Prisoners at Rikers Island prison. NYC Board of Correction Newly obtained images show harrowing scenes inside New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail. The photos show a prisoner left to sit in their own feces and another being confined in a shower stall. The images were shown to Manhattan prosecutors in a BOC presentation and…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Huning and Han Zheng meet with representatives of model civil servants who are in Beijing to attend a national award ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 30, 2022. Li Xueren/Xinhua via Getty Images Since 2021, China has been…
New York City’s affordability crisis is a more extreme representation of the one happening in the rest of the country. Jetta Productions Inc/Getty Images To afford a “fair market” one bedroom in NYC, minimum wage workers would need to put in 111 hours a week, a study found. They’d have to work even more to…
Google denied the RNC’s claim that messages on Gmail were diverted at the same time each month. Igor Golovniov/Getty Images The RNC is suing Google, saying it illegally sent millions of outreach emails to spam folders. Google denied the RNC’s claim that messages on Gmail were diverted at the same time each month. A 2020…
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) looks on as former President Hu Jintao is ushered out from the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Former Chinese President Hu Jintao was abruptly escorted out of China’s Party Congress’s closing ceremony. Hu was sitting next to President Xi…
Shoppers walk past a Macy’s storefront display as pre-Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday shopping accelerates at the King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 2019. Mark Makela/Reuters People looking for an extra holiday paycheck are ready lining up for seasonal work. This year, economists say companies are hesitant to bring on…
Lara Logan in Washington, DC, in 2017. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Lara Logan, a war correspondent turned conspiracy theorist, went on a QAnon-inspired rant on Newsmax. She accused world leaders of dining on the blood of children and making people eat insects. Newsmax said in a statement that it has “no plans to interview…
Dead by Daylight is coming to PUBG spin-off mobile game, New State Mobile. New State’s October update includes a “large-scale collaboration” with the fan-favourite asymmetrical horror Dead by Daylight which will launch 26th October – “just in time for Halloween” – and coincide with the mobile title’s first anniversary event. “The collaboration’s theme, Fright for…
Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison has laid out his grand vision of transforming the way people across the world access healthcare services, no matter where they are. Speaking at Oracle Cloud World 2022 in Las Vegas, Ellison outlined a large number of thoughts and initiatives his company is kicking off in order to help…
Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. Average 30-year fixed mortgage rates increased slightly this week, according to Freddie…