Amid fear and concern in the wake of attack, some local leaders say Trump directly fanned the flames of racist hatred. El Paso, US – Ms Reese, 85, was just buying some milk when the warning sign came. “The boy that was working at the isle suddenly looked at me and gestured I had to go to […]
SAN JOSE (NYTIMES) – Anthony Levandowski was once one of Silicon Valley’s most sought-after technologists. As a pioneer of self-driving car technology, he became a confidant of Mr Larry Page, a co-founder of Google, and helped develop the search giant’s autonomous vehicles. Uber wooed him to gain an edge in self-driving techniques. But Tuesday, Levandowski, […]
The College Board, the company that administers the SAT exam, said on Tuesday that it would withdraw its much-debated plan to include a so-called adversity score on student test results, saying it had erred in distilling the challenges faced by college applicants to a single number. The adversity score was made up of the average […]
A Palestinian student from Lebanon who was set to begin his freshman year at Harvard was denied entry to the United States after immigration officials objected to his friends’ social media posts, he said this week, prompting furor among free-speech advocates. The student, Ismail B. Ajjawi, 17, landed at Logan International Airport in Boston on […]
A drive-in movie theatre just outside Lumsden, Sask., says they are being forced to close down due to a ruling from the rural municipality. In a Facebook post, Moonlight Movies Drive-In says they are ceasing operations after the RM of Lumsden reportedly said their business creates a traffic safety concern along Highway 20 and the […]
Two-and-a-half years after floods severely damaged Graham Checkland’s basement condo, he still hasn’t been able to move back into his home. But he’s paid $25,000 in mortgage and condo fees ever since — a huge sum on a janitor’s salary. Despite the money he’s spending, his condo remains unlivable. “I have a wife and a […]
With a donation from Tim Hortons franchises in London, the Old East Village Community Association fund for those impacted by a recent gas explosion in the neighbourhood has reached more than $150,000. Twelve franchise owners with the help of Tims corporate office raised a combined total of $33,000 in the wake of the recent incident […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – Last month, US Attorney-General William Barr booked President Donald Trump’s Washington DC hotel for a 200-person holiday party in December that is likely to deliver Trump’s business more than US$30,000 (S$40,000) in revenue. Barr signed a contract, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, for a “Family Holiday […]
The executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans — the group’s first woman to have that position — has resigned following the group’s endorsement of President Trump’s reelection, the second official to step down in as many weeks. The group’s chairman, Robert Kabel, and vice chair, Jill Homan, made the surprise endorsement in an Aug. 15 […]
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