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The man who attacked Pelosi will not be going to court.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, who was attacked with a hammer at their San Francisco home last month, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder. According to authorities, David DePape, a lawyer, had broken into Paul Pelosi’s home and shouted “Where’s Nancy?” during the attack. Nancy Pelosi also spoke about…
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The last total solar eclipse of the year can be seen on Tuesday.
During a solar eclipse or lunar eclipse, the moon will turn red during a Solar Eclipse or lunar eclipse, which is about 2 weeks after the full moon. When the sun, moon and Earth are aligned with the new moon in a new phase, a solar eclipse can occur within two weeks. The total lunar…
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When he takes control of the micro-networking website, Musk immediately removed top executives.
Twitter has postponed the introduction of a blue checkmark on users’ profiles to avoid confusion over whether it would be available for all users. Earlier, CEO Elon Musk had said that the feature was going to be made available to all users and he would be reversing the ban if he becomes the company’s owner.
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The Supreme Court can’t treat us the same as mind readers.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the state of Georgia to resume executions after it had halted the proceedings for over a month due to an appeal by a death-row convict. The court said the appeals court had failed to explain its decision in favour of the convict. The execution of David Miller is…
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Donald Trump would run against Ron DeSantis.
Donald Trump on Sunday took a dig at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a rally, referring to him as “Ron deSanctimonious”. DeSantis did not seek Trump’s endorsement for his 2022 reelection bid and the two men held dueling rallies over the weekend. At his rally on Sunday, Trump did not mention DeSantis.
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As the takeover continues, employees are bracing for layoffs.
Ex- Twitter employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the microblogging platform for not giving them enough notice of mass firings. The lawsuit alleged that Twitter violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires companies to give employees at least 60 days’ notice before mass firings. It also alleged that the workers…
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A recession isn’t a slam dunk in the US, says Goldman Sachs.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta Fed) has predicted that the US economy will grow at 2% for the third quarter of 2022. This is less than the 2.4% growth recorded last year. However, the Atlanta Fed’s survey of economists predicted that the US will experience a recession within the next year, while only…
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Pieper Lewis, the teen who killed her rapist, escaped from custody.
Pieper Lewis, a 17-year-old US woman who escaped from a residential corrections facility after she stabbed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation, has escaped from the facility, according to Iowa’s Fifth Judicial District Department of Corrections. Lewis, who was sentenced to five years of deferred sentence, served an additional 200…
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Paper under review won’t be reject by eLife.
A report by the US’ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has claimed that al-Qaeda had considered crashing planes into the US’ Three Mile Island nuclear facility. The report suggested improved fuel pool designs and prompt transfer of fuel to dry storage. The Three Mile Island incident took place in February 1986 after a…
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New colors and how to pre-order Apple iPad.
Apple has announced the 10th-generation iPad with A14 Bionic chip that it claims can provide up to triple the performance of the 9th-gen model. The A14 Bionic chip will offer 20% faster processing and 10% better graphics compared to the 9th-gen iPad. The new iPad will have a 7.9-inch IPS display with a resolution of…
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Here’s hoping that Musk does not have a following on the micro-blogging site.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reportedly completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. Musk had announced the deal on Wednesday, saying that he would take Twitter private in a deal valuing the social media platform at around $50 billion. Earlier this month, Musk had said that he would take Twitter private if he became…
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Lake has a chance of winning a swing state governorship.
Republican secretary of state nominees in Arizona and Indiana have raised more than $1.2 million (over 8.7 crore) in this election cycle, according to an analysis by Issue One, a non-profit organisation. In Arizona, over $1.1 million was raised by Republican nominee Mark Finchem, while nearly $700,000 was raised by his Democratic opponent, Armando Fontes.…
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The UN climate talks are in a tough spot.
UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said that the world is on a “highway to climate hell” and urged China and the US, the two biggest polluting countries, to work together to avert it. “We always want more” leaders, he added. “Cooperate or perish,” UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said at the UN climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh,…
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How Harris is speaking about abortion rights before the election.
A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) ad, claiming that Republican candidate in New York’s 19th District Marc Molinaro would “stand with politicians who support a nationwide ban on abortion”, has been removed. Molinaro’s campaign released a sample ballot with a multiple-choice quiz and asked if society has a responsibility to protect the life of an…
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These are some Prime Day deals that are still strong.
Amazon Prime Day deals include refurbished phones and tablets for under $100. Amazon’s refurbished iPhone XR comes with a 128-gigabyte SSD, an Iris Pro 4K display, and comes with a built-in camera and mic. The phone also comes with an Apple Care plan, which ensures the phone will be cared for for six months. It…
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Amazon will invest 1 billion bucks to improve its delivery fleet.
Amazon has partnered with electric vehicle distribution network (EVDs) Rivian to create its fleet of electric delivery vehicles (EVs) in several parts of the US and Europe. Amazon and Rivian said that the investment will help install more public EV chargers in Europe, as well as serve as an incentive to the auto industry to…
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Beijing is refusing to change course even as Anger at the policy is rising.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been named the General Secretary of China’s Communist Party for the next five years at a meeting of the party’s top decision-making body scheduled to be held on Wednesday. Xi has been in this role for the past five years. He has been the Chairman of the Central Committee of…
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Kevin McCarthy outlines the Republicans’ agenda.
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has said that the first thing he would ask President Donald Trump to do is not to call “half the nation idiots” and say “things about them because they have a difference of opinion”. “I’ll ask the president to not to call half the nation idiots or say things…
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The Justice Department says that ballot security efforts in Arizona are likely illegal.
Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano said that it could take days to complete the vote count after the acting elections chief told NBC News that it could take days. Mastriano said this after the acting elections chief said it could take days to complete the vote count. He added that mail-in ballots…
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The New Jersey Congressional Race looks like a bellwether.
US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that the current election could cause political wreckage that is beyond mending. He added, “I think that [Trump’s] supporters, who have embraced his anti-democracy, populist, nationalist appeal to mainly White voters, because of a backlash to the first Black presidency of Barack Obama, feel a lack of understanding…
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The race in Minnesota will show the difference between crime and abortion.
A Massachusetts lawyer who had an abortion when his girlfriend was pregnant, said the thought of women of reproductive age being forced to birth an unwanted child into almost inevitable poverty and abuse by an ignorant government is what he still thinks about today. He added that he would like to have the right to…
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He took 4 teams to the playoffs and it was the charm.
Talking about winning the World Series with the Cincinnati Reds for the first time, manager Dusty Baker said, “Oh, it’s hit me.” He added, “There were people of colour everywhere I go, and people of non-color. I had 2,000 wins, but they only talk about me not winning the World Series yet.” The 71-year-old is…
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This election is likely to go on for a while.
US President Donald Trump has said that he is hopeful that the early election results for the 2020 state Senate elections, in which he is seeking a third term, “will be announced in a few hours”. The results are expected to show mail ballots that were cast early and come from Democrats who are more…
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The grand prize is expected to hit a record.
According to a professor of economics and accounting, the number is the lotteries market. “It’s the number that almost no one ever takes,” Victor Matheson said. He added that the advertised annuity price was not much bigger than the cash value even in a low interest rate environment. The current $1.9 billion jackpot is less…
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Sharon Lokedi and Evans Chebet did a sweep.
Brazilian Daniel do Nascimento collapsed 21 miles into the men’s race at the New York City Marathon on Sunday. About six miles short of the finish, Nascimento sank to the pavement and was forced to abandoned the race. Kenyan Evans Chebet won the men’s race in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 41 seconds, completing a sweep…