WASHINGTON — African-Americans and Latinos are vastly overrepresented when it comes to coronavirus infections, according to an analysis released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday morning. The findings provide additional confirmation that, as the CDC’s own report says, black and brown communities have been “disproportionately affected” by the pandemic. African-Americans account […]
Reuters A supervisor with Philadelphia’s Family Court was fired after a video circulated online showing him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs and telling bystanders that black lives don’t matter to him. The video shows Michael Henkel marching along a sidewalk tearing Black Lives Matter signs from fences and walls. When a bystander yells “black […]
Click here to read the full article. It isn’t entirely clear what is taking place along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates Chinese and Indian-controlled territory along the Himalayas. However, the more credible voices in the Indian commentariat contend that in May, China made a series of ingresses along the undemarcated, disputed “line” […]
As coronavirus cases continue to climb in more than 20 states, raising fears of a second wave of hospitalizations and deaths, some politicians have taken to waving away the worrisome news with a rudimentary, reassuring explanation. Of course the number of COVID-19 cases is going up, they say. That’s what happens when you test more […]
Dan Egan’s formal title right now is Director of Behavioral Finance and Investing at robo-advisor Betterment, but on his personal web site, he describes his life’s work as “helping us lead more fulfilling, smarter lives by understanding how psychology interacts with design, money, investing, spending and randomness.” In practice, that means Egan helps design portfolios […]
Harrods, along with thousands of other U.K. shops, opened its doors for the first time in three months on Monday as Brits emerged from lockdown and stood in long lines to buy clothing, electronics and beauty products. Figures showed footfall — or the number of people entering a shopping area — increased 50.5% compared with […]
The three major benchmark indexes suffered their biggest weekly losses since March 20 last week, as the Federal Reserve’s downbeat economic outlook and rising coronavirus cases unsettled investors. Fears of a second wave grew over the weekend and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.61% was 310 points lower, or 1.2%, in early trading. However, […]
United Airlines and other major U.S. carriers are putting some teeth into their face-mask policies, saying passengers who flout the rules may be banned from flying. United UAL, -1.66% has required face masks for passengers since May 4, but on Monday, the airline said that starting June 18, those who don’t comply with the rules […]
Billionaire Leon Cooperman on Monday said that the emergence of individual investors eagerly scooping up stocks that have been rocked amid the coronavirus-induced downturn will ultimately not end well for those individual investors. The ‘Robinhood markets are going to end in tears,” said Cooperman during CNBC’s show “Halftime Report” on Monday, referring to the popular […]
Click here to read the full article. The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said that there is “actually no military component” to the maximum pressure campaign against Iran, reversing comments made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in January. U.S. forces killed Iranian spymaster Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani as he arrived in […]