Wall Street’s wild week — how it went, how it's going
Stocks end choppy week in volatile trading Job market situation remains uncertain Warren Buffett’s Big Money Move Impacts Apple and Safer Investments President Trump takes on the Federal Reserve again How big will the Fed’s first rate cut be? Investors consider Tim Walz as 2024 candidate for the White House and Kamala Harris’ running mate […]
Catfish spotted swimming on flooded streets in Florida during Hurricane Debby
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Catfish were spotted swimming in driveways and yards of Florida homes before Category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall. Joanna Mack and her husband were surprised to see two catfish swimming in the road in front of their Pinellas Park home on Sunday. The couple believe the fish was probably washed away […]
Wall Street’s ‘Fear Index’—the VIX—Surges To Highest Level Since 2020 Pandemic Crash
Global market turmoil has pushed a key measure of expected stock market volatility to levels not seen since the peak of the pandemic and before that, the 2008 financial crisis. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) surged to 54 on Monday, its highest level since 2020. It closed at 23.4 on Friday, the first time it […]
Wall Street’s fear gauge surges as global market selloff deepens
Weak jobs report sends stocks plummeting on recession fears. Adam Turnquist, chief technology strategist at LPL Financial, explains more. Wall Street’s fear index surged to its highest level in more than four years early Monday amid a global market sell-off. The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, a gauge of investor fear, surged 172% to 62.27 […]
Horrifying details emerge about drug users, mentally ill living on streets on Manhattan’s West Side
New York City council members have declared a humanitarian crisis on Manhattan’s west side, describing dire conditions on the streets with homeless people suffering from drug addiction and mental illness in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams. City Councilman Eric Bottcher, who represents Manhattan’s 3rd Ward, asked Adams for his “immediate assistance” in addressing the […]
Rain-Soaked Paris Streets Turn Olympic Triathlon into Demolition Derby
Heavy rain in Paris not only wreaked havoc on schedules and travel, it even turned the women’s triathlon cycling event on Wednesday into a demolition derby. The combination of intense heat and near-constant rain caused riders to lose control and crash to the ground, some requiring medical treatment. Guam’s Manami Iijima, Brazil’s Vittoria Lopes, Germany’s […]
Paris streets littered by bicycle crashes during Olympics triathlon amid wet conditions
Women’s triathlon cycling Paris Olympics There were a number of cycling accidents on Wednesday as athletes slipped on the wet cobblestones. The weather at the event was characterised by heavy rain, heat and humidity, which led to several riders losing control of their bikes on the various curves of Paris’ cobbled roads, causing them to […]
Philadelphia Streets Flooded With Communist Flags As Hundreds March
On Sunday, hundreds of people were captured on video marching through the streets of Philadelphia waving Communist party flags. Viral video Hundreds of protesters are seen taking to the streets of Philadelphia, waving Communist flags and chanting “class warfare” and “fight the rich and feed the poor.” These demonstrations coincide with the Revolutionary Communists of […]
Kamala Harris border visit: Agents told to clear streets
During Vice President Kamala Harris’ first and only visit to the US-Mexico border, federal agents on the front lines were instructed to thoroughly sanitize the area to hide the true severity of the crisis from cameras, sources told The Washington Post, even going so far as to braid the hair of unaccompanied minors. Harris, whose […]
Kamala Harris-backed ‘Freedom Fund’ that put murderers, rapists back on streets still up and running
The bail fund was once Vice President Kamala Harris The website, which helped secure the release of violent offenders during the 2020 presidential campaign, has attracted attention again, and it appears to still be accepting donations. As of Monday night, the website was up and running and accepting payments. “If you’re able, please donate now […]