Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman issued a call on Friday for the U.S. to fix soaring wealth inequality and save capitalism by giving every child born in America an investment account. Like other wealthy investors, the billionaire hedge fund manager has called for governments to attack the growing gap between the rich and […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (REUTERS) – Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago 354km off Brazil’s northeastern coast famous for abundant sea life, pristine beaches and dramatic mountainsides rising above the coast, is trying a novel method for fighting the coronavirus. Only tourists who have already had Covid-19 and recovered will be allowed onto the island chain, according […]
Manhattan DA’s office has said their subpoena is justified due to public reports of Trump Organization misconduct. Lawyers for a Manhattan prosecutor trying to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns have told a judge that the request is justified because of public reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization”. Manhattan District […]
Reports have detailed DHS intelligence reports on journalists and monitoring of peaceful protesters’ messages. The United States House Intelligence Committee has launched an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence office, including its actions during protests in Portland, Oregon and its involvement in other anti-racism demonstrations across the country. In a letter to DHS […]
A black man has been freed after spending more than 40 years in jail for a rape he ‘did not commit’. Ronnie Long, 64, was 20 when he was sentenced to 80 years in prison for allegedly attacking a white woman in his hometown of Concord, New Carolina, USA in 1976. He maintained his innocence […]
Donald Trump has suggested people in the midst of Hurricane Laura could sell his autograph for $10,000. The US president was in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Saturday to see the damage from the hurricane and to be briefed on the disaster and federal response. He signed autographs for some of those listening, saying they could […]
Trump narrowly lost New Hampshire to Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, and is trailing Biden there this year. US President Donald Trump has described anti-racism protesters as “rioters” and “looters”, and claimed his administration was all that stood “between the American people and the left-wing mob”. During a campaign stop on Friday in the politically important […]
There’s an engraving on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial commemorating Dr Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech in 1963. It’s difficult to spot on the white marble and so, periodically, someone uses water to darken and define the inscription. It’s the re-anointment of the civil rights icon and his “coalition of conscience” […]
Keith Nelson put to death for rape and murder of 10-year-old girl in 1999 as victim’s mother, sister witness execution. A Kansas girl’s killer became the fifth federal inmate put to death this year in the United States on Friday in an execution that went forward after a high court tossed a ruling that would […]
(Reuters) – Casino operator MGM Resorts International <MGM.N> informed its staff on Friday it would lay off 18,000 furloughed employees in the United States as the coronavirus-induced travel curbs hurt its operations. The company will start the process on Monday, according to a letter from Chief Executive Officer Bill Hornbuckle to employees and seen by […]