A Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: The New York Stock Exchange Stock futures held steady in overnight trading on Sunday after the S&P 500 posted its first losing week in three. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 20 points. S&P 500 futures […]
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QAnon’s corrosive impact on the U.S.
In just three years, the extremist ideology of QAnon has captured the minds and imaginations of tens of millions of Americans. Their core belief: a global cabal including Democrats, Hollywood elites, and members of what they call the “deep state” control much of our lives. The cabal commits atrocities including […]
Pandemic caused $220 billion of global dividend cuts in 2020, research says
Crowds, in the hundreds, thronged Singapore’s shopping belt in preparation for the festive season despite the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which has recorded a total of over 58,000 confirmed cases and 29 related deaths in Singapore on December 12, 2020. Zakaria Zainal | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images LONDON — Global […]
An activist shines light on Syria’s decade of civil war
When Mouaz Moustafa was a young boy living in Damascus, he one day joked about the sound of Bashar Al-Assad’s voice. Moustafa’s mother stopped him and urged him to whisper. “We would have to whisper that in the home, even if it was a joke,” he recalled. “Everyone lived in […]
U.S. Judge Esther Salas tells her story on 60 Minutes
Judge Esther Salas and her husband Mark described their only child Daniel as “the center of their universe.” A twenty-year-old college sophomore who “wanted to squeeze the joy out of every situation.” On July 19, 2020, the tight-knit family of three were in the basement cleaning-up from Daniel’s birthday party […]
Barcelona sees sixth night of protests for jailed rapper
Protests in support of a jailed rapper have turned violent in Barcelona for a sixth consecutive night ByThe Associated Press February 21, 2021, 10:41 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article BARCELONA, Spain — Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent for a […]
On death bed, former NYPD officer makes new claims on Malcolm X assassination
New allegations surrounding the death of Malcolm X have surfaced in a letter written by a former New York City Police Department officer on his death bed. On Jan. 25, 2011, Ray Wood, who was serving as an undercover police officer on the day of Malcolm X’s death, wrote a […]
Solving the mystery of the Appalachian hiker “Mostly Harmless”
It’s believed he started walking the Appalachian Trail sometime around April of 2017. From a state park in New York, he hiked south and, about a thousand miles and 10 months later, crossed into Florida. “I saw a man walking on the side of the road,” said Kelly Fairbanks, a […]
‘Explosion of economic activity’ may put inflation fears in check. Here’s why
National Securities’ Art Hogan believes inflation won’t spell trouble for Wall Street this year. He acknowledges rising Treasury yields typically put pressure on future growth. But in this case, Hogan sees an epic corporate earnings comeback mitigating the impact. “We’re going to see an explosion of economic activity,” the firm’s chief […]
Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Sometimes a cliché is just right. The Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore, for example, does look like a war zone. Most of the residents are African American, and what that means, not just here but nationally, is that they are being hospitalized and dying of COVID-19 at two to three […]