• The Telegraph

    Mary Law, actress who among many roles enjoyed two spells as the lead in The Mousetrap – obituary

    Mary Law, who has died aged 91, had two stints playing the anxious guest-house proprietress Mollie Ralston in Agatha Christie’s long-running West End show The Mousetrap; she was also a stalwart of 1950s television, becoming the first British TV actress to go into space – as the science student Janet Campbell in the children’s series The Lost Planet (1954) – and making a fleeting appearance in the hospital soap opera Emergency Ward 10.

  • BBC

    Major protests at US universities

    Protests have erupted across more than two dozen campuses, including New York, Texas and California.

  • Yahoo Finance Video

    Inflation data could force Fed's hand on rate hikes: Economist

    March's Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) data arrived hotter than expected and GDP figures point to an economic slowdown. In this environment, economists and investors alike are revisiting the Federal Reserve's rate cut outlook. Stifel Financial Chief Economist Lindsey Piegza joins Yahoo Finance to discuss the prospects for Fed cuts. Piegza notes that although March's PCE did not show "a material increase" in inflation, the Fed had been "expecting a sizable reversal" supporting the disinflationary trend. She suggests that this report could force another adjustment to the Fed's outlook and further delay any near-term rate cuts, with the possibility of rate hikes even coming back into consideration. Regarding consumer behavior, Piegza acknowledges that the consumer remains "very resilient." However, she observes that consumers are becoming more cost-conscious, carefully weighing their spending decisions and seeking value, leading to a slowdown in "broad-based growth." "Without more of a meaningful decline or improvement in inflation, after that minimal concession, I think the Fed's hands are tied, and we'd likely see the Fed move back to the sidelines for a second, extended pause," Piegza tells Yahoo Finance. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance. This post was written by Angel Smith