“ ‘This is a moment when many people may want nothing more than a return to normalcy, or to a status quo that is only comfortable if we avert our gaze from injustice. As difficult as it may be to admit, that desire is itself a sign of privilege.’ ” That’s Apple AAPL, -0.09% Chief […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter was arrested at a Manhattan protest on Saturday night, law enforcement sources told The Post on Sunday. Chiara de Blasio, 25, was taken into custody around 10:30 p.m. after cops declared an unlawful assembly at 12th Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan, the sources said. “That was […]
As if the pandemic isn’t enough. Meghan Shue, investment strategist as Wilmington Trust, says that while the coronavirus is still the biggest risk facing the stock market, another freshening headwind could hobble the recent rally. “ ‘We are definitely worried about U.S.-China tensions escalating. We’ve seen them bubbling up in recent days and weeks… There […]
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A tanker truck drove through thousands of people marching on a Minneapolis highway to protest the death of George Floyd on Sunday before protesters dragged the driver from the cab and beat him, according to a Reuters witness and authorities. It did not appear any of the marchers were injured when the […]
WASHINGTON — Downtown Washington, D.C., was filled with flames and broken glass in the early hours of Sunday morning as large groups of protesters moved through the city for the second straight night. The protesters caused extensive damage to businesses in the blocks surrounding the White House after a large contingent of law enforcement — […]
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on Saturday successfully launches the first astronauts into space from U.S. soil in nine years. The capsule carrying NASA astronauts reached orbit on its way to the International Space Station. See full story. Record rise in unemployment casts a shadow over Trump’s re-election bid If Americans vote their […]
A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. NASA’s Doug Hurley […]
If you’re an investor who doesn’t want to miss out on the next big trend, you had better pay attention to what’s going on in space. When people think about the space business, they may be excited that on Saturday the U.S. finally regained the ability to send people into orbit. That’s a matter of […]
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