing the…

CNN  —  Ivon Adams, one of the caretakers for 4-year-old Athena Brownfield when she disappeared, allegedly beat her to death and buried her near their old house, according to court documents in the case against him. Authorities first discovered that Athena was missing on January 10, after her 5-year-old sister was seen by a mail carrier wandering unattended outside of a home in the Oklahoma town of Cyril. Adams and his wife were arrested and charged in the case last week. On Tuesday, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced it recovered the remains of a child and that they…

Where a music legend once called home. Elvis Presley laid down roots and made a lot of history at the famous Memphis, Tennessee mansion. The late King of Rock ‘n’ Roll purchased the property dubbed Graceland in 1957, one year after his career started to take off. At the time of buying the home, Elvis was in the middle of filming his second movie, Loving You, with Jailhouse Rock next on his docket. While the “Blue Suede Shoes” performer was hard at work, his parents and grandmother resided in the home until he returned from filming. In 1958, Elvis’s mother…

Another intense game of pingpong unfolded on Tuesday in the center of the Giants locker room between Saquon Barkley and Davis Webb while Leonard Williams was at the adjacent table playing doubles. The top-seeded Eagles and the foreboding Linc loom on Saturday night in an NFC divisional-round playoff game and the bond among Giants players who care and fight for one another seems to have grown even tighter. To the Brian Daboll Giants, it doesn’t matter who they play, where they play the game or when they play it. They will show up, and they will show up believing. “Look,…

She made hair extensions “popular.” Kristin Chenoweth claimed Monday that the hair extensions she wore in 2012 while filming the CBS drama “The Good Wife” saved her life during an on-set accident in Brooklyn. According to the “Wicked” star, she was at a 7-Eleven because she was craving a Slurpee when the incident involving lighting equipment occurred. “I heard, like, a flagpole sound. I heard, ‘We’re losing the light,’ and I heard, ‘Action’ — and I woke up at Bellevue [hospital],” the 54-year-old actress told Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live!” “It hit me in the face and then…

This winter, Jack Frost has totally flaked out. The city was eight days away Tuesday from setting the record for the longest snow drought in the Big Apple’s history — 322 days — leaving some New Yorkers wondering where the white stuff went. “It doesn’t feel right. It’s unsettling,” said Manhattan shop worker Ambryana Douglas, 23. “This feels like fall weather almost. I feel like we’re in October. I can walk outside in a hoodie in the middle of January, and that’s not right.” The last measurable snowfall in the five boroughs happened on March 9 of last year. If…

Protests against President Boluarte have taken place since Castillo was removed from office in December and detained.Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in the capital Lima and three other regions following protests which have killed at least 42 in recent weeks. The measure, announced late on Saturday and in force for 30 days, authorises the army to intervene to maintain order and suspends several constitutional rights such as freedom of movement and assembly. Protests against President Dina Boluarte have gripped the South American nation since leftist former President Pedro Castillo was removed from office in December and detained after he tried…