Category: Top Trending

  • New UK finance minister races to calm markets with quick reset

    New UK finance minister races to calm markets with quick reset

     

    Britain’s new finance minister, just days into the job, will rush out details of a revised tax and spending plan on Monday in a frantic effort to control jittery markets.

    ​Britain’s new finance minister, just days into the job, will rush out details of a revised tax and spending plan on Monday in a frantic effort to control jittery markets. 

  • Deep-pocketed outside groups are launching an ad onslaught against Democrats in high-stakes Senate races

    Deep-pocketed outside groups are launching an ad onslaught against Democrats in high-stakes Senate races

     

    Seven Democrats in the 10 most competitive Senate races started this month and the home stretch to Election Day with bigger cash stockpiles than their Republican rivals, newly filed campaign finance reports show.

    ​Seven Democrats in the 10 most competitive Senate races started this month and the home stretch to Election Day with bigger cash stockpiles than their Republican rivals, newly filed campaign finance reports show. 

  • The arrest of a suspect in a series of deadly shootings in California ‘stopped another killing,’ police say

    The arrest of a suspect in a series of deadly shootings in California ‘stopped another killing,’ police say

     

    With the California city of Stockton on edge following a series of late-night shootings by an unknown assailant, police officials believe another killing was prevented with the arrest of a suspect this weekend.

    ​With the California city of Stockton on edge following a series of late-night shootings by an unknown assailant, police officials believe another killing was prevented with the arrest of a suspect this weekend. 

  • Two of the largest supermarkets in America are merging

    Two of the largest supermarkets in America are merging

     

    Kroger announced it’s merging with Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal, creating one of the largest grocery store chains in the United States with nearly 5,000 stores when combined.

    ​Kroger announced it’s merging with Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal, creating one of the largest grocery store chains in the United States with nearly 5,000 stores when combined. 

  • A 30-year-old drop of blood led to an arrest in this unsolved Vermont murder case

    A 30-year-old drop of blood led to an arrest in this unsolved Vermont murder case

     

    A single drop of blood has led to the arrest of a suspect in the unsolved 1989 murders of Catherine and George Peacock in Danby, Vermont, police say.

    ​A single drop of blood has led to the arrest of a suspect in the unsolved 1989 murders of Catherine and George Peacock in Danby, Vermont, police say. 

  • A ‘tectonic shift’ in global wealth that will take years to recover from

    A ‘tectonic shift’ in global wealth that will take years to recover from

     

    Markets plunged on Thursday morning after red-hot inflation data raised fears on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve would continue hiking interest rates aggressively. Then, something strange happened.

    ​Markets plunged on Thursday morning after red-hot inflation data raised fears on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve would continue hiking interest rates aggressively. Then, something strange happened. 

  • Tesla investors try to look past Elon Musk’s many, many distractions

    Tesla investors try to look past Elon Musk’s many, many distractions

     

    Elon Musk now wants to buy Twitter after all. While that’s good news for Twitter’s long-suffering shareholders, Tesla investors hope he still has some time for them. They need a little help, too.

    ​Elon Musk now wants to buy Twitter after all. While that’s good news for Twitter’s long-suffering shareholders, Tesla investors hope he still has some time for them. They need a little help, too. 

  • How one Minnesota county has been rapidly housing the homeless since the pandemic

    How one Minnesota county has been rapidly housing the homeless since the pandemic

     

    On a breezy morning in July, Fabian Jones rode his new bike to the homeless shelter where he lived earlier this year.

    ​On a breezy morning in July, Fabian Jones rode his new bike to the homeless shelter where he lived earlier this year. 

  • 4 bodies pulled from an Oklahoma river amid search for missing bike riders

    4 bodies pulled from an Oklahoma river amid search for missing bike riders

     

    The bodies of four males were found Friday in a river outside an Oklahoma city where authorities have been searching for four missing men — though it wasn’t clear if the remains are those of the missing, police said.

    ​The bodies of four males were found Friday in a river outside an Oklahoma city where authorities have been searching for four missing men — though it wasn’t clear if the remains are those of the missing, police said.