Bill Barrow/AP A Daily Beast report on Monday alleged that Herschel Walker reimbursed a woman for an abortion. Walker has since denied the allegation and called the report a “flat-out lie.” The senate candidate solicited donations on Wednesday in light of the claims. Herschel Walker experienced a rift in his senate campaign after a report…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Travis Deyle and Erik Schluntz, Cobalt’s cofounders. Cobalt The robotics startup Cobalt offers security teams robots that patrol offices and report anomalies. These robots have been used for everything from badge checks to crowd control for evacuations. Despite surveillance concerns, security teams rave about the robots’ ability to protect employees. This article is part…
Ukrainian soldiers wave a national flag as they ride on a personnel armoured carrier on a road near Lyman, Donetsk region on October 4, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images Pro-Kremlin pundits are “furious’ over Moscow’s setbacks in the Ukraine war, a Russian independent reporter said. The pundits are…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid US were mixed Thursday as investors digested new jobless claims data. Weekly jobless claims were higher than expected, compounding investors’ heightened recession fears. Oil prices were flat after OPEC+ slashed production by 2…
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President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Saudi Arabia is raising oil prices for US buyers, following a similar move a month ago. Meanwhile, state-run Saudi Aramco lowered prices in Europe and left them largely unchanged for the Asian market. The price moves come after OPEC+ slashed…
George Washington University student Kai Nilsen and other student loan debt activists rally outside the White House a day after President Biden announced a plan that would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2022. Photo by Craig Hudson for The Washington…
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). Drew Angerer/Getty Images Rep. Liz Cheney warned Arizona voters not to elect GOP candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem. Both Lake and Finchem have denied the results of the 2020 election. Cheney said she would vote for their Democratic opponents had she lived in Arizona. Rep. Liz Cheney on Wednesday evening…
Cathay Pacific planes on the runway at Hong Kong airport. SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Hong Kong’s tourism board plans to give away 500,000 airline tickets, to boost visitor numbers. The tickets were purchased during the pandemic to support Hong Kong’s airlines, per the BBC. Visitor numbers have fallen due to Hong Kong’s strict…
Inflation and slower growth has Americans feeling awful about an otherwise healthy economy. DjelicS/Getty Images For the first time in 30 years, more Americans moved out of apartments than moved in. It’s one of many signs of a “wait and see” economy, in which Americans postpone big life decisions. Buying a home, moving, and starting…