Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang in the senate chamber of the state Capitol.
‘Curious incident’: Marles says America reacted to spy balloon in ‘measured way’
Defence Minister Richard Marles says America reacted to a Chinese spy balloon caught floating over the country last week in a “very measured way”.
“It’s a very curious incident with the balloon,” he told Sky News Australia.
“The important point tha…
Why ‘loser points’ should make it difficult for the Kraken to fall in the standings
Despite the Kraken’s 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday night, they remain in excellent position to qualify for the postseason with 32 games to go.
Biden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts
When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security it brought howls of protests from the GOP side of the aisle during the State of the Union address.
Rainey Says No Project Convergence Capstone In ‘23, Sets Futures Command’s Focus On ‘Army Of 2040’
The Army will not hold a capstone demonstration for its ongoing Project Convergence (PC) experimentation campaign this year, with the next event slated for spring 2024 at the earliest. Gen. James Rainey, head of Army Futures Command (AFC), confirmed th…
Robinhood plans to buy up to 55M shares, or 7%+ of the company’s outstanding shares, that Sam Bankman-Fried bought in 2022 and the US DOJ seized in January 2023 (CNBC)
CNBC:
Robinhood plans to buy up to 55M shares, or 7%+ of the company’s outstanding shares, that Sam Bankman-Fried bought in 2022 and the US DOJ seized in January 2023 — – Robinhood’s board has approved a plan to purchase Sam Bankman…
UK Proposes Making the Sale and Possession of Encrypted Phones Illegal
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A section of the UK government has proposed making the sale or possession of bespoke encrypted phones for crime a criminal offense in its own right. The measure is intended to help the country’s law…
Disney announces 7,000 layoffs while teasing Toy Story and Frozen sequels
Cuts represent an estimated 3.6% of Disney’s global workforce in effort to save $5.5bn in costs and follow major job losses at other top US companiesDisney has announced a sweeping corporate restructuring that will result in 7,000 people losing their j…
Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Car data offers timeline of night of murders after court evacuated for bomb threat
Third week of testimony underway for Alex Murdaugh at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina