HONG KONG — Simmering tensions over national security laws proposed by Beijing spilled over in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with police firing pepper pellets into crowds of protesters and arresting more than 300 people. Riot police flooded central Hong Kong as people of all ages took to the streets to protest the territory’s legislators preparing […]
Dear Moneyist, My mother claimed me as a dependent in 2019, but I was not aware of this, I had a 2018 and 2019 annual gross income of zero. I was staying with her when she claimed me as a dependant. I am not upset with her. I understand that, at the time, it helped […]
Walmart Inc. said early Wednesday that it has partnered with clothing and accessories reseller ThredUp to bring secondhand clothing and a variety of new brands to the Walmart website. The retail giant already has a stable of private-label fashion brands, including Time and Tru and Terra & Sky, as well as exclusive celebrity brands like […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak is preparing to cut up to 20% of its workforce in the next fiscal year as the national railroad continues to suffer from a huge decline in ridership as the coronavirus pandemic brought most travel to a halt. Ridership and ticket revenue at the company have fallen by 95% since the pandemic […]
America is staring down a widespread COVID-19 testing shortage with no vaccine in sight. So what happens when coronavirus makes its unceremonious return? On Monday, Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program and former epidemiologist specializing in infectious disease and public health, warned Monday of complacency surrounding relaxation of social […]
Former vice president Joe Biden has thrown his support behind canceling rent. During a recent appearance on the Snapchat SNAP, -1.47% show “Good Luck America,” the Democratic presidential candidate said he supported the idea, which has so far been promoted by progressive activists. “There should be rent forgiveness and there should be mortgage forgiveness now […]
A US Army soldier near the town of Walli Was in Paktika province, near the border with Pakistan November 5, 2012. November 5, 2012 Defense Department officials are planning to brief President Donald Trump on several options to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan, according to multiple reports. One of the options includes a complete […]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer implemented some of the toughtest cornavirus stay-at-home rules in the United States (AFP Photo/JEFF KOWALSKY) Washington (AFP) – The Michigan governor who implemented some of the toughest coronavirus lockdown rules in the United States came under heavy criticism Tuesday over allegations that her husband pressured a dock to prepare his boat […]
On a day when the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic neared 100,000, President Trump sought to direct the nation’s attention back to the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic as a way to smear the reputation of his Democratic rival Joe Biden, who was vice president at the time. Joe Biden’s handling of the […]
“I can’t breathe” were some of the last words that a handcuffed George Floyd said as he was pinned on the ground, while a white Minneapolis police officer held a knee to his neck for several minutes on Monday. Floyd, a black man, is now dead. Now the four officers from the Minneapolis Police Department […]