I have some quotes in the Los Angeles Times this morning about the current state of fad and meme-related “investing”. Michael Hiltzik’s new column takes a look at what happens when the recreational traders get tired of losing money and recede from the three-ring circus…
The finance world, which is constantly on the lookout for rules and laws it can break in the interest of making more money, may ha…
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The war in Ukraine will soon be three months old. Russia’s forces are still well short of the minimum objectives set out by President Vladimir Putin and in many areas the front lines are beginning to look static. But after weeks of intense bombardment, the Ukrainians’ defensive lines in the east are also degraded.
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Back in March, an off-duty police officer was seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for more than 20 seconds in an attempt to break up a school fight.
James Bond, the fictional British secret agent, has driven lots of different cars in the more than two dozen films in the series. They’ve included everything from BMWs and Bentleys to Chevrolets and Fords. But one car in particular, the 1964 Aston Martin DB5, is known as the “the Bond car.”
Ford is advising the owners of 39,013 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs to park their vehicles outdoors because they could spontaneously catch fire.
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CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin discusses the possible implications of the Supreme Court striking down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that places restrictions on carrying a concealed handgun outside the home.
• Analysis: World leaders are facing crises on all fronts. Putin will be watching if they fail
• World reacts to SCOTUS: US allies express dismay at ‘appalling’ decision
The Austin American-Statesman newspaper published edited portions of the surveillance video showing the hallway of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, during the fatal shooting in May.
It has taken President Joe Biden, who arrives in Jerusalem this week at the start of a short regional trip to the Middle East, almost eighteen months to schedule a visit to the holy city. After that he will travel to Saudi Arabia.
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She’s got more than 130,000 followers on Instagram, where she posts photos of her globetrotting adventures. Her makeup is always impeccable, her clothes look straight off the runway. She sings, dances and models — and none of it is real.
The Native American tradition of cultural burns — which are purposefully set, low-intensity fires — decreases the likelihood of future wildfires. W. Kamau Bell heads to California to see how wildfires have wreaked havoc on the state. Tune in Sundays at 10 p.m. ET to watch “United Shades of America.”
Taco Bell can thank Mexican Pizza for a boost in sales last quarter.
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Famed author Salman Rushdie is recovering at a hospital after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in front of a New York audience in a Friday attack which left him with multiple severe injuries, his family said.
Former President Donald Trump and his allies dismissed the affidavit that led to an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida this month as politically motivated, saying after a redacted version was released on Friday that “what is unredacted only further supports” Trump’s claims of political persecution.
President Joe Biden on Friday mocked his predecessor’s claims that all the classified material brought with him to his South Florida home had been declassified beforehand.
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Most of what we see on Capitol Hill is hashed out behind closed doors.