AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the Texas House of Representatives on Sunday night to block one of the most restrictive voting laws in the U.S. from passing before a midnight deadline. The sudden revolt torpedoed the sweeping measure known as Senate Bill 7, which would have reduced polling … Read more
Shareholders of advertising group Omnicom and of Home Depot have urged the companies to investigate whether ad spending led to fraudulent advertising online. Omnicom manages $38 billion a year and shareholders petitioned to commission an independent investigation to discover whether this ad spending ended up being misdirected with fraudulent ads. How prevalent is malicious advertising … Read more
President Trump weighed in on Detroit Lions and Houston Texans players kneeling during the national anthem prior to their Thanksgiving Day football game. Trump offered a two-word response on Twitter to pictures of the Lions’ quarterback Matthew Stafford and his counterpart for the Texans, Deshaun Watson, taking a knee in protest of police brutality and racism in the U.S. “No thanks!” he wrote. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1332055759551680523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1332055759551680523%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2Ftrump-gives-two-word-response-in-reaction-to-nfl-players-kneeling-before-thanksgiving-day-game Trump … Read more
Delta Air Lines and Alitalia are launching COVID-tested, quarantine-free flights between the U.S. and Italy starting in December, resuming an air route that has been shut since the spring’s rise of the pandemic. The new program from the nation’s biggest airline and Italy’s national airline will allow a limited number of passengers to take transatlantic flights … Read more
PARIS — A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered the officers involved in the case suspended. The incident came … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is predicting the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus could hit 321,000 by mid-December. By then, hospitals could be overflowing with patients in many parts of the country — and some are already preparing. A COVID-19 triage area has been set up in the lobby of Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center to make room … Read more
Sarah Fuller would make history if the Commodores use her in a game.
The Week Biden’s White House: ‘Sipping unflavored almond milk’ after guzzling vats of Tabasco for 4 years President-elect Joe Biden will start introducing his Cabinet picks Tuesday, and the consensus in Washington was perhaps best described by Brendan Buck, a former top aide to Republican House Speakers Paul Ryan and John Boehner:> These Biden nominations … Read more
TipRanks Bull Moves: Analysts Just Upgraded These 3 Hot Stocks The world’s largest asset manager is impressed with the market’s recent gains, and it has made that sentiment clear by upgrading US stocks. In its recent reassessment of conditions in the American financial markets, investment giant BlackRock issued a general upgrade for Wall Street. This … Read more
A Long Island man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly killing his 70-year-old mother inside their home, police said. Logan Lawson, 24, called 911 at about 4 p.m. and confessed to the killing, according to police. Officers with the Suffolk County Police Department found Lawson’s mother, Barbara Lawson, dead in their Bay Shore apartment, authorities said. … Read more