Millions of dollars — perhaps over a hundred million dollars — worth of gems and jewelry were stolen from a Brinks tractor-trailer in California. The theft, which was only publicly acknowledged this week, is shocking the gem industry because of the huge amount of jewelry taken and because the thieves hit a security company with…
Pro-Trump legal group accuses Amazon of racial discrimination
The pro-Trump group America First Legal launched a class action suit against Amazon on Wednesday, claiming the corporation is engaging in racist business practices by treating Black, Indian and Latino employees better than the company’s White and Asian workers. In a 5-page complaint filed in the Eastern District of Texas, America First Legal argued the…
Facebook shifts focus away from newsletter service as competition with TikTok heats up
Facebook is deprioritizing its newsletter and information-focused products in favor of services for creators, signaling a major shift by the tech titan to attract the audience that has driven TikTok’s rapid growth. People’s time spent on TikTok has rocketed up since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and changes to Facebook indicate it is making…
Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 artifacts to be auctioned off
Key Apollo 11 artifacts from astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s personal collection are set to be auctioned off by Sotheby’s later this month. The only surviving member of the crew that first landed on the Moon could see some of his artifacts, including the jacket he wore during the mission, sold for seven figures. Though it…
Taxpayer cash infusion for the semiconductor industry survives crucial test vote in Senate
A bill to boost the nation’s semiconductor business passed a key test vote Tuesday after the Biden administration and industry officials urged Congress to approve legislation that will help counter China’s emerging dominance in producing computer chips. Senate lawmakers voted to begin considering legislation that would provide subsidies and an investment tax credit to U.S….
Possible recession looms on anniversary of Biden’s prediction of ‘temporary’ inflation
President Biden told Americans exactly one year ago Tuesday that inflation of 5.4% would be “temporary,” and he was right, in the wrong direction. Consumer prices have kept climbing, to a rate of 9.1% in June. The rise has been so historic that Mr. Biden and his aides lately have given up trying to predict…
Jewish group sues Long Island beach town over turning its worship land into a lifeguard center
A Jewish group is waging a fight in federal court to keep the officials of a beach community on Long Island, New York, from turning their worship and outreach property into a lifeguard center. The village of Atlantic Beach has other options for building the lifeguard center closer to the beach but chose to take…
The Chainsmokers to perform at the edge of space
NEW YORK — One of The Chainsmokers’ latest hits is “High” and they’re hoping to live up to their lyrics. The hit-making duo of Drew Taggart and Alex Pall have signed up to get into a pressurized capsule tethered to a stratospheric balloon in a few years and perform some 20 miles above the Earth….
Dr. Anthony Fauci expects to retire by end of Biden’s current term
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Monday he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January 2025. Fauci, 81, was appointed director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984, and has led research in HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, Ebola, Zika and the coronavirus….
Q&A: Jordan Peele on the dreams and nightmares of ‘Nope’
NEW YORK — There’s little in contemporary movies quite like the arrival of a new Jordan Peele film. They tend to descend ominously and mysteriously, a little like an unknown object from above that casts an expanding, darkening shadow the closer it comes. “Nope,” the writer-director’s third film, is nearly here. After Peele’s singular debut,…