President Trump says he’s “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately,” after Canada announced a digital services tax on large foreign and domestic technology companies. Posting on Truth Social on Friday afternoon, the president said the U.S. will let Canada know what their tariff rate will be in the …
Read More »2 charged with murder after bride shot dead, groom and 13
Two men have been charged with murder as part of a criminal gang after a 27-year-old bride was shot dead at a wedding party in southeastern France, prosecutors said. Gunmen opened fire last Sunday at a wedding celebration in Goult, a hilltop village overlooking lavender fields, in what sources said …
Read More »Bumble to lay off 30% of workforce as dating company moves to slash costs
Bumble will lay off roughly 30% of its workforce, or 240 employees, according to a regulatory filing filed by the online dating company on Wednesday. The jobs cuts come as the company moves to reduce costs and refocus on growing its customer base. Bumble estimates the layoffs, which are slated to …
Read More »U.S. brokers deal between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to end war over mineral wealth
Johannesburg, South Africa — At the invitation of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshekedi, the Trump administration was brought in to lead negotiations to end the war raging in the east of the country between DRC forces and rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda. A peace deal was initialed …
Read More »Hegseth tells Senate panel he’s giving Trump “options” amid intensifying Iran
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to elaborate on potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, telling a Senate panel Wednesday his job is to ensure President Trump “has options and is informed of what those options might be.” Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine testified …
Read More »Former Sen. Bob Menendez reports for 11
Former Sen. Bob Menendez reported to prison Tuesday morning to begin serving an 11-year sentence following his conviction on federal bribery charges. Menendez surrendered to the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, in Minersville, Pennsylvania, about three hours away from his home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The facility houses approximately 1,200 …
Read More »Appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll defamation, sexual abuse case
President Trump on Friday lost his latest effort to get a retrial in the case in which a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation of the writer E. Jean Carroll. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied Mr. Trump’s appeal of the case …
Read More »These are the deadliest plane crashes in the last 25 years
A London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday with 242 people on board. Police initially said there were no known survivors, but a senior Indian police official told the country’s national news agency ANI that one person survived the catastrophe. …
Read More »Fake videos and conspiracies fuel falsehoods about Los Angeles protests
As demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids continue in Los Angeles, misleading videos, conspiracies and false claims have spread on social media. Many of the posts recycle longstanding conspiracy theories, which have often been revived during past episodes of civil unrest. Some posts have made claims that wealthy individuals …
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The dream of homeownership is fading for millions of Americans. Figures from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) show that only 24% of housing sales last year were by first-time homebuyers — that’s down from 50% in 2010. The typical purchaser is also older than in the past, with an …
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