This article first appeared in Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here. There isn’t another CEO in the world who would give an interview to The New York Times by text message while getting a massage. Then again there isn’t another…
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, said he is willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee about accusations from a woman who said he sexually assaulted her while they were teenagers in high school. Judge Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, is also willing to testify before Congress, Ms. Ford’s…
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, agreed on Friday to cooperate with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, as part of a deal in which he pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Appearing in United States District Court in Washington, Mr. Manafort entered guilty pleas on two charges. Andrew Weissmann, the lead…
President Donald Trump argued this week that Puerto Rico’s death toll after Hurricane Maria was exaggerated in order to make him look bad, sparking criticism from a number of politicians. U.S. House Democratic candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is one of the latest to respond, disclosing a personal connection with the natural disaster. “My…
THESE are glorious days at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium, a tidy 14,000-seat football ground perched on a steep hillside in the Kasimpasa district of Istanbul—and named after a local lad who became president. Kasimpasa SK are top of the Super Lig, Turkey’s top division, having won their first four games of the season. The economy…
The first rains of Hurricane Florence have begun to lash North Carolina on Thursday, with the storm growing in size, packing sustained winds of up to 105 miles an hour and driving a storm surge that could reach 13 feet in places. As rain and wind spread across the Outer Banks, officials warned of the…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhy do people ignore hurricane warnings? Hurricane Florence, which is nearing the US East Coast, could "kill a lot of people", officials warn.Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) administrator Brock Long said storm surges may bring catastrophic flooding to inland areas.Though Florence has been downgraded to a category…
After the Dunes Golf & Beach Club closed for business on Monday, course superintendent Steve Hamilton had his staff move the golf carts from under the clubhouse and park heavy machinery on the 14th fairway, where he figured it would be safe from flooding and falling trees. Then Hamilton shut down the Myrtle Beach course,…
LIBERALISM made the modern world, but the modern world is turning against it. Europe and America are in the throes of a popular rebellion against liberal elites, who are seen as self-serving and unable, or unwilling, to solve the problems of ordinary people. Elsewhere a 25-year shift towards freedom and open markets has gone into…
(Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc (ADBE.O), the maker of image-editing software Photoshop, is in negotiations to buy Marketo Inc, a privately held cloud-based marketing software company, according to people familiar with the matter. An Adobe Systems Inc software box is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Private equity firm Vista…
