Twenty people were killed, 26 others others were injured, and one suspect was arrested after a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas officials said Saturday. "Texas grieves for the people of El Paso today. On a day that would've been a normal day for someone to leisurely go shopping turned into one of…
IN APRIL, a Metro PCS mobile phone shop at the corner of 7th Street and Florida Avenue in the Shaw district of Washington, DC, briefly silenced its speakers. For 24 years, the shop, which also sells music CDs, had played go-go music, a kind of funk indigenous to the city, to passers-by. Some would stop…
ImageTraders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, the day President Trump announced new tariffs on another $300 billion worth of Chinese imports.CreditCreditDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Global trade tensions escalated this week as the United States renewed its tariff war with China, sending major stock indexes tumbling as fears of an…
Boeing is working on new software for the 737 Max that will use a second flight control computer to make the system more reliable, solving a problem that surfaced in June with the grounded jet, two people briefed on the matter said Friday.When finished, the new software will give Boeing a complete package for regulators…
For the second year in a row, Oracle's board has told investors that its trio of top execs — CEO Safra Catz, fellow CEO Mark Hurd, and CTO Larry Ellison — won't be getting their all of their 2019 bonuses, according to an SEC filing released this week. This is because they failed to meet…
Get our daily newsletterUpgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks.ON JULY 27TH, outside Brooklyn’s hipper-than-thou Smorgasburg street-food market, a dozen hungry visitors stand idle amid the barbecue fumes. Rather than queuing for food, they are waiting at a cash machine. Yet inside the market, vendors are trying to wean their customers…
The diplomat, Robert O’Brien, usually deals with hostage situations in war-torn countries. President Trump sent him to Sweden for an assault trial.ImageRobert O’Brien enters the courtroom on Tuesday for the first day of ASAP Rocky’s assault trial. Mr. O’Brien was sent to Stockholm as the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.CreditCreditMichael Campanella/Getty ImagesIt started with…
Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay more than $2.78 million because the pop star's 2013 hit "Dark Horse" copied a 2009 Christian rap song, a federal jury decided Thursday.It was an underdog victory for rapper Marcus Gray, a relatively obscure artist once known as Flame, whose 5-year-old lawsuit survived constant court…
President Donald Trump announced new tariffs Thursday on Chinese imports including footwear, apparel, electronics, and other consumer goods. The tariffs could trigger mass store closures. UBS estimated in May that if the Trump administration added 25% tariffs to all remaining imports from China, an additional 12,000 stores could close, sending shockwaves through the industry. The…
ENGLISH CRICKET fans have been spoiled this summer. First their country hosted the World Cup, which uses the one-day international (ODI) format. Now, barely a fortnight after England won the tournament, jubilant supporters await Test cricket’s greatest spectacle. August 1st marks the start of the Ashes, a five-game series between England and Australia that has…
