White House says there are no visitor logs for Biden’s home
News that sensitive documents had been found in a private office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, emerged earlier this month. That was followed by a…
Prescott shines as Cowboys beat Brady’s Buccaneers
Venue: State Farm Stadium, Glendale Date: Sunday, 12 February Start: 23:30 GMT BBC coverage: Listen to commentary on Radio 5 Live and follow live text on the BBC Sport website…
Keith Davis: After four trials, Baltimore drops murder charge
His second trial led to a conviction of second-degree murder, but a judge ordered a third trial because the jury received a “sanitised” criminal history of a jailhouse witness who…
FAA investigates after two planes nearly collide on JFK runway
One was headed to the Dominican Republic, while the other to the UK. Both were full with passengers.
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Physical Wallets Are Shrinking in Relevance in UK, Claims Survey Commissioned by Mastercard | naked capitalism
The timing is convenient coming just as Mastercard is piloting a biometric-authenticated payments system in the UK, which will require digital, not physical, wallets. In the almost total absence of…
What if Russia Won the Ukraine War but the Western Press Didn’t Notice? | naked capitalism
The level of creative story-telling about Russia’s progress in the Ukraine War has reached the point where the scenario below is not entirely impossible. Sadly yours truly lacks the literary…
How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
“The N.R.A. is different from most traditional trade associations in our business model,” Dawn Sweeney, the National Restaurant Association’s chief executive at the time, wrote to members in 2014 —…
Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction
And yet, as Robert Lowell wrote, “No rocket goes as far astray as man.” In recent months, as the outrages at Twitter and elsewhere began to multiply, Musk seemed to…
Elon Musk Faces Trial Over His 2018 Plan to Take Tesla Private
More than four years after he said he had secured the funding to take Tesla off the stock market, Elon Musk will try to defend that statement in a trial…