A lawsuit brought by the father of an Alabama woman who died from pneumonia in jail will finally get its day in court, alleging jail nurses never treated his daughter, even as her condition worsened, AL.com reports. Autumn Harris, 34, died in the Walker County Jail on Dec. 5, 2018 after being incarcerated for three … Read more
Investors may be happy to close the door on 2022 after the worst year for stocks since the 2008 financial crisis. Now, Wall Street is assessing whether the new year will further punish investors or if it could offer some respite to battered portfolios. The first trading day of 2023 kicked off on a downbeat note. … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Amherst County, Virginia, doesn’t have a hospital. It does have a Bitcoin ATM. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Carly Wanna, Anna Irrera and Rachel Butt Publishing date: Nov 26, 2022 • 7 minutes ago • 5 minute read Join the conversation NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE Photo by Michael … Read more
Afghans wait for food assistance from the World Food Programme in Kabul in October. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Afghans wait for food assistance from the World Food Programme in Kabul in October. Claire Harbage/NPR KABUL — Every couple of weeks, 50-year old Mari Jaan joins hundreds of other Afghans in a … Read more
Article content Frasers Group Plc is defying a slump in UK retail stocks, in a sign that Mike Ashley’s campaign to turn the firm into the “Selfridges of Sport” is starting to pay off. Article content Frasers is on track to be the only stock in the FTSE 350 Retail Index to have risen this … Read more
Manchester United great Wayne Rooney on Sunday took a fresh swipe at former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo amid their ongoing spat while making a Lionel Messi statement. Rooney’s statement came during a show before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup opener, just days after Ronaldo’s “rat” jibe at him. Rooney, during his discussion on … Read more
The story of the Falun Gong religious sect taking over Chinese state television for over an hour in 2002 isn’t well known in the Western world, but it had devastating consequences within the country. Jason Loftus explores this event and its aftermath in his Mandarin-language animated documentary Eternal Spring, which is Canada’s entry for the … Read more
Letoyie Leroshi walked for five days hunting water. After three years of drought in Samburu County, Kenya, the riverbeds were bone-dry. Then Leroshi found a patch of wettish sand in the sunbaked Ewaso Ng’iro riverbed. He brought a group of fellow herders to dig. They hit water and the jubilant young men broke into song, … Read more
At the end of 2021, things looked rosy for the global housing sector. Across the 38 countries in the OECD, house prices were growing at the fastest pace since records began 50 years earlier. Analysis of data from Oxford Economics, a consultancy, shows a similar trend. In 41 countries, from Norway to New Zealand, house … Read more
The bloodletting in big tech continues after a year of slowing sales and profits along with de facto valuation resets at the hands of an aggressive Federal Reserve. Meta said Wednesday it will slash 13% of its workforce as it looks to redirect resources to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse project and appease angry shareholders. Meta stock … Read more