The Wealth Consulting Group CEO Jimmy Lee joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita to break down the unexpected boost in September’s retail sales report.
The French government pledged on Thursday to toughen laws on the rape of children after a massive online movement saw hundreds of victims share accounts about sexual abuse within their families. The move comes in the wake of child abuse accusations involving a prominent French political expert. France’s justice minister said Thursday the government will soon present new legal measures to better protect children, while a draft bill has started being debated at parliament to toughen laws on the rape of minors under 13.
With truth famously known as the "first casualty of war," a Norwegian parliamentarian announced Thursday that she is nominating "fact-checkers" for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
The Oscar-nominated director's Array collective will work with Gimlet Media on a variety of shows.
Google has suspended an artificial intelligence ethics researcher weeks after dismissing another member of the team, a recently formed union said.
A judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a $641 million deal that would benefit Flint residents who were harmed by lead-contaminated water. The settlement includes $600 million from the state of Michigan, although Flint, an area hospital and an engineering firm are also part of the agreement. U.S. District Judge Judith Levy signed off in a 72-page opinion.
A person in uniform kneeled at the gravesite of Joe Biden's son Beau during the president's inaugural speech. See the story behind the viral photo.
Twitter locked the account belonging to the Chinese U.S. Embassy in Washington after a tweet stated that Uygur women in Xinjiang have been emancipated and are no longer “baby making machines.” One of the final acts of the Trump administration this week was declaring that China’s policies and actions in regard to Muslims and ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang region constitute “crimes against humanity” and “genocide.” Twitter said the Jan. 7 tweet violated its policy on dehumanization.
The chasm between the two super powers deepened considerably over the last 4 years, but one veteran Chinese analyst sees clear opportunities "to reengage."
Coronavirus deaths surpass U.S. World War II toll, and this battle is not over.
The president plans to retain Wray as the head of the FBI, a source familiar with the matter tells CBS News.
Chris Martin admits that Coldplay’s latest album could have sounded terrible if it wasn’t for one person — mastering engineer Emily Lazar. Like the musical magician she is, Lazar added her special touch to the band’s eighth album “Everyday Life,” which was released in late 2019 and is now competing for the top prize at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Martin describes the universal and political album as “a patchwork quilt of opinions and thoughts about life and humans and the planet and how much we love Nigerian music and how much we love gospel (music) and how much we love, like, old-fashioned, northern European church music.”
Julia Letlow, the widow of Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, described herself as “both full of grief while also having hope for the future" as she registered Thursday to compete for the congressional seat her husband was unable to fill because of his death from COVID-19 complications. After filing her paperwork for the March 20 election, Julia Letlow faced reporters at the same podium where she stood with her husband six months earlier when he signed up for his bid to represent northeast and central Louisiana.
“I’m not going to be telling you when it is going,” Pelosi said. “The other questions are about how a trial would proceed. We are ready.”
A county official in northern Michigan displayed a rifle during an online meeting in response to a citizen's comments about a far-right extremist group, drawing outrage from some local residents. Ron Clous, an elected member of the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners, was at home during the livestreamed meeting Wednesday, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. During a public comment period, a local woman, Kelli MacIntash, criticized the board for allowing self-described members of the Proud Boys to speak at a commission meeting last year and urged commission Chairman Rob Hentschel to denounce them.
Each of the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq ended the regular session at record levels, and the S&P 500 posted its best Inauguration Day return since Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985.
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A journalist was shot and killed this week in the capital of Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region, a relative and a colleague told AFP Thursday, highlighting security woes despite government claims of a return to normalcy.
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