Monthly Archives: July 2022

Brother of Capitol police officer who died after the January 6 riot says Trump riled up his ‘sycophants’ at Ellipse rally

Rioters clash with police and security forces at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Brent Stirton/Getty Images Ken Sicknick on Friday appeared on CNN’s “New Day” in the aftermath of Thursday’s January 6 hearing. The brother of fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick placed blame on the riot on Trump. “I’d like to focus…

An iconic California amusement park is now requiring adults to chaperone visitors 17 or younger after several fights broke out recently

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Knott’s Berry Farm now requires that adults chaperone minors visiting the California amusement park. The policy change comes after multiple brawls involving teens broke out there, causing the park to close early. Knott’s says guests 17 or younger found without an adult chaperone will be…

Trump says Washington Democrats would stop ‘persecuting’ him if he doesn’t run for president again

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a ‘Save America’ rally in support of Arizona GOP candidates on July 22, 2022 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Arizona’s primary election will take place August 2. Mario Tama/Getty Images Trump spoke at a rally in Arizona the day after the latest public January 6 committee hearing.  The former president…

Cash is nice — as an option

Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. When I visited London recently, I found it hard to spend even one pound in cash: Cashless transactions were more than encouraged — they…

T-Mobile agrees to give money to customers affected by 2021 data breach

T-Mobile customers might be $5 richer soon, and all it took was their personal data being compromised. GeekWire spotted an SEC filing on Friday outlining a class action settlement by the large mobile provider. The proposed settlement would split a $350 million payout among lawyers and, eventually, the 76.6 million customers affected by a huge…

A pig farm on Nazi concentration camp for Roma people is demolished to create a memorial museum

A Roma girl holds a flag as she stands in front of the fence of the industrial pig farm situated at the site of a former concentration camp in Lety, Czech Republic, on June 24, 2017, during the “Dignity for Lety” commemoration event organized by the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement (EGAM). MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty…

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