Oklahoma dog starts house fire after chewing on lithium-ion battery
Video released by the Tulsa Fire Department in Oklahoma shows a dog unintentionally starting a house fire by gnawing at a lithium-ion battery. In the video, captured by an indoor security camera in the living room of a home, two dogs and a cat are seen as one of the dogs begins gnawing at a […]
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, other stars off to solid starts at Olympic Golf Competition
Two of the world’s most popular players got off to a strong start in the men’s Olympic golf competition in Paris on Thursday. Scottie Scheffler finished with four birdies and no bogeys for a four-under 67. The world No. 1 ranked player finished in a tie for sixth place, four strokes behind leader Hideki Matsuyama. […]
South America Starts Reinforcing Borders Fearing Another Venezuela Migrant Wave
The governments of Colombia and Peru reportedly launched plans to fortify their borders on Tuesday, fearing that ongoing political turmoil in Venezuela, sparked by a fake presidential election forced by the White House, will trigger a new wave of mass migration. Venezuela’s socialist government, in power since 1999, has already as a result An estimated […]
Stocks Gain as Big Week for Central Banks Starts: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — European stocks are set to gain early on the back of strength in Asian markets at the start of a week filled with major central bank decisions and big tech earnings reports, while the yen strengthened. Most read articles on Bloomberg Euro Stoxx 50 futures rose 0.5%, while major U.S. futures also rose. […]
Dems view Harris more favorably than Biden as veep starts run for prez: poll
A new poll shows that more Democrats support Vice President Kamala Harris, the presidential candidate most likely to face President Donald Trump in November, than support President Biden. About 91% of Democratic voters said they had a favorable view of Harris, 59, and 80% said they had a similar impression of Biden, 81. According to […]
Housing starts rose in June despite higher mortgage rates
The number of housing starts ticked up in June despite pressure from high mortgage rates, reassuring news for an economy that has seen soaring housing prices and rents driven by a lack of supply. Housing starts, the change in the number of new residential buildings that began construction, rose 3% from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.35 million in […]
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman starts fundraising for new US fund
See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman began raising funds in the U.S. on Tuesday for an initial public offering of a closed-end fund. The effort could raise $20 billion, more than double Mr. Ackman’s assets under management, some of it from individual investors, according to people familiar with the matter. Last […]
Phase Two to Save the Country Starts Today
Now that Reform UK has established a foothold in Parliament, it is time to embark on the next stage of its plan: “professionalising” the party so that it is ready to contest the 2029 election. Nigel Farage, speaking at a victory press conference alongside his party’s new candidates due to be sworn in to Parliament […]
80-year-old actor Danny Trejo starts wild brawl at July 4th parade after getting hit with water balloon: ‘Blood everywhere’
Small Town Independence Day Parade Confusion This happened after someone threw a water balloon at actor Danny Trejo and he confronted the man. Cellphone video showed the 80-year-old Trejo getting out of a vintage convertible to look for balloon throwers at the celebration in the Sunland-Tujunga neighborhood. Trejo was a guest of the parade. “Fights […]
Colorado family dog turns on stove and starts house fire, video shows
At 4:43 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, CSFD was dispatched to a possible structure fire at a residence in the 1600 block of Rushmore Drive. The homeowner reported a fire had started in a stove in the home, but one of the firefighters was able to extinguish it. pic.twitter.com/lohlgUvC2q — CSFD PIO (@CSFDPIO) July 2, […]