FILE PHOTO: Security forces look on while clashing with opposition supporters participating in a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government and to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the end of the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez in Tachira, Venezuela January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/File Photo January 24, 2019 […]
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Man who can’t swim jumps into lake while fleeing police, gets arrested
A Florida man fleeing the law decided to jump into a lake to avoid authorities even though he didn’t know how to swim. Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of suspicious activity on Friday around 11 a.m. to find the man entering a parked van on the side […]
PG&E shares soar after investigators clear firm of causing 2017 fire
PG&E files for bankruptcy following California wildfires Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) discusses how PG&E filed for bankruptcy following the California wildfires and how California lawmakers traveled to Hawaii with utility executives last year, while the wildfires destroyed parts of The Golden State. PG&E shares skyrocketed Thursday — at one point soaring […]
2 men tied to Minnesota mosque bombing expected to plead guilty
Two men accused of bombing a mosque in Minnesota are expected to enter guilty pleas today. The attack took place in August 2017 at Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. The blast, which investigators later connected to an improvised explosive device, went off at around 5:00 a.m. on Aug. […]
Gen. Colin Powell shares roadside good deed encounter on Facebook
Retired four-star Gen. Colin L. Powell took to Facebook and called on the nation to “take care of each other” after a roadside encounter with one former Afghanistan civilian employee. Powell was driving down Interstate 495 on his way the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when his left front […]
The CEO of Goldman Sachs reveals one of the hardest parts about his job that he never saw coming
David Solomon may have been groomed for his role as CEO of Goldman Sachs, but there was one downside that still came as a surprise to him. “I’ve counseled CEOs for a long time and have had a lot of CEOs talk to me about what it feels like to […]
Venezuelan oil sanctions could hit your wallet
The current crisis and unrest in Venezuela could lead to sanctions against the country’s oil exports, which could cause your gas and diesel prices to spike. Continue Reading Below Where have we seen this story before? Once again, the promise of a nation was lost as socialist dictators — who […]
Starbucks shares jump on stronger-than-expected sales
Shares of Starbucks ticked up 1 percent after the company reported better-than-expected sales growth, with customers spending more on their lattes and Frappuccinos. The coffee giant reported revenue of $6.63 billion, beating Refinitiv estimates of $6.49 billion for the quarter. “We are particularly pleased with the sequential improvement in quarterly […]
Iowa’s controversial ‘heartbeat’ abortion law deemed unconstitutional
A controversial law in Iowa that sought to ban women from getting abortions after a fetal heartbeat was detected has been ruled unconstitutional by a state judge. The so-called “heartbeat bill” never went into effect in Iowa because it faced legal challenges ever since Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it into […]
Elizabeth Warren plans to propose a “wealth tax”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Call me a radical” Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to propose a “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in an effort to combat inequality in the United States, according to an academic adviser behind the tax. If implemented, the tax would raise $2.75 trillion over a […]