Selena's dad: Mixed feelings about fans marking star's death Twenty years after Selena's murder, the Latin world will remember "The Queen of Tejano" with concerts, lookalike contests, dances and a massive festival. But her father has mixed feelings about the celebrations. More
Feds in NYC: Hackers Stole $45M in ATM Card Breach A gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday. More
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Six politicians plead not guilty in alleged NYC mayor's race plot New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith and five other politicians pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges in connection with an alleged plot to buy a line on New York City's mayoral ballot. The allegations revived public concerns about a documented culture of exploitation in Albany that has prompted officials to seek legal recourse to induce change. More
Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles as the “Trump bump” fades and vaccine makers sink U.S. stocks fell to their worst loss since Election Day as the boost that Wall Street got from last week’s victory for Donald Trump and a cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve kept fading ... 11/15/2024 - 12:06 pm | View Link
Stocks tumble on Wall Street as the ‘Trump bump’ fades and vaccine makers sink U.S. stocks suffered their worst loss since election day as the boost from Donald Trump's victory and a Federal Reserve interest rate cut kept fading. 11/15/2024 - 9:20 am | View Link
Stocks Fall as Wall Street’s Election Enthusiasm Subsides The post-election rally has lost steam, with the S&P 500 down 2 percent for the week. But major stock indexes are still up since Election Day. 11/15/2024 - 8:19 am | View Link
Stock market today: Wall Street falls toward worst loss since Election Day as vaccine makers sink U.S. stocks are falling toward their worst loss since Election Day as the big bump Wall Street got from last week’s victory for Donald Trump and cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve keeps fadi ... 11/15/2024 - 5:21 am | View Link
Wall Street tumbles as the 'Trump bump' fades and vaccine makers sink U.S. stocks are falling again as their big rally following last week’s presidential election and cut to interest rates continues to fade. 11/15/2024 - 2:34 am | View Link
FACTS ABOUT OCCUPY WALL STREET | OccupyWallSt.org The founders of Occupy Wall Street transformed the concept put forward by Kalle Lasn and Micah White into the on-the-ground protest in New York City. 3. Histories of Occupy Wall Street. • Pre-Occupied The origins and future of Occupy Wall Street. • Some assembly required Witnessing the birth of Occupy Wall Street. 11/14/2024 - 1:42 pm | View Link
Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for World Revolution There are roughly 200 people who responded to the call for Occupy Wall Street by holding organizing meetings at Tompkins Square Park in NYC prior to the launch date of September 17, 2011. These activists used the email list september17 on Google Groups to organize and this website (OccupyWallSt.org) which was created by Justine Tunney. 11/13/2024 - 11:38 pm | View Link
About Us | OccupyWallSt.org About. Occupy Wall Street is a people-powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States and actions in over 1,500 cities globally. #ows is fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in ... 11/13/2024 - 1:51 pm | View Link
Forum Post: List of Goals for Occupy Wall Street Forum Post: List of Goals for Occupy Wall Street. List of Goals for Occupy Wall Street; 1) Free and fair elections. Public funding only, with real debates like we were taught in high school and college with debate teams and references and relevant issues that are strictly adhered to. 2) Get the corporate money out of elections. 11/1/2024 - 11:16 am | View Link
The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution from the co ... The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution from the co-creator of Occupy Wall Street Posted 7 years ago on Aug. 27, 2016, 10:58 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Tags: Micah White, The End of Protest, Innovation 08/20/2024 - 1:40 pm | View Link
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace.
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) was set up in 2019 by a group of companies which include ExxonMobil, Dow, Shell, TotalEnergies, and ChevronPhillips, some of the world’s biggest producers of plastic.
Flying during the Thanksgiving holiday is likely to be terrible—as usual. The lobbying group Airlines for America anticipates a record 31 million people will take to the air to visit family and friends for the holiday. But no matter how terrible the flying experience might be this season, it will probably be as good as it gets for a long time to come, as the second Trump administration plans to take a wrecking ball to commercial airline regulation.
Under Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the federal Department of Transportation has made a priority of tackling some of the biggest gripes Americans have had about air travel.
In a win for lawfully conducted elections, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court stepped In on Monday to stop election officials from counting deficient mail-in and absentee ballots.
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Petr Mrazek made 32 saves and Teuvo Teravainen scored, helping the Chicago Blackhawks top the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.
Craig Smith and Nick Foligno also scored as Chicago stopped a three-game slide. The Blackhawks also improved to 3-5-0 at home this season.
Mrazek returned to Chicago’s lineup after he missed Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to Florida because of a personal matter.
Sam Reinhart scored his 15th goal for Florida, which lost for the fourth time in five games.
While I was checking out the PBS streaming app to find when the new Ken Burns mini-series Leonardo da Vinci was being released, I stumbled upon this French series labeled "Astrid."
Astrid et Raphaëlle is a simple enough procedural premise. An Autistic archivist named Astrid Nielsen and impulsive inspector Raphaëlle Coste work together to solve crimes in and around Paris.
I did enjoy The Good Doctor so I was intrigued.
I've loved many French TV series including the most excellent Spiral and Braquo, so I gave it a whirl.
It hooked me right away.
What their description doesn't show is how heartfelt and authentic the duo's interplay is as they begin to work together and understand each other.