BusinessYahoo FinanceOil prices have tanked so hard traders are assuming planes won't fly for 3 months: Goldman Sachs
In fact, the price correction is borderline comical, per Courvalin's calculations. "The lack of discretionary buying activity in the face of an uncertain new COVID variant has therefore left prices in free-fall and pricing in a dire demand outlook. We estimate based on our pricing model, that the market has now priced in a mammoth c.
U.S.HuffPostColorado Paper Apologizes For The Embarrassment That Is Boebert In Stinging Editorial
The Denver Post editorial board did what Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has so far refused to do: It offered a sincere apology to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). The newspaper has “mostly tried to ignore” the antics of conspiracy theory-endorsing Boebert since she was elected to Congress in 2020 because “they add little to the public discourse,” the editorial board wrote in a stinging editorial Monday. The board said it was “embarrassed a Colorado representative is engaged in widening” divisions in the country.
HealthThe Telegraph‘I had been the perfect wife and mother – so why did my husband walk out?’
Managing studying and raising the children was tricky. Leaving the house on my own with the children was a rarity – if we made it to a local nursery group or park it was a good day. When the children reached their final year at primary school, I felt I needed to use my brain in a different way.
U.S.Associated PressFedEx driver questioned about hundreds of packages in woods
The recent discovery of hundreds of packages in a wooded area in Alabama have led authorities to question a FedEx driver, a sheriff said Monday. As many as 400 packages of varying sizes were found in a ravine last week about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Birmingham, authorities said. The discovery was made on private property near the small town of Hayden in Blount County, Sheriff Mark Moon said.
U.S.Idaho Statesman72-year-old skier collides with snowboarder and dies at Colorado resort, police say
A skier died after colliding with a snowboarder at a Colorado resort, police said. Ski patrol at the Eldora Ski Resort found the skier unconscious and not breathing after the collision Nov. 30, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said. He was pronounced dead at the resort after officials tried multiple resuscitation efforts, including CPR, the sheriff's office said.
U.S.HuffPost'Embarrassed' Capitol Rioter Who Wore '(F**k) Your Feelings' Sweatshirt Sentenced
A Capitol riot defendant who traveled to D.C. on Jan. 6 with his mother and stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a ”(F**k) Your Feelings” sweatshirt was sentenced to 30 days behind bars on Wednesday. Russell James Peterson was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who imposed a sentence more than twice as long as the two weeks of incarceration requested by federal prosecutors.
ScienceEngadgetRussia may press criminal charges in 2018 ISS pressure leak incident
In 2018, astronauts aboard the International Space Station plugged a 2mm "hole" in a Soyuz MS-09 vehicle that had docked with the station in June of that year. While the pressure leak never posed an immediate threat to those aboard, it set off a bizarre turn of events that saw Russia open an investigation to find out if the incident was the result of sabotage. Per an RIA Novosti article spotted by Ars Technica, the country's Roscosmos space agency recently completed its probe of the event and sent the results to Russian law enforcement officials, opening the door for them to announce criminal charges.
U.S.Business InsiderAfter Boebert's Islamophobic comments, Ilhan Omar played an unsettling voicemail from an unknown man saying 'You will not live much longer'
Omar played a voicemail she received after Boebert's comments. An unnamed caller can be heard making vulgar threats to Omar. Rep. Ilhan Omar played a threatening voicemail she received from an unnamed caller during a press conference on Tuesday.
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'Go away': French police clear migrant camp
Armed officers entered the camp, which runs along a disused railway line, before workers in protective suits pulled down tents and plastic shelters. Charity workers say the 27 migrants who drowned in the Channel last Wednesday (November 24) had stayed in the same area before they attempted the perilous sea crossing from France to Britain last Wednesday. Their dinghy deflated in the open sea.
WorldReutersNine Scottish Omicron cases all linked to same event - Sturgeon
The nine cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Scotland were all linked to the same private event, and none of the people who had tested positive for the variant had required hospital treatment, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday. The Scottish cases account for the majority of the 14 cases of Omicron so far reported in Britain, and Sturgeon said that none of the nine Scottish cases appeared to be associated with travel from Southern Africa. "All nine cases are linked.
U.S.INSIDERThe 3 victims of the Oxford High School shooting include a 16-year-old football star and a 17-year-old senior who'd won several college scholarships
Three students died after a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan on Tuesday. Three students were killed on Tuesday after a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan. A 15-year-old sophomore was taken into custody as a suspect, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said in a press conference on Tuesday.
U.S.Deadline‘Rust’ Armorer’s Industry Veteran Father Hands Police Possible Pivotal Tip On Origin Of Live Rounds; Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Admits She Didn’t Check Gun “Too Much”
UPDATED with statement from Hannah Gutierrez-Reed) Santa Fe police may be a step closer to discovering where the live round fired last month by Alec Baldwin that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins came from. In a fourth search warrant approved by a New Mexico judge, detectives on Tuesday revealed that armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's father Thell Reed reached out to them November 15 to tell them about possibly hundreds of rounds of live ammunition that Rust “armorer mentor” Seth Kenney took from him earlier this year. Kenney told the elder Reed to “write it off” when the veteran armorer and stuntman repeatedly inquired about the rounds.
BusinessReutersStellantis CEO says EV cost burden is 'beyond the limits' for automakers
Stellantis NV Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said external pressure on automakers to accelerate the shift to electric vehicles potentially threatens jobs and vehicle quality as producers struggle to manage the higher costs of building EVs. Governments and investors want car manufacturers to speed up the transition to electric vehicles, but the costs are "beyond the limits" of what the auto industry can sustain, Tavares said in an interview at the Reuters Next conference released Wednesday. "What has been decided is to impose on the automotive industry electrification that brings 50% additional costs against a conventional vehicle," he said.
U.S.Chicago Tribune‘I am making this statement so everyone else knows. They will not get away with this’: Text from Jussie Smollett a focus on second day of his trial
As rumors of a hoax were swirling around “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett's claim he was the victim of a hate crime attack in downtown Chicago, Smollett allegedly sent a text to one of the two acquaintances being questioned by police. “Brother .... I love you,” read Smollett's text to Abimbola Osundairo on the afternoon of Feb. 14, 2019. The text, which had never before been made public, was shown to jurors Tuesday on the second day of Smollett's trial on charges he hired Osundairo and his younger brother, Olabinjo, to commit a phony racist and homophobic attack on himself in January 2019.
PoliticsThe HillManchin knows the legalization program must be removed from the reconciliation bill
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va. is concerned about a number of things in the bill, but I am going to discuss only his concern about the bill's immigration parole provision, which would provide temporary lawful status and work authorization to more than 7 million undocumented aliens who have been living here continuously for more than ten years. Manchin is not opposed to a legalization program; in fact, he has said that he is "totally committed to trying to help" immigrants - but he does not think we should be establishing a legalization program while we are in the midst of a border crisis.
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Teen shot 18 times while waiting for bus in Philadelphia
A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy waiting for a bus to take him home from school was shot 18 times and killed Monday afternoon, police said. Samir Jefferson was waiting at a bus stop shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday in a North Philadelphia neighborhood when two unknown shooters fired at least 36 shots, a Philadelphia police spokesperson said in an emailed incident report. Philadelphia has recorded 508 homicides in 2021 as of the end of day Monday, the highest number since at least 1990 and 12% more than the same time last year according to police department numbers.
WorldBusiness InsiderDr. Anthony Fauci says we should do 8 things to deal with the Omicron variant
Dr. Anthony Fauci listed eight steps that people should take in their daily lives to address the Omicron variant. In a Tuesday briefing with the White House's COVID-19 response team, Fauci — the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — said existing pandemic measures should work against the newly detected variant. "These things we have been doing, we need to keep doing them," Fauci said.
U.S.INSIDERKyle Rittenhouse says he is destroying the AR-15 rifle he used in Kenosha and doesn't want anything to do with it
Kyle Rittenhouse said on a podcast that he is having the AR-15 he used in Kenosha destroyed. Rittenhouse added that he did not "want anything to do with" the weapon. He was acquitted last month of five felonies, including first-degree intentional homicide.
WorldReutersTired and broke, migrants in caravan turn back to Mexico's southern border
Hundreds of mostly Haitian migrants, broke and exhausted, turned back to the city they had left a day earlier on Mexico's southern border, having failed to persuade authorities to move them to other parts of the country, caravan organizers said. Entire families carrying their belongings began the return trek to the southern city of Tapachula, after authorities said they would not be taken to other parts of Mexico immediately, despite pressure from migrants who set up road blocks. Haitian Bruno Noel was among hundreds of people who had a more than 26-kilometer (16-mile) walk ahead from Huehuetan in Chiapas state to Tapachula near the Guatemala border.
U.S.App.com | Asbury Park PressBodies of missing Stafford couple found near their home: authorities
STAFFORD - The bodies of the township couple missing for two weeks were found in a dense section of woods by the couple's Warren Grove home, authorities said. Foul play is not believed to be a factor in the deaths of Lorraine Parker, 60, and Gary Parker, 67, the Stafford Township Police Department said in a statement on the grim discovery. Autopsies are expected later this week, police said.
U.S.Macon Telegraph4 dead, including Georgia officer, after domestic call becomes killing spree, cops say
Four people are dead, including a police officer, after a domestic violence call ended in a neighborhood killing spree, according to the Clayton County Police Department in Georgia. At least two other people were wounded, including another officer and a 12-year-old boy who is hospitalized in critical condition, Clayton County Police Chief Kevin Roberts said at press conference. “We had calls of possible gunfire, domestic violence and persons down at a residence,” Roberts said.
U.S.Associated PressCouncilman Andre Dickens wins Atlanta mayor race over Moore
City Council member Andre Dickens won a runoff election Tuesday to become Atlanta's next mayor, riding a surge of support that powered him past the council's current president, Felicia Moore, after finishing second to her in November. Dickens won a campaign dominated by concern over rising violent crime in the city, arguing he would be more effective than Moore, who had often been a sometimes-lonely critic of previous mayors in her 20 years on the City Council. Moore had been the leading candidate by a wide margin in the first round of voting on Nov. 2 among 14 candidates in a nonpartisan race.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump doesn't deny testing positive for COVID-19 before his first debate with Biden, but calls his former chief of staff's account of the test result 'fake news'
Trump lashed out at his former chief of staff over his claim that Trump tested positive for COVID-19 prior to his first debate. Mark Meadows revealed in his forthcoming memoir that Trump tested positive on September 26. "The story of me having COVID prior to, or during, the first debate is Fake News," Trump wrote in a statement.
U.S.Kansas City StarMissouri hunter shoots 16-point ‘buck’ — then discovers it’s something much more rare
A Missouri hunter shot what he thought was a 16-point buck, but when he came out of cover and inspected his prize more closely, he saw something was amiss. Samuel Perotti had seen this well-antlered deer in photos captured by his game camera, the state Department of Conservation said, and recognized it even as he lined up his shot and pulled the trigger. Then came the surprise: Despite the impressive crown of bone protruding from the deer's skull, this was no buck, but a doe.
WorldAssociated PressExplosion of WWII bomb in Munich injures 4, disrupts trains
A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one of them seriously, German authorities said. A column of smoke was seen rising from the site near the Donnersbergerbruecke station. The construction site for a new commuter train line is located on the approach to Munich's central station, which is a bit over a kilometer (about a half-mile) to the east.
“I know it doesn’t feel like it, but inflation is both a feature and a bug of a normalizing economy.”
“What is not going to work, and hasn’t worked, is trying to talk people out of the lived reality of higher prices.”
“When inflation expectations rise, actual inflation tends to follow.”
“The Fed must acknowledge that its monetary policy has been a source of inflation, and that it will need to raise interest rates.”
“The supply chain logjams are the core of the problem right now, and that should work itself out over time.”