DALLAS (AP) — The FBI recently opened a criminal investigation into claims that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton abused his office to benefit a wealthy donor. The probe, which was confirmed to The Associated Press by two people with knowledge of it who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, marks […]
CANTON, Ga. — In the high stakes runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats that will decide which party controls the chamber under President-elect Joe Biden, incumbent Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are looking to bring in big GOP names to stump alongside them, while Democrats are choosing to keep things local. On […]
Mere hours after an embarrassing press conference, President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani suggested that someone should “cut the head off” Democratic leaders. Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity, Giuliani used a throat-slitting gesture after making baseless claims about the electoral process, including a conspiracy that a German company coordinated with the Biden campaign […]
Many Americans steered clear of hospitals early in the pandemic for fear of contracting the coronavirus. Chandan Khanna/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Amid shelter-in-place orders and school closures aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19, the share of children’s emergency-department visits related to mental health has risen substantially during the pandemic, a new U.S. Centers for Disease […]
‘It’s not just the poorest families who are facing this struggle,’ one recent report said. Photo by Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The country’s most food-centric holiday is likely to inspire a deluge of donations and volunteerism — but do-gooders should keep up the action even after Thanksgiving passes, advocates say. Pandemic restrictions have left millions of […]
The idea of student-debt cancellation initially bubbled up during Occupy Wall Street. Now it’s closer to becoming reality. Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images If you’ve been on Twitter TWTR, +2.43% lately you may have heard that there’s a possibility that President-elect Joe Biden would cancel some student debt — and you likely saw a lot of […]
Some 30 to 40 million Americans grind their teeth at any given point during the day or night. Many don’t even experience any pain, but that’s changed during the pandemic. MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Americans are fighting through the coronavirus pandemic tooth and nail. Since March, Americans have seen their family, work and home lives disrupted […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Tennessee can begin outlawing abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, as well as prohibit the procedure if it’s based on the race or gender of the fetus. Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee enacted the so-called “reason bans” earlier this year as […]
Peter Beilenson referred to ‘yellow folks’ (Sacramento County) A California city’s chief health official referred to Asian Americans as “yellow folk” during a meeting about racism as a public health crisis. Sacramento County health director Dr Peter Beilenson used the term, widely considered a racist slur, while speaking in support of the resolution earlier this […]
Shares of Nvidia were up 129% for 2020 through Nov. 18. (Getty Images) Investors love momentum stocks, especially if they have jumped on the bandwagon before it’s too late. Then again, maybe it’s too easy to say “too late.” What would you have thought if I had shown you this chart after the market closed […]