Michigan man, 80, run over for putting Trump sign in yard, say police
A Michigan man used an an all-terrain vehicle to run over and critically injure an 80-year-old man who was putting a Trump sign in his yard, in what police have…
Bob Menendez to quit US Senate after bribery conviction
Bob Menendez is to resign from the US Senate after being convicted of accepting bribes including gold bars to help foreign governments. The New Jersey Democrat had been resisting calls…
Wildfires rage in Pacific Northwest US and western Canada
Wildfires are burning in the US Pacific Northwest and in western Canada. The 11,000 km sq (4,200 sq mi) Jasper National Park in Alberta and the nearby local municipality are…
Cows, dairy workers, and America’s struggle to track bird flu
Getty Images For the past 12 years, Freddy Morales has spent most of his time in close proximity to America’s dairy cows, working on several of the country’s thousands of…
The Harris-______ Campaign
Kamala Harris’s choice of a running mate probably won’t decide this year’s presidential campaign. It’s hard to argue that a vice-presidential nominee has swung even a single state over the…
Winter Olympics Will Return to Salt Lake City, Site of Bidding Scandal, in 2034
Salt Lake City, where a brazen bribery scandal ahead of the 2002 Winter Olympics helped change the way host cities are chosen, was given a second chance on Wednesday when…
More Guns, Less Butter: How Will the EU Wed Austerity to Militarization? | naked capitalism
US President Joe Biden, long showing signs of decline, is now officially done for in five months time, if not sooner. The current odds-on favorite to be the next president…
Harris Hits Campaign Trail, and Netanyahu Heads to Congress
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Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw | naked capitalism
The media and even some members of Congress have been cataloguing how private equity fund managers have been systematically targeting key segments of the healthcare industry. The results include price…
‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing | naked capitalism
Yves here. It’s encouraging to see Lina Kahn at the FTC launch a new front in investigating corporate abuse of market power, here of using profiles of consumer behavior to…