Author: Press Room
Outgoing president of Colombia Gustavo Petro held a press conference on Monday in which he again claimed, against all public evidence, that the Colombian presidential election was “stolen” by President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, warning that “civil war” could erupt if the normal inauguration process continues. De la Espriella, an outsider lawyer who ran a campaign promising a return to conservative policies and alignment with the United States after four years of Petro’s radical leftist rule, won the June runoff election handily against Petro’s hand-picked candidate, Sen. Iván Cepeda. Cepeda rapidly conceded defeat and international observers celebrated the election as…
The share of American workers who voluntarily quit their jobs has been higher than previously thought, indicating a higher level of confidence among workers that better jobs are available, and hiring increased in June. The quits rate, which measures the share of workers who choose to leave their jobs, came in at two percent in June, higher than the 1.9 percent previously reported for May and April, according to the government’s monthly report on the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey or JOLTS. The quits rate for May was revised up to two percent. The quits rate is a proxy…
Monday on MS NOW’s “The Beat,” Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) said President Donald Trump “hurt the people who voted for him, adding they will “show up in these midterm elections and vote for Democrats.” Alsobrooks said, “Well, you know what? I mean, it’s a fact that is inescapable now that Americans are suffering, that we are not better off, in fact, than we were at the time that he took office. And nothing he said has come true. He said, for example, that he would, on day one, bring down the cost of groceries. And none of that has happened. And, you…
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) has once again broken ranks with House Democratic leadership over endorsements, this time to support former Missouri Rep. Cori Bush over incumbent Rep. Wesley Bell. In a post to social media Tuesday, Pressley called on voters to elect “champions” like Bush, who is in a heated primary rematch Tuesday in a contest that lays bare the party’s divide over Israel. “Whether in Massachusetts, Michigan or Missouri, we all need politicians who fight for us, not corporations,” Pressley said. Her endorsement comes as voters head to the polls for primaries in both Michigan and Missouri, where progressive…
The bloc’s estimate for the damages has already been surpassed, yet is dwarfed by funding for Ukraine Wildfires in the EU have caused more than €3 billion ($3.46 billion) in damages so far this year, exceeding the European Commission’s average annual estimate, the Financial Times has reported.Almost half a million hectares have burned in the first two months of the fire season in France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Romania, the paper wrote on Tuesday. The €3.1 billion figure, which covers only the cost of restoring burned land and forests, “far outstrips European Commission estimates of a €2.5 billion average annual…
A shelter-in-place is currently in effect outside an apartment complex near the San Francisco Bay Area amid an active shooter situation. At least one person has been injured. The shooter is still at large. Per the Novato Police Department: 11:35AM UPDATE: Novato Police, in coordination with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office and Marin CHP are investigating a shooting that took place in 400 block of Alameda del Prado. A large presence of emergency vehicles and personnel will be in the area searching for suspects involved. A Shelter in Place is still ACTIVE for the streets listed below. Calle Arboleda Alameda…
A security weakness in technology used by most U.S. crime labs to analyze DNA evidence exposed 30 years of case files to potential hacking, according to computer scientists who discovered the vulnerability. The Wall Street Journal reports that the researchers found that with the help of computer code written by widely available AI software, they could alter data produced from computerized scans of physical DNA evidence without leaving any trace of tampering. The vulnerability likely existed in digital files produced by crime lab machines since 1995, but recent technological advances make potential tampering much easier now, they said. Laura Gaydosh…
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage appears set for a convincing victory in the upcoming special by-election in Clacton, which he called for amid accusations of impropriety surrounding gifts he received as a private citizen before becoming a Member of Parliament. Last month, Mr Farage sensationally announced his resignation from Parliament and his intention to stand in a by-election to allow the people of Clacton to render their verdict on whether they wish for him to continue representing their interests in the House of Commons. At the heart of the issue was a series of high-profile gifts, including a £5 million…
A donut shop in Scottsdale, Arizona, struggling to make ends meet has received a huge boost from its community. The Local Donut’s owner Daniel Tes and his team start late at night to make sure their shelves are full of sweet treats for the next morning’s customers, and when he opened the store 10 years ago, he knew the hard work it would involve, Fox 10 reported Friday. However, business slowed over the summer and Tes said although many other shops experience the same thing, this year was pretty rough. “We felt the pressure after spring training to get things…
Monday on MS NOW’s “The Beat,” Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) said President Donald Trump is engaged in a “smash-and-grab” of the country. Alsobrooks said, “The truth is, this president took our country into a war without a strategic aim. He had no idea how to get our country out of this war. How we voted here, and I voted 13 different times to end the war. And what we know, as a matter of fact, is that our kids, while this war is going on, our kids are dying. At the same time, this president’s children are getting rich. The cost…