(Bloomberg) — US-listed Chinese stocks tumbled in premarket trading, with investors spooked by President Xi Jinping’s tightening grip on China’s ruling party, as he embarks on a precedent-breaking third term with rivals gone and no successor in sight. Most Read from Bloomberg The KraneShares CSI China Internet Fund, an exchange traded fund that includes more … Read more
Schanda Handley was at her home in the suburban neighborhood of Lafayette, Louisiana, with her daughter, Isabella, when the doorbell rang around 2:30 p.m. on August 6, 2017. Two men, posing as deliverymen, forced themselves in with guns. “They started to scream … to ‘get the F on the floor,’ and ‘don’t move,’” Handley told … Read more
Are you done screaming? Have you run out of four-letter words? Have you put down all implements of destruction and taken one step away from the TV? Because there is still an uncomfortable question remaining after Tampa Bay’s nausea-inducing 21-3 loss at Carolina on Sunday that must be asked and answered: Where is the hope? … Read more
Electric-vehicle maker Tesla looks to be cutting prices in China, the largest market for new cars and new electric vehicles on the planet. Trading Monday will give investors some idea of how the market views the move. Tesla Chinese website on Sunday showed lower prices to buy Tesla vehicles. A Model Y, for instance, now … Read more
A progressive member of the Seattle City Council who has been a vocal critic of law enforcement amid the “defund the police” movement is criticizing police for not sufficiently pursuing reports of multiple instances of feces being thrown into her yard. Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, a self-described socialist, sent a letter to police in … Read more
Darren Cahill, a renowned coach who helped Simona Halep to Grand Slam glory, said Monday there was “no chance, none, zero,” that the former world number one purposely took drugs. The Romanian was provisionally suspended at the weekend for taking the banned substance roxadustat after she provided a sample at the US Open. Halep insisted … Read more
The incident delayed a flight from Heathrow to Lagos by three hours.Robert Smith/Getty Images A British Airways passenger defecated in the cabin of a plane at Heathrow Airport, The Sun reported. The man smeared feces on himself and around the cabin during boarding, according to the newspaper. BA apologized to customers and arranged another plane … Read more
There’s plenty in doubt through seven weeks of the NFL season. One thing is increasingly clear: The Seattle Seahawks won the Russell Wilson trade by a landslide. The Seahawks cruised on Sunday to a 37-23 win over the Los Angeles Chargers as perhaps the most surprising 4-3 team in the NFL. They were supposed to … Read more
Minneapolis police officers stand near a portrait of George Floyd during protests following his murder in 2020Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Minneapolis police department was reduced to a third of its size after George Floyd’s murder. Two years later, they are still struggling to hire more police officers, The Associated Press reported. In 2022, only 57 … Read more
Warriors’ defense yet to arrive in uneven start to season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry is off to a prolific scoring start. Andrew Wiggins has been active and productive. James Wiseman is leaping off the bench and giving the Warriors what they want. The Warriors spent the first week … Read more