Riverview Credit Union to close Vienna branch

June 14, 2025

Riverview Credit Union announced Tuesday that its Vienna branch, located at 502 Grand Central Ave., will permanently close effective Friday, Aug. 8, at 4:30 p.m. The decision was made after considering the banking preferences of West Virginia members, the increasing use of digital and online banking services, and the convenience of access to a full-service office location, officials said. Brenden Healy, the President and CEO of the Riverview Credit Union’s Marietta office, said the current Vienna location does not offer full-service amenities, such as a drive-thru or ATM, and that ...

Immigration raids on California farms seen threatening businesses supplying America’s food

June 14, 2025

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country’s food, farm bureaus say. Dozens of farmworkers have been arrested recently after uniformed federal agents fanned out on farms ...

Federal judge blocks Trump’s firing of Consumer Product Safety Commission members

June 14, 2025

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the terminations of three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission after they were fired by President Donald Trump in his effort to assert more power over independent federal agencies. The commission helps protect ...

Stock market today: Oil prices leap 7%, stocks fall on crude market worries

June 14, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are leaping, and stocks are falling Friday on worries that Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could escalate further and damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy. The S&P 500 dropped 0.6% and had been down ...

Consumer sentiment rises for 1st time this year as inflation remains tame

June 14, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fight with China. The preliminary ...

Louisiana AG investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation

June 14, 2025

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Thursday she is investigating whether pharmaceutical giant CVS improperly used customers’ personal information to send out text messages lobbying against a proposed state law. Murrill also said she plans to issue a cease-and-desist letter to the company to stop the messages. As lawmakers debated a now-failed bill on Wednesday they held up screenshots of text messages sent by CVS. “Last minute legislation in Louisiana threatens to close your CVS Pharmacy — your medication cost may go up and your ...