Donald Trump’s candidacy appeared all but destined for victory only weeks ago. He rose defiant from the bullet graze of an attempted assassination, hoisting his fist in the air with a unified party at his back, a growing lead in the polls, dissolving criminal prosecutions — and a struggling opponent, President Joe Biden, facing a full-blown revolt from within his ...
Rallying supporters at her first event with her new running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris said she has taken on “perpetrators of all kinds” as a prosecutor, “So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump’s type.” The attack line, a signature of her nascent presidential campaign, immediately garnered chants of “Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him ...
The world geography project felt like just another assignment to the high school sophomores despite its ambitious scope. Their teacher, Tim Walz, had asked his 1993 Nebraska class to predict where the next genocide would occur in the world. The roughly 20 students read history books, scholarly reports and encyclopedias to make their prediction: Rwanda. The division between the Hutu ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is joyous about the joy. “All the things that make me mad about those other guys and all the things they do wrong, the one thing I will not forgive them for is they tried to steal the joy from this country. They try and steal the joy,” Walz, the Democrats’ new vice-presidential candidate, said at ...
Stock indexes had a mild rebound following a significant sell-off Monday that resulted in the market’s worst day in almost two years. The S&P 500 and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite both closed 1% higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.7%, or about 300 points. Leading the rally was Nvidia, which has led the entire market for much of ...
Disney is raising prices on its streaming platforms. Starting mid-October, most plans for Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will cost $1 to $2 more per month, according to a press release Tuesday. The most expensive plans for Hulu, which include live TV, will cost $6 more per month. Disney+ basic and premium will be priced at $9.99 and $15.99, respectively. Hulu with ...
DETROIT — A once “dirty” word, and business, in the automotive industry has become a multibillion-dollar battleground for U.S. automakers, led by Ford Motor. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker has turned its fleet business, which includes sales to commercial, government and rental customers, into an earnings powerhouse. And Ford’s crosstown rivals General Motors and Chrysler parent Stellantis have taken notice, restructuring their operations as well. “There’s ...
Alex Ingrim knows a lot about how to move to a new country. He was studying in San Diego when a study abroad trip to France led him to meet his now-wife, Louisa; in the 17 years since, the pair have grown their family and lived in Canada, France, the UK, Malta and now Italy. Ingrim, 36, is a financial advisor ...
Mortgage interest rates dropped last week to the lowest level since May 2023, causing a surge in mortgage demand from both homebuyers and especially current homeowners. Total mortgage application volume rose 6.9% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Volume was at the highest level since January of this year. The ...
Microsoft fires back at Delta after massive outage, says airline declined ‘repeated’ offers for help
Microsoft fired back at Delta Air Lines on Tuesday accusing the carrier of not modernizing its technology before it canceled thousands of flights in the wake of last month’s global massive IT outage. Delta CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC last week that the carrier has “no choice” but to seek damages from Microsoft and CrowdStrike for the mass disruptions, which he said cost the company, an airline that prides itself ...