The belongings of victims are seen at the scene of a deadly stampede during a Halloween festival on October 30, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images A Halloween party in Seoul ended in at least 154 deaths after the streets became badly crowded. The phenomenon, called crowd surging, comes down to…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway August 29, 2022. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS Elon Musk has scrapped Twitter’s board of directors. He is now its sole director. Musk’s purchase of Twitter went through on Thursday evening, and he took the company private. Musk had himself tried to join Twitter’s…
Christian Beltran. Christian Beltran Christian Beltran, 22, has worked at Trader Joe’s in Los Angeles for over a year. His “Christian from Trader Joe’s” TikTok account has racked up 20,000 followers. His favorite videos to make are reviews and recommendations from fellow employees. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christian Beltran, a…
Elon Musk has fired Parag Agrawal and other top Twitter executives. Getty Images/Reuters Walter Isaacson said he “would not be surprised” if Elon Musk faced more lawsuits over Twitter. The biographer said the day the deal closed it was “quite contentious” in Twitter’s headquarters. Isaacson shadowed Musk last week for his biography on the Tesla…
Former President Donald Trump. Evan Vucci/AP Defense attorneys in tax evasion trial of Donald Trump’s business are trying to keep any blame off Trump. Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is facing multiple charges, including scheme to defraud. The fraud scheme “started with” ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg and “ended” with him, a Trump Organization lawyer said. Defense…
President Joe Biden. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images “Junk fees” are a type of fee that confuses consumers because the aren’t disclosed up front. Biden released a plan to tackle those fees, which can arise in industries like banking, internet, and auto. Plans to tackle banking fees alone could save consumers more than $1 billion annually. After…
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images This year’s stock market decline has flipped sentiment, turning most investors overly negative.But former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein reminded investors that any good news could send stocks higher.“Positives may be lurking. Fed pause, Ukraine truce, China lockdown end, etc. Sentiment can shift suddenly,” he tweeted….
King. Elise Amendola/Press Association Images Elon Musk is reportedly considering making people pay $20 per month to stay verified on Twitter. Author Stephen King tweeted that he’ll quit the site if that idea is implemented. “Fuck that, they should pay me,” he said. Author Stephen King isn’t a fan of the Elon Musk era of…
Associate US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022. Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he didn’t know what the word “diversity” meant. Thomas asked for a specific definition of the word during oral…
Louis Nastro/Reuters An “apparent gas leak” is causing disruptions at Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 8 on Monday. Passengers have been evacuated from the terminal and many inbound United Airlines flights have been halted. The airport said fire crews are onsite assessing the hazard and will allow people back in when the area safe. There…