The US is embroiled in a debate over racism in the police Police in the US state of Georgia say a sheriff’s deputy has been fired after video emerged showing him pinning a black man to the floor and punching him in the face. Roderick Walker, 26, was a passenger in a car that was […]
The impending sale of Arm Holdings to Nvidia Corp. for $40 billion could have wide-ranging implications for the global semiconductor industry, further elevating one of its highest fliers and unwinding another big bet by SoftBank Group Corp. The Japanese technology conglomerate said late Sunday that it has reached a deal to sell Arm to Nvidia […]
TikTok’s campus in Culver City, Calif. AFP/Getty Images Oracle Corp. will reportedly take over TikTok’s business in the U.S. after China’s ByteDance rejected Microsoft Corp.’s offer. The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday that Oracle ORCL, -0.57% had been chosen as the winner in bidding for TikTok, and that an announcement would be made soon […]
“ “Nothing more could have been done. Nothing more could have been done.” ” That’s what President Donald Trump told journalist Bob Woodward in August of the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Woodward revealed on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday night. By that time, more than 167,000 Americans had died from COVID-19, and […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Sunday to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for U.S. seniors by more closely aligning prices with what pharmaceutical companies charge in other countries. The order, part of Trump’s broader focus on prescription drugs ahead of the November election, is unlikely to have an immediate […]
The chief executive of Phizer Inc. said Sunday that the pharmaceutical giant should know if its experimental COVID-19 vaccine works by the end of October — and if approved, it could be distributed in the U.S. by the end of the year. In an interview Sunday with CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” CEO Albert Bourla […]
The 31-year-old female deputy and 24-year-old male deputy both underwent surgery Saturday evening, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a late-night news conference. | Christian Monterrosa/AP Photo By ASSOCIATED PRESS 09/13/2020 10:03 AM EDT Updated: 09/13/2020 10:04 AM EDT COMPTON, Calif. — The shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in an apparent ambush prompted […]
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President Donald Trump on Saturday offered a boost to the ethanol industry as he courts farmers and biofuel producers in Midwestern swing states before the November election. Trump has approved using existing filling station pumps to distribute higher-ethanol gasoline. “Subject only to State approval, our important Ethanol Industry will be allowed to use the 10% […]