Days after director James Toback was accused by dozens of women of sexual harassment and, in some cases, assault over the years, Selma Blair and Rachel McAdams have shared their personal stories in first-person accounts with Vanity Fair. On Sunday, The Los Angeles Times ran a report featuring 38 women […]
FAN Editor
Heavy rain and wind forecast to hammer East Coast on Sandy anniversary
A developing coastal storm is forecast to lash the East Coast with punishing rains and wind over the weekend and into Monday. The system is currently battering portions of Nicaragua and Honduras, according to ABC News meteorologists. There is a 40 percent chance it will develop into a tropical depression […]
Labor Department: Solar, wind jobs to boom over next decade
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, but new data from the federal agency that tracks employment growth suggests blue-collar job seekers would do better to look to clean energy. Continue Reading Below According to projections released this week by the Bureau of Labor […]
Trump signs $36.5 billion emergency aid bill for disasters
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has signed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure to refill disaster accounts, provide a cash infusion to Puerto Rico and bail out the federal flood insurance program. Continue Reading Below The president signed the bill Thursday after the Senate sent him the measure earlier this […]
Congressional committees probe Puerto Rico contract award
WASHINGTON – Multiple committees in the House and Senate are investigating a $300 million contract awarded to a small Montana company to help restore Puerto Rico’s damaged power grid. Continue Reading Below The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority awarded the contract to tiny Whitefish Energy Holdings to restore transmission and […]
Federer not hanging around as he races through in Basel
FILE PHOTO: Tennis – ATP 500 – Swiss Indoors Basel – 1st round – St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland – October 24, 2017 – Roger Federer of Switzerland in action against Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann October 26, 2017 By Martyn Herman BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Top seed Roger […]
Amazon sales surge after Whole Foods acquisition, busy Prime Day
FILE PHOTO – The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo October 26, 2017 By Jeffrey Dastin and Aishwarya Venugopal (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> on Thursday said its sales surged over the summer and profit trounced […]
Alphabet revenue jumps 24 percent on mobile advertising growth
FILE PHOTO – The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo October 26, 2017 (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc <GOOGL.O> reported a 24 percent jump in quarterly revenue on robust mobile advertising. The company’s shares were up nearly […]
Trump declares opioid crisis a national public health emergency
President Donald Trump officially declared the opioid epidemic a “national public health emergency” in an announcement at the White House Thursday. The move diverges from previous promises — even as recently as Wednesday night — to declare the epidemic a “national emergency.” “Effective today my administration is officially declaring the […]
Obamacare health plans still available despite uncertainty over law’s future
On Wednesday, Nov. 1, insurance marketplaces will begin open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. But with so much attention focused on the debate surrounding repealing the law, many are bewildered about their coverage options through the law, or if there will even be insurance to buy. “The […]