• Tesla's in trouble. Is Elon Musk the problem?

    Elon Musk may be living on borrowed time as CEO of Tesla, as the Cybertruck stalls and the stock falls. Why price cuts won't help.

  • The EV market is in trouble: The latest sign is Tesla's layoffs

    Tesla is in trouble: Its product line is aging. Sales are stalling. Top executives are fleeing. The stock price is down. The first wave of new Cybertrucks is riddled with quality problems. The low-cost Model 2 recently promised by Chief Executive Elon Musk appears to be dead. Some of Tesla’s most environmentally conscious buyers are signaling their disgust with the behavior of Musk by turning to other brands, even as price cut follows price cut. Those bargain basement deals are squeezing profit...

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    Why was Umar Zameer tried for murder? Observers raise questions about prosecution

    Legal observers are questioning the decision to charge and prosecute a man for murder in the death of a Toronto police officer when the evidence did not support it, saying the case raises concerns about fair process in the justice system. Umar Zameer was found not guilty Sunday in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who died on July 2, 2021, after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. Zameer had pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. ...

  • Outbreak raises disturbing question: Is our food system built on poop?

    Outbreak raises disturbing question: Is our food system built on poop? (Second column, 17th story, link) Related stories:WHO: Human Cases Of Bird Flu 'Enormous Concern'

  • Another tragic abuse and neglect case that raises familiar questions

    The Boone County Sheriff’s Department made a horrific discovery when they were called to a house in the Morrisvale community this week to investigate a reported death. They found the body of a 14-year-old girl on the bathroom floor. The criminal complaint described the girl’s physical appearance as “shocking with an obvious emaciated, skeletal state.”

  • Trans surgeries for active-duty military raises questions about readiness

    by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2024 Currently, the U.S. military offers gender reassignment surgeries to America’s active-duty service members (ADSMs). The military is providing these surgeries and taxpayers are footing the bill. “A doctor for the military told me they are doing several a week,” Tracy Beanz noted in an April 16 analysis for UncoverDC. […]

  • More trouble for Tesla: Layoffs, severance snafu, and a painful stock downgrade

    In an email obtained by CNBC Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed staffers that the severance packages sent to some of the 14,000 workers laid off this week were “incorrectly low.” Musk apologized for the mistake, stating that the problem is being “corrected immediately.”  This week’s layoffs came as the company prepares for “its next phase of growth,” Musk stated in an email Sunday, citing the need to cut costs and increase productivity. Additionally, the EV maker continues to face...

  • Fani Willis Challenging Open Records Request Raises Questions

    A challenge by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to dismiss an open records lawsuit about her office has attracted the scrutiny of one of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case.Willis is leading the case against the former president, who is accused in an indictment of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024 has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.In February, Willis'...

  • A Fix for Tesla’s Troubles? Paying Elon a Cool $56 Billion, Of Course.

    Today on TAP: You were thinking they’d invest in better, more affordable cars?

  • Avian flu outbreak raises a disturbing question: Is our food system built on poop?

    If it’s true you are what you eat, then most beef-eating Americans consist of a smattering of poultry feathers, urine, feces, wood chips and chicken saliva, among other food items.

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    Tech's earnings bonanza this week shines spotlight on growing troubles at Tesla, Google

    This quarter's earnings reports from the U.S. tech giants coincide with a mountain of drama that the companies are facing.

  • Chelsea’s £76.5m hotel deals raise questions over PSR compliance

    Club’s losses reduced by property deal with sister companyChelsea would have lost £166.4m without hotel salesPremier League clubs reacted with exasperation after seeing that ­Chelsea eased their financial ­position with the £76.5m sale of two hotels to a ­sister company in a deal that appears to have helped the club avoid a breach of profitability and ­sustainability rules (PSR).Chelsea’s accounts, published last weekend, revealed the club made a loss of £89.9m in the last financial year. That...