FILE PHOTO: Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) questions judicial nominees during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Friday urged the Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate whether Twitter, which is embroiled in a feud with
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Lufthansa’s management board has accepted a more favourable set of demands from the European Commission in exchange for approval of a 9 billion euro ($10 billion) government bailout, the carrier said on Saturday, paving the way for its rescue. FILE PHOTO: Airplanes of German carrier Lufthansa are parked at the Berlin Schoenefeld
FILE PHOTO: People enjoy the hot weather next to the Invalides Museum in Paris, as France gradually lifts the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, France, May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Parisians flocked to parks and gardens as they reopened in the sunny French capital on Saturday for the first time after almost
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Protests flared late into the night in many cities in the United States over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died this week after being pinned down by the neck by a white police officer in Minneapolis. The sometimes violent demonstrations hit cities from New York to Atlanta in
Sunset Music Festival will not be happening as planned this summer. Instead, organizers are pushing back Tampa’s signature event until this holiday season. A statement is provided via the fest’s official website: We knew it was a longshot AND we really wanted us all to be together – but the window has closed on the ability
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Music producer David Jassy says a magical thing happened while producing a mixtape inside San Quentin State Prison — rival gang members found common ground in their love for music. The award-winning producer, and ex-inmate at San Quentin, joined us Friday on “TMZ Live” to download us on his groundbreaking
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lyft Inc was sued on Friday by a former driver who accused the ride-sharing company of failing to provide required paid sick leave to drivers in Washington, D.C., a policy she said could fuel the spread of the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: The Lyft logo is seen on a parked Lyft Scooter
(Reuters) – Joe Biden is facing fresh calls to choose a black woman for his running mate amid rising racial tensions after this week’s videotaped killing of an unarmed black man by a white Minneapolis police officer. FILE PHOTO: Candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on the second night of
FILE PHOTO: Construction work continues on Sunoco’s Mariner East II natural gas pipeline near Morgantown in Chester County, Pennsylvania, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File Photo (Reuters) – U.S. pipeline operator Energy Transfer LP (ET.N) will begin cutting about 6% of its workforce next week, underscoring the spreading impact of weak oil and gas prices on
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A white former Minneapolis police officer was charged with murder on Friday after a bystander video showed him pinning his knee into the neck of an unarmed black man who later died, an incident that triggered three nights of violent protests. Derek Chauvin, the officer seen on the cellphone video footage kneeling
Neil Finn has recruited his Fleetwood Mac bandmates Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie for a new song called “Find Your Way Back Home.” It was written by Finn about the Auckland homeless population, inspired by a chance encounter he had at the Auckland City Mission, and sales from the song will go towards the Mission’s
It’s hard to find a dull moment in GTA Online. Whether there’s an alien gang war going on or just one’s standard criminal endeavors, Los Santos is packed with things to do and a plethora of mini-games. Some of those might be a little out there, but there’s always tennis for those looking for the more simple pleasures
Archaeologist Miomir Korac looks at 9 metre-long front section of a wooden Roman ship dated to the 3rd century AD, at the ancient city of Viminacium, near Kostolac, Serbia, May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica BELGRADE (Reuters) – As the sun sank over a vast opencast coal mine in eastern Serbia earlier this month, a small
FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc. on the day of it’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Friday said it would offer rides by the hour in some U.S. cities, a feature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sharon Fason used to accompany her mother to their south Chicago polling place every Election Day as a little girl, watching as she joined their African-American neighbors in the hard-won right of casting a ballot. FILE PHOTO: A resident drops off a mail-in ballot at the Edmondson Westside High School Polling site,
Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes opened lower on Friday