House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised the possibility that House lawmakers will hold off on their August break until a deal is reached on a new coronavirus relief bill, including an extension of more-generous jobless benefits. Appearing on CNN Tuesday, Pelosi was asked if she was willing to forego or delay that break. The California Democrat […]
William Marcus “Marc” Wilson believed he was standing his ground when he fired at a pickup truck he says was trying to run his car off the road as he drove home with his girlfriend one night last month. He had a licensed handgun with him, and he might have assumed that he was covered […]
juvenile detention Getty This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was co-published with the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Magazine. Grace, 15, was sentenced to juvenile detention in May for […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has executed a former employee of the defense ministry who was convicted of spying on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency, the country’s judiciary said Tuesday. It was the second such execution in the past month. The report said Reza Asgari was executed last week. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said […]
In mid-May, assets in the Vanguard Information Technology ETF VGT, -2.28% overtook those in a competing fund from the company that’s long dominated exchange-traded fund sector investing, the SPDR suite from State Street Global Advisors. It was a small industry shift that perhaps only an ETF enthusiast would have noticed, yet it may speak volumes […]
The one certainty about the outlook for companies in a COVID-19 world is that second-quarter earnings will be very bad — the worst, in fact, in more than 10 years. Although Wall Street is betting that earnings will start bouncing off the bottom in the third quarter, the beginning point for that bounce is unknown, […]
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization,, attends a press conference on June 25 in Geneva. AP GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s chief on Monday slammed some government leaders for eroding public trust by sending mixed messages on the coronavirus and warned that their failures to stop their countries’ spiraling outbreaks […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday a rollback of operations state-wide at restaurants as well as bars, zoos, wineries, museums, card rooms, and movie theatres. “This is in every county in the state of California, not just those on the watch list,” he said. He said the coronavirus was spreading at an “alarming rate.” In […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Stocks closed mostly lower Monday, with the Dow booking a modest gain, after technology stocks fell and rising coronavirus cases led California’s governor to order businesses across the state to shutter once again. See full story. Tesla’s earnings on tap next week: Will a loss end its blowout stock rally? Tesla Inc.’s […]
Having your car break down is never pleasant, but it’s probably much worse when it’s 128 degrees outside. Some unlucky visitors at Death Valley National Park ran into car trouble Sunday when the extreme heat caused their engines to give out, the park said Monday. “Yesterday’s excessive heat caused at least three vehicles in the […]