Takeoff: Tributes to Migos rapper shot dead in Houston at 28
Their follow-up album, Culture II, featured production by Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, as well as guest spots from Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Cardi B and Drake. Another US number…
Cyber-attacks on small firms: The US economy’s ‘Achilles heel’?
“It was a total head-in-the-sand situation. ‘It’s not going to happen to me. I’m too small.’ That was the overwhelming message that I was hearing five years ago,” says Ms…
‘You don’t know me, but you tried to kill me’
Families and survivors of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, have delivered emotional victim-impact statements in court. A judge will sentence the killer to life in prison this week…
Kansas woman who led all-female IS battalion sentenced to 20 years
Around four years later, she became a leader and organiser of Khatiba Nusayba, an all-female IS battalion set up in the group’s de-facto capital of Raqqa, Syria. US officials believe…
Elon Musk says $8 monthly fee for Twitter blue tick
On Monday, one of the world’s biggest advertising companies, IPG, advised its clients to suspend Twitter adverts for a week, citing a need for more clarity on the Twitter’s plans…
Ghosts, monsters and teddies take over New York
Thousands of New Yorkers flocked to flaunt their most extravagant costumes at the Village Halloween Parade. Floats, performance artists and giant puppets all made their way through the streets of…
EU Threatens Secondary Sanctions Against Turkey Amid Row Over NATO Bids, Russian Ties | naked capitalism
By Conor Gallagher Türkiye continues to exasperate Washington and Brussels with its willingness to chart its own course in its relationship with Russia. While ties between Ankara and Moscow grow…
After Bolsonaro’s Failures, Why Was Brazil’s Election So Close? | naked capitalism
Yves here. This interview helps unpack why Lulu’s victory wasn’t as resounding as many outsiders anticipate. One general issue that’s often underestimated is that in bad economic times, the center…
Successful Tool Lending Libraries Force Us to Rethink What the Public Is Willing to Share | naked capitalism
Yves here. I didn’t realize tool libraries existed! Now that I am in a house and have to be on top of maintenance, there have been quite a few times…
Mother suspected of raising $11,000 on GoFundMe after falsely claiming her child had brain cancer
PHOENIX — Phoenix police say they arrested a woman on suspicion that she defrauded people into donating on false claims that her child had brain cancer. Phoenix Children’s Hospital reported that…