The FTSE 100 has closed above 7,000 for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic triggered a collapse in global markets last year, driven by rising hopes for the world economy after record growth in China. The index of leading UK company shares ended the day up 36 points on […]
Daily Archives: April 16, 2021
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Dean Norris’ memorable role as DEA Agent Hank Schrader on “Breaking Bad” led him, in a roundabout way, to Chuck Lorre’s new CBS sitcom “United States of Al.” “Chuck was a big fan of ‘Breaking Bad’ and he cast me in six episodes of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ as a […]
Former President Donald Trump took aim at the Biden administration on Friday evening for allowing for a pause in the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, accusing them of allowing “insanely risk-averse bureaucrats run the show.” The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
Robinhood traders slammed the investing app after its cryptocurrency platform suffered a major outage right in the middle of Dogecoin’s record-setting rally. Robinhood said its crypto trading service started going haywire by 10 p.m. Thursday — just as the price of the meme-inspired currency started spiking. The disruption enraged Robinhood […]
President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday limiting U.S. refugee admissions this year to the historically low 15,000 cap set under his predecessor Donald Trump, shelving a plan to raise it to 62,500 and drawing the ire of refugee advocates and some Democratic lawmakers. But as criticism mounted, the […]
Let’s just step back for a moment and consider why Western forces went in in the first place and what they set out to do. For five years, from 1996-2001, a designated transnational terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, was able to establish itself in Afghanistan, led by its charismatic leader Osama Bin […]
A high school in New Mexico returned to remote learning Friday as the school district investigates an off-campus “secret prom.” ByThe Associated Press April 16, 2021, 11:28 PM • 3 min read LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A Las Cruces high school returned to remote learning on Friday as the school […]
Get ready for the new Mortal Kombat movie. Warner Bros Are you ready to see Sub-Zero and Liu Kang fire up their finishing moves on your TV screen? That’s right, the latest Hollywood take on Mortal Kombat is almost here. The all-new movie hits HBO Max (and movie theaters) on […]