The unprecedented court case opens with more than half of potential jurors dismissed on grounds of bias.
Mayor Eric Adams meets with his emergency management team Emergency management officials said they needed to confirm the earthquake and compose guidance for the public. [ more › ]
Former President Trump has said he will testify at his upcoming hush money trial in New York City, the same day the judge overseeing the case rejected a last-ditch attempt from Trump's legal team to delay the trial, which begins Monday. "I'm testifying. I tell the truth. I mean, all I can do is tell the truth," Trump told reporters at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago Friday. "And the truth is, that there's no case." His trial related to accusations he falsified business records to cover up a...
Only between 20 and 50 per cent of the households participating in a trial of Hong Kong’s new pay-as-you-throw waste tax were using the designated bags to dispose of rubbish, environment minister Tse Chin-wan has said, a week after the pilot scheme began. Residents had complained about the size of the bags and the inconvenience […]
The 2008 Marvel movie Iron Man was the one that kicked off everything that the cinematic universe has become. It was a small indie flick with a lot on the line that...
While American Airlines and US Airways are hoping for a sooner trial in the lawsuit filed against the companies by the US Department of Justice over their proposed merger, the DOJ has issued a memo outlining its reasoning for wanting to delay the case until March. In the release, the DOJ describes the merger as
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed downPolitical leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US climate chief has warned.“We are slowed down by those who think of themselves as grownups and believe decarbonisation at the speed the climate community calls for is unrealistic,” said Todd Stern, who...
Fox News host Jesse Watters reflects on how the O.J. Simpson trial united America in conversation following the athlete’s death on "Jesse Watters Primetime." JESSE WATTERS: Justice wasn't about guilt or innocence — it was about being able to afford lawyers like the "Dream Team." You'd ask people, "O.J.: innocent or guilty?" CAITLYN JENNER OFFERS BLUNT, TWO-WORD RESPONSE AFTER OJ SIMPSON'S DEATH America's judicial system worked or it didn't work, depending on who you talked to. Juries are...
Many viewers were unimpressed with the financial theory.Oleg Dubyna / 500px Market chaos could come next year if the US doesn’t adjust its fiscal path, Joao Gomes told CNBC. The Wharton professor pointed to the UK mini-budget crisis as a warning. The US can’t afford to extend tax cuts next year, he said. Congress needs
PUT your observational skills to the test with a troop of monkeys in this tricky brain teaser. This optical illusion might just make you go bananas and can detect if you have 20/20 vision. The illu
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — Microsoft committed a “cascade” of “avoidable errors” that allowed Chinese hackers to breach the tech giant’s network and later the email accounts of senior US officials last year, including the secretary of commerce, a scathing US government-backed review of the incident has found. The hack “was preventable and
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — Microsoft committed a “cascade” of “avoidable errors” that allowed Chinese hackers to breach the tech giant’s network and later the email accounts of senior US officials last year, including the secretary of commerce, a scathing US government-backed review of the incident has found. The hack “was preventable and