WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle ends
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his native Australia on a chartered plane on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors, ending a protracted legal battle. The years-long criminal case involving international conspiracy came to a surprise conclusion in highly unusual circumstances when […]
Stock futures climb after S&P 500 ends 3-day decline: Live updates – CNBC
52 minutes ago European markets opened higher European markets opened higher on Wednesday, reversing the negative sentiment seen in the previous trading session. Major stock exchanges started the day higher, with Britain’s FTSE 100 up 0.3%, France’s CAC 40 up 0.41% and Germany’s DAX up 0.6% as of 8:09 a.m. London time. The pan-European Stoxx […]
WikiLeaks’s Julian Assange pleads guilty in deal with US that secures his freedom and ends legal fight
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his freedom and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. The plea was entered Wednesday morning in federal court in Saipan, […]
Gotham FC can’t solve Spirit as win streak ends with shutout loss
Sunday night’s shutout win was a bit of a positive for Gotham FC on a night to forget. Gotham FC will not face the Washington Spirit again during the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) regular season. Gotham was unable to break the Spirit and suffered a 2-0 loss. Gotham was on a five-game winning streak […]
Bizarre, broad-daylight confrontation ends with male shooting female dead — but female’s girlfriend charged with murder
A bizarre confrontation in broad daylight in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Wednesday ended with a man shooting and killing a woman, and the woman’s boyfriend now facing murder charges. Police responded to a shooting on Riverwalk Parkway near Selwir Road around 3:10 p.m. and found a woman shot in the chest. WSOC-TV reported:. But […]
Woman’s lost luggage ends up in Hollywood homeless encampment
An American Airlines passenger discovered his lost suitcase had landed in a homeless encampment in Hollywood, California, and was missing its contents. Grace told KABC-TV that she flew from Dallas to Hollywood Burbank Airport, but her luggage took a much longer route. “I went to Denver. And [from] “From Denver, back to Dallas, and then […]
Trump's bid to oust Good ends in nailbiter: 5 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries
The surprisingly close race in Virginia was one of the highlights of Tuesday night’s election, which also included contests in Georgia and Oklahoma. Observers have been closely following the Republican primary for Rep. Bob Good’s seat in Virginia’s 5th District. The race has shaped up to be one of the most eventful this primary season, […]
Apple ends its buy now, pay later service
Wamsi Mohan, senior IT hardware analyst at BofA Securities, said investors should buy Apple on The Claman Countdown. Apple announced this week that it will discontinue its buy now, pay later service, Apple Pay Later, and that installment loan options from other providers will become available on its Apple Pay platform in the near future. […]
UK attractions try to win back visitors as post-Covid ‘revenge spending’ ends | Travel & leisure
Merlin Entertainment’s chief operating officer said the days of post-COVID “revenge spending” are over and businesses are having to find other ways to attract customers. The term “revenge spending” was coined to describe people looking to spend the cash they’ve saved during the coronavirus pandemic on products and experiences that help them make up for […]
Oprah Hospitalized: ‘Stuff Was Coming Out Of Both Ends’
Gayle King announced that Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized with a stomach virus on Tuesday. “She had some kind of stomach thing — stomach flu — stuff was coming out of both ends,” King said on CBS Mornings. She went on to add, “I won’t get too graphic. Needless to say, she ended up in the […]