California Gov. Gavin Newsom unsuccessfully pressed President Trump on Monday to acknowledge that climate change is making wildfires worse across much of the West Coast. “We obviously feel very strongly that the hots are getting hotter, the drys are getting drier,” Newsom told Trump at a roundtable in Sacramento, Calif., where the president stopped for […]
For generations, America considered itself a democratic beacon, a shining exemplar of responsible self-governance. Now, it seems we have given up on the very idea of a one-person, one-vote democratic republic in which ordinary citizens’ voices count equally. Part of the blame lies with the Founders. But much of it lies with us, America’s citizens, for […]
A 14-year-old hunter apparently fell asleep in a Michigan field before he was run over and killed by a corn chopper, police say. The boy was dropped off in a field in Chandler Township early Saturday so he could hunt, the Huron County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Once he arrived, police believe […]
The humpback whale was spotted swimming in the East Alligator River – -/Northern Territory Government Marine authorities were puzzling on Monday over how to persuade at least one wayward humpback whale to leave a murky, crocodile-infested river in northern Australia and continue an annual migration to Antarctica. There have been no previous recorded sightings of whales in East […]
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 […]