for the holidays. the stand in williamson county, texas, caught fire on monday, igniting the fireworks. firefighters brought the blaze under control. no one was injured. the cause of that was under investigation. it would have been better at night. firefighters in poke county, going beyond the call of duty, saving christmas presents after responding to a fire over the weekend. crews went in to retrieve the gifts and the christmas tree. all of the gifts and the tree were undamaged. a 6-year-old, er cancer patient bringing gifts to a hospital where she underwent treatment. poppy was diagnosed with leukemia around christmas last year.
like futures are barely moving. flat on this shortened trading day. the stocks closing at all-time highs again, on monday. the dow closing up 96 points. the s&p and the nasdaq edging up slightly. the markets will be closing at 1:00 p.m. for christmas eve and will be closed entirely tomorrow for christmas. the newest car company on the block just had its biggest investment yet. rivian raised $1.3 billion. the investment rivian s fund-raising to almost $3 million. it s building its own pickup and suv, and helping ford develop a new plug-in battery vehicle. it is also making electric fans for amazon. rivian is seen as the biggest competition for tesla s cyber