A 27-year-old woman has been arrested for hiding a loaded firearm at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to USA TODAY. Officers say Marcia Temple hid her purse behind a planter before proceeding through security metal detectors at the Disney Ticket and Transportation Center on Oct. 8, according to a redacted incident report provided […]
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats speaks during a press briefing at the White House in July 2019. AFP/Getty Images “ “They’re the New England Patriots of messing with elections. I think they do it better than anybody else.” ” That’s Dan Coats, President Donald Trump’s former Director of National Intelligence, in an interview with […]
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet’s Google all reported earnings Thursday. AFP via Getty Images Federal antitrust charges against Alphabet Inc.’s Google; advertiser and user boycotts of Facebook Inc.; increasing scrutiny of Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. by the news media and government regulators — all in the middle of a pandemic. Yet, when Big Tech […]
With just five days left until the election, President Trump and his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, spent Thursday focused on the key battleground state of Florida, holding dueling rallies there. For Trump, who is behind in numerous swing state polls, Florida increasingly looks essential to his prospects for being reelected. Biden doesn’t necessarily […]
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad – REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad tweeted Thursday Muslims had a right “to kill millions of French people” after a deadly attack in Nice, sparking widespread anger and prompting Twitter to delete his post. Three people were killed at a church in the southern French city, […]
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks just days ahead of Tuesday’s election. Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A win for Joe Biden in the presidential election is likely to be beneficial for European stocks, strategists say, with a number of sectors set to stand out. The Democratic nominee and former vice president has long held a […]
It’s a seller’s market in some areas, and big home-sale gains are likely. Great, if you’re a seller. But what about taxes? Getty Images/iStock For all the obvious reasons, many suburban real estate markets are red hot. In these seller’s markets, big home-sale gains are likely. Great, if you’re a seller. But what about taxes? […]
Pinterest Inc. continued to experience a surge in new users during the COVID-19 pandemic . iStock/Getty Images Pinterest Inc. and Snap Inc. have pushed hopes for an online-advertising rebound from the doldrums experienced early in the COVID-19 pandemic, but the optimism that has spilled over to the entire sector — especially Facebook Inc. — may […]
Miles Taylor with President Trump in the Oval Office. (Miles Taylor via Twitter) The author of an anonymous 2018 New York Times op-ed that depicted President Trump as a danger to the nation whose destructive impulses were being thwarted by patriotic administration officials revealed his identity on Wednesday, more than two years later. “Donald Trump […]
Nursing staff prepare the use of a lung machine for a COVID-19 patient in the dedicated intensive care unit of the university hospital in Essen, western Germany, on October 28, 2020. ina fassbender/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images All across Europe, governments are introducing new measures to fight a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The region’s top […]