Shooter opens fire into park in Louisville, Kentucky (Reuters) – Police arrested a man over a weekend shooting that killed one person in a park in Louisville, Kentucky that has become a center for protests against the police killing of a Black woman in her home in March. The suspect taken into custody had opened […]
Sama El-Masry at the 38th Cairo International Film Festival – AFP A high-profile Egyptian belly dancer has been sentenced to three years in prison and received a £15,000 fine for sharing photos and videos of herself on social media that were deemed to incite “debauchery” and “immorality” in a country with conservative social norms. Cairo’s Misdemeanours […]
“ ‘If you don’t have a tail hedge, I suggest not being in the market we’re facing a huge amount of uncertainty.’ ” That’s “Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb offering his view on the risks swirling in the market and a growing lack of clarity about the future in the […]
Buckle up, Wall Street investors! The ride from here could get a lot bumpier after the Dow registered its worst one-day loss since June 11 on Friday, knocking the blue-chip index to its lowest point since May 26, and at least momentarily knocking the wind out of equity investors who may be gradually losing their […]
Investors already got fooled once after several million people returned to work in May. They might get fooled again in June, but they worry the next surprise won’t be so pleasant. Wall Street DJIA, -2.83% predicts the U.S. regained an additional 3 million jobs in June, with forecasts going as high as 8 million. The […]
“ All I hear is old-timers say that the retail bros are going to get crushed. That they’ve lived through this before. That the pride comes before the fall…Yet here I am. Beating them like a drum for the past three months at their own game. ” That’s Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy appearing to […]
During his lunch breaks, Elijah McClain sometimes played the violin for animals at the local shelter. He thought they, too, deserved some music in their lives. He was not like other 23-year-olds. He craved space to be himself, and when officers of the Aurora, Colo., police department approached him on the evening of Aug. 24, […]
With food-at-home in high demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, Albertsons Cos. has filed paperwork to go public. Albertsons ACI, -3.43% began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday under the ticker symbol “ACI.” Shares immediately fell before rising and then ending down 3.4%. Late Thursday, the company priced its IPO at $16 […]
European Union member states have drawn up a list of 15 countries whose citizens may be allowed to travel again to the bloc starting July 1 that excludes the U.S. but includes Canada, Japan and possibly China, diplomats said. A final decision is yet to be taken on the list, but diplomats said they were […]