Speaking at the WNBA draft, Collingswood-born commissioner Cathy Engelbert name-dropped her "hometown" first on a list of cities the league has talked with.
By AAMER MADHANI (The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall – his most definitive comment yet on the issue. The comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM radio host Howard Stern, who asked […]
Of all the things one might associate with Jerry Seinfeld, excited sentimentality might be the last. But remembering the day he shot the recent finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm, his voice approaches something dangerously close to swelling. “As I drove home that night, my scalp was just tingling. I thought what we had done was just the coolest, wildest, most remarkable thing,” he says of his surprise (though much guessed at) appearance. It was, he says, the callback to end all callbacks, a...
A congressional report says Chinese firms are subsidized via tax rebates to export fentanyl raw materials
Mark Wahlberg has said that starring in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 ensemble drama movie Boogie Nights was "the moment he became a real actor." We regret to inform you that Boogie Nights is 25 years old this year, whereas the events depicted in the movie are from twenty years before that - in 1977. Continue reading Mark Wahlberg says Boogie Nights made him into a “real actor”
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared that it was the U.S.’s "biblical admonition" to help and support Israel during a Monday night speech. The House GOP leader was addressing an emergency meeting of Christians United For Israel, convened after Iran’s weekend missile attack on the Middle East American ally. "I'm going to state something that you all know – at this critical moment, the United States must show unwavering strength and support for Israel We have to make certain that the entire world...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says stagflation could be one of a number of possible outcomes for the U.S. economy as the Federal Reserve attempts to tame stubbornly high consumer prices. In an interview with The Associated Press at a Chase branch opening in The Bronx, Dimon said he remained “cautious” about the U.S. economy and […]
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest phone shows that China remains behind on cutting-edge chip technology.
Around 40% of U.S. companies that defaulted on their debt obligations in 2023 had previously done so, according to a new report from credit ratings agency Moody's. These and other companies with a high level of debt struggled through an elevated interest rate and inflationary environment, said the report, which was released on Tuesday. Companies acquired by private equity firms through leveraged buyouts made up a majority of this number, the report added.
A recent New York Times/Siena poll has found that a strong majority of voters, 64%, believe the United States is headed in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden’s leadership. Only 25% of respondents felt the country was on the right track. The poll also found that views on former President Donald Trump’s presidency have […]
I fear we are forgetting lessons from that terrible historyI don’t usually talk about my great-uncle Walter. Gen Walter Warlimont, as my grandfather’s brother was formally known, was head of the national defence department in the high command of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany. Only two people were between him and the Führer in the chain of command. Walter worked so closely with Hitler that the failed assassination attempt in July 1944 injured his arm. The orders he signed...
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s hopeful the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession but wouldn’t rule out more troubling possibilities, such as stagflation. In an interview with The Associated Press at a Chase branch opening in The Bronx, Dimon said he remained “cautious” about the []