“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865.
U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will both be closed on the federal holiday but will reopen for regular trading hours on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general.
Atlanta won in overtime Saturday night in Boston, 119-115, over the Celtics. Trae Young hit three, 3-pointers and scored 28 to pace the attack for the Hawks. The Knicks have been battling inconsistency winning just 4 of their last 10 games. Friday night they lost at home to the Timberwolves 116-99.
On this Martin Luther King Jr. day, there won’t be many employees at their desks inside the Predators front offices - but they won’t be sitting on their couches at home either.