Stocks open higher on Wall Street after best week since 2020
Stocks are posting modest gains in early trading on Wall Street Monday, led by energy companies as crude oil prices take another turn higher By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer … Read More
Key moments from the first day of Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearings
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Monday. (Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images) The Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off confirmation hearings … Read More
Democrats highlighted Ketanji Brown Jackson’s groundbreaking nomination to the Supreme Court. GOP senators said they would vet her record on crime.
(Drew Angerer/Getty Images) As senators make their opening statements establishing arguments for and against Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s confirmation, the judge’s personal history and legal career have been front and center. … Read More
Black women rally behind Jackson
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has already appeared before the Senate three times in confirmation proceedings for prior roles. But several days of hearings for her Supreme Court nomination this week … Read More
Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin’s opening statement emphasizes the groundbreaking nature of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has already appeared before the Senate three times in confirmation proceedings for prior roles. But several days of hearings for her Supreme Court nomination this week … Read More
Opening statements are starting for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has already appeared before the Senate three times in confirmation proceedings for prior roles. But several days of hearings for her Supreme Court nomination this week … Read More
‘Kill more’: Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was … Read More
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at Parliament as she prepares to speak for first time since release
‘How many foreign secretaries does it take to get me out?’ Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe blasts UK government for not securing her release six years ago as she speaks for the first … Read More
St Agnes holiday home vandalised with graffiti condemning investment properties in Cornwall
Furious residents daub graffiti on a Cornwall holiday home demanding, ‘Rent or sell your empty houses to local people at a fair price’ amid growing anger over increasing number of … Read More
EastEnders’ Steve McFadden, who plays Phil Mitchell, caught breaking speed limit on moped in London
EastEnders star Steve McFadden, 63, who plays Phil Mitchell is fined £580 and has five points on his licence after being caught speeding on his Vespa at 35mph in a … Read More
