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Marshall mall property up for sale

MARSHALL — The Market Street Mall in Marshall is up for sale, the current property owner confirmed this week. However, that doesn’t mean that Kal’s Motor Group of Marshall has plans to close, he said. “At this point, I’m trying to sell the real estate,” owner Dan Kallevig said ...

Oil prices keep rising and weigh on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell Tuesday in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. The S&P 500 sank 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 628 points, or 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dipped 0.3%. They felt pressure from rising oil prices after a barrel of Brent crude briefly climbed as high as $99.46. It later settled at $97.92, up 0.9%, to continue its run from roughly $72 in early July as increased fighting in the Middle East keeps the global flow of oil constricted. More expensive oil ...

Crime

MARSHALL — A report was sent to the city attorney’s office for consideration of assault charges against a Marshall woman, 35, in an incident at 10:51 p.m. Monday on the 200 block of Rainbow Drive, Marshall Police said. TRACY — Theft was reported at 6:32 p.m. Monday on Highline Road, Tracy Police said. No further information was available. MINNEOTA — Burglary was reported at 6:20 p.m. Monday on the 100 block of North Washington Street, Minneota Police said. No further information was available. MARSHALL — A total of 8 people were cited for underage consumption, ...

Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet's fiery runway crash

MIAMI (AP) — Federal investigators examining why an Amazon cargo jet barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport and into vehicles, killing at least five people, are likely to focus on a crucial moment in the landing: whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Video of Sunday’s landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down. Aviation experts said investigators will seek to determine exactly where the plane landed, whether it was beyond the normal touchdown zone, and why the pilots did not abandon the ...

‘Just eat the Oreos’

TRACY — It was advertised as a pie eating contest, but at Box Car Days on Saturday, it was all about the Oreo Cookies. Youths and some adults signed up for the contest inside the beer tent. The goal to win was to find the Oreo Cookies underneath a big pile of Whipped Cream on a plate. The ...

The poorest can't find housing even as low-income units sit empty

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mathew Davis, who lives in a homeless shelter in Austin, Texas, would love an apartment of his own. But with the little money he makes donating blood plasma, even a $450-a-month tiny home with no running water and a communal bathroom would be a stretch. Meanwhile, over 4,500 units the city classifies as affordable — nearly 16% — sit empty. “I don’t make enough money really to afford anything,” Davis, 49, said of the few hundred dollars he earns a month. “I just keep trying to swim uphill.” The poorest people in the U.S. face the most acute ...