The Latest: 09/16/2026 05:59pm ET

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1:00This is a new trend to the committee's 2% goal. This committee will deliver price stability. It was a unanimous decision by the board, worse as US productivity growth and spending remains solid, as well as the job sector despite geopolitical conflicts. Total PC inflation runs at 3.7% this year and falls to 2.3% next year. President Trump is now posting on social media demanding the Fed's slash interest rates to 1% or less. Another rate decision comes at the end of October. In Los Angeles, at least 5 people are dead, including those on board a news helicopter that was covering a fatal bus accident last night. Providing coverage for KNBC and sister station Telemundo 52 when it went down. Killing the pilot and a reporter along with a pedestrian on the ground. Two people were killed when an SUV slammed into the side of a metro bus and the accident the news crew was covering. Rapper Macklemore is donating the $1 million he earned opening for Ed Sheeran's loop tour to organizations that support Palestinians.

2:03This just days after Macklemore was dropped from the remainder of the tour following pro-Palestinian remarks he made during a concert at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium. He puts the blame on New England Patriot's owner Robert Kraft claiming he persuaded other stadium owners to not allow him to perform. He's challenging Kraft to match the $1 million contribution, saying perhaps we can't agree on Palestinians' lives being worth protecting. Wall Street closed trading today with stocks lower at the closing bell the Dow Jones had lost 631 points. The S&P 500 fell by 33 points than Azdaq dropped 3 points. I'm Scott Carr. Lawmakers in the U.S. House say they'll leave Washington tonight for the last time before the November midterm elections. This after Republican leaders in the House and they were canceling votes set for Thursday, meaning the House will not vote on Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey's resolution to impeach the Secretary of War Pete Higgsf. The House will take no action on anything until after Election Day.

3:05Amazon says it'll raise wages for some of its workers and give all of their workers in the U.S. at discount on groceries. Monica Nelson has more. The online retail giant also runs Whole Foods Market stores and will give its workers 10% off groceries ordered online through Amazon and Whole Foods and 20% in store at the grocery stores starting October 1st. The new minimum starting pay for full-time core operations employees will be $20 an hour dollar increase for qualifying workers. Monica Nelson. NFL superstar Travis Kelsey is one of the victims being named in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme when D. Swanson has details. The Kansas City Chiefs player was named in court on Tuesday as Sidot Joar was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Sidot defrauded investors out of more than $35 million. Prosecutor said after his bet on a single investment failed, he used new investor cash to pay earlier investors. It was not revealed how much money Kelsey lost in the scheme. I'm Wendy Swanson. Four of the original heartbreakers who played with Tom Petty are set to reunite tonight.

4:09My Campbell, Ben Monten, Stan lunch and Ron Blair will perform with Chris Stapleton at the Americana Honors in a Ward Show in Nashville. It's in support of an upcoming box set that will feature unreleased music from the earliest days of Tom Petty in the heartbreakers. That's set to drop November 6th. The band will also take part in a panel on the 50th anniversary of the heartbreakers and Americana Fast on Thursday. I'm Scott Carr.