In more protest news, 29 authors and translators have withdrawn from consideration for PEN America’s prestigious literary prizes to protest the organization’s leadership and silencing of Palestinian voices. In a letter, some of the authors wrote, “We refuse to be honored by an organization that acts as a cultural front for American exceptionalism. We refuse
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On Capitol Hill, activists disrupted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he spoke at a House Armed Services Committee meeting Wednesday. Among the protesters was Naseebah Hajjaj, a Palestinian American woman who has lost some 20 relatives in Gaza since October 7. She held up her 16-month-old son Hamza during the hearing.
The very top of the 1% are waiting until after the presidential election to buy big ticket items like jets in the hopes that Donald Trump’s election could save them millions on taxes, The Post has learned. Im waiting until after November, one bi-coastal source who is looking to buy both a jet and a
Tesla has recalled more than 3,800 of its Cybertruck models following complaints that the accelerator pedal is at risk of getting stuck, US regulators have announced. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had contacted the carmaker, founded and run by Elon Musk, about the issue earlier in the week. That was after a video
An antisemitism campaigner has been threatened with arrest yards from a pro-Palestine march as a Metropolitan Police officer said his presence was “antagonising”. A video clip, posted on social media, showed Gideon Falter being told by police he was “quite openly Jewish” and causing a “breach of peace”. The chief executive of the Campaign Against
The overnight events do not reflect well on President Biden. He had signalled so emphatically just days ago for Israel not to retaliate. “Take the win,” the American president told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the early hours of Sunday morning. Middle East latest – follow live Image: Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored Biden’s pleas.
Iran has grounded commercial flights across parts of the country after reports of explosions. State media also said Iran fired its air defence systems after reports of blasts near the city of Isfahan. It remained unclear if the country was under attack. But tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s missile and
Another affordable electric car is set to be unveiled later this year as Nissan looks to boost EV sales. Nissan will unveil a new Micra EV as its newest low-cost electric car. Nissan has been teasing an electric Micra successor for several years now. The new EV was previewed as part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.
File photo showing an oil tanker pass through the Suez Canal, Egypt. Peter Bischoff | Pb Archive | Getty Images Crude oil futures fell for a fourth day Thursday, as Israel has refrained from immediately striking back against Iran after the unprecedented air assault last weekend, easing fears that the Middle East is on the
Police in Los Angeles have said they are investigating whether Kanye West was involved in an alleged battery. Officers were called to Sunset Boulevard around 12.30am on Wednesday after receiving reports of an incident, LAPD confirmed to Sky News’ US partner network, NBC News. West, also known by his rapper name Ye, was gone when
In this article GOOGL GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Jose Luis Magana | AP Google terminated 28 employees Wednesday, according to an internal memo viewed by CNBC, after a series of protests against labor conditions
Loading… Loading… In a recent episode of Mad Money, host Jim Cramer advised against investing in Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. MARA and instead recommended Bitcoin BTC/USD or Ethereum ETH/USD . What Happened: Cramer, in his Lightning Round segment, discouraged viewers from purchasing Marathon Digital, a company involved in Bitcoin mining, reported CNBC. He suggested that
More than a dozen members of the Kennedy family will give their formal endorsement of President Biden’s re-election Thursday, snubbing their relative and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. With surveys showing the son of the late attorney general and senator from New York pulling votes away from Biden, the Massachusetts-based political dynasty will appear
The DA’s office slammed Trump Thursday for allegedly breaching a court order that bars him from disparaging jurors and witnesses in the case “seven more times” in the past few days, calling it “ridiculous.” Trump’s most “disturbing post” in light of a juror reporting Thursday morning that she was intimidated by media attention on the
Former teachers at a North Carolina high school where a student slapped his teacher multiple times in a viral, profanity-laced classroom attack say they were not surprised because violence has long run rampant in the school. “I did see it coming,” Kisha Wall-Freeman told WFMY News 2 of the shocking assault Tuesday in her former
A dad battling Stage 4 pancreatic cancer has been fighting for nearly a year to evict a squatter as he struggles to keep up with the mounting costs of upkeep for the home on top of his medical bills. 4 The family says they cannot evict a woman from their Park Slope unit. News12 Brooklyn
The House will vote on a bill that will force a sale or total ban of China-owned TikTok as soon as Saturday after Speaker Mike Johnson signaled the measure will be bundled with a foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel. The modified version of the fast-tracked legislation would give Beijing-based ByteDance up to a
The new Audi e-tron GT is gearing up for its debut as prototypes begin hitting the streets for testing. Audi’s refreshed e-tron GT is expected to pull upgrades from the new Porsche Taycan Turbo. The new electric sports car will likely feature a bigger battery, more range, and performance. Like the Porsche Taycan, Audi’s e-tron
This is The Trump Trials by George T. Conway III, a newsletter that chronicles the former presidents legal troubles. Sign up here. The defendant nodded off a couple of times on Monday. And I have to confess, as a spectator in an overflow courtroom watching on closed-circuit television, so did I. Legal proceedings can be
Loading… Loading… Social media personality Topdoge recently speculated on the potential for Dogecoin DOGE/USD to reach a $500B market cap, reminiscent of Ethereums ETH/USD previous bull run. What Happened: On Wednesday, Topdoge shared an analysis on X, formerly Twitter, comparing Dogecoins potential growth to Ethereums 2020 bull run. If Dogecoin were to hit a $500B