Fulton County election workers examine ballots while vote counting at State Farm Arena on Thursday in Atlanta. AFP via Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden was edging closer to winning the presidency late Friday, as he led President Donald Trump in key battleground states and ballots continued to be processed late into the night. […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, shown at a 2019 swearing-in event, responded Friday to a petition by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to require the sequestering of ballots received after Election Day in case it is later ruled that the state decision to extend the deadline because of the pandemic and post-office slowdowns is illegal. […]
Sony’s PlayStation 5. (Sony) Almost all investment advisers tell clients to own diversified portfolios, but many investors hold concentrated positions, notably in technology stocks. A way to diversify holdings is to find out how concentrated your index is and do something about it: Lower that concentration, increase your exposure to stock markets outside the U.S. […]
A 7-year-old girl holds a sign as she sits on her father’s shoulders during a demonstration at the Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the White House on Friday. Samuel Corum/Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice […]
Beyond Meat continues to launch new products and expand distribution, but faces competition. Beyond Meat Beyond Meat Inc. BYND, -0.11% is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Monday amid a competitive landscape that seems to grow more crowded by the day. Over the past couple of months, Beyond Meat has announced a flurry of news […]
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has asked Attorney General Bill Barr to send federal agents to Pennsylvania to arrest poll workers. He cited no evidence to back his demand. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday night, Gingrich discussed one of the Trump campaign’s lawsuits in which the president’s team complained that […]
DELAFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A man suspected of shooting two police officers in Wisconsin on Friday and who is wanted in North Dakota for attempted murder has been arrested, police said. Delafield Police Chief Erik Kehl says the man was arrested without resistance in a field not far from the Holiday Inn where the officers […]
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh suggested that the Supreme Court should hand down a compromise ruling in a case involving a Catholic foster-care agency that won’t work with same-sex couples. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) A Catholic social-services agency urged the Supreme Court this week to rule that the agency can participate in the city […]
Supporters of US President Donald Trump protests outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on November 5, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania continues to count votes from the November 3 election. KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images Philadelphia police are investigating allegations that an armed group may have been planning to attack the center-city location where ballots […]
An active-duty soldier at Fort Hood in Texas has been charged with murdering a 32-year-old woman over a year ago. Killeen, Texas police say Spc. Corey Grafton, 20, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the July 2019 death of Chelsea Cheatham. Chelsea Cheatham in undated photo / Credit: Law enforcement/KWTX-TV Police said Cheatham was found unconscious […]