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AUGUST 14, 2022
Veteran stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India’s Warren Buffett, died in Mumbai at 62. He was one of the co-founders of Akasa Air, a newly built airline company.
Jhunjhunwala died early this morning due to a cardiac arrest, a source in his newly set up airline said. Often referred to as ‘India’s Warren Buffett’...
Business
Classified government documents like the ones the FBI took from Trump have distinctive covers that are tough to miss. Here’s what they look like.
AUGUST 13, 2022
Documents considered classified by the government use covers such as these under a 1953 executive order for “protection in the interests of national defense” in Washington, June 23, 1971. Anonymous/AP
Cover labels for classified government documents are bright blue, red, and orange.
Each cover instructs handlers to "protect it from unauthorized disclosure" for "national security."
On Monday,...
Business
Outgoing Whole Foods CEO says young people ‘don’t seem like they want to work’ and thinks ‘socialists are taking over’
AUGUST 13, 2022
If you ask Whole Foods’ outgoing CEO about socialism and young workers, he says there’s a revolution happening, and it’s not with pitchforks but with words.
Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey has a history of complex views that he’s shared over time. What Mackey likes; a vegan diet and free-market and libertarian ideals. What he doesn’t like as...
Agriculture
Experts warn California of a disaster ‘larger than any in world history.’ It’s not an earthquake.
AUGUST 13, 2022
This Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows The Russian River flooding Guerneville, Calif. - DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company via AP
Megadrought may be the main weather concern across the West right now amid the constant threat of wildfires and earthquakes. But a new study warns another crisis is looming in California: "Megafloods."
Climate change is increasing the risk of floods that...
AUGUST 12, 2022
The National Archives and Records Administration issued a statement Friday in an attempt to counter misstatements about former president Barack Obama’s presidential records after several days of misinformation that had been spread by former president Donald Trump and conservative commentators.
Since the FBI search of his Florida home and club this week for classified documents, Trump has asserted...
AUGUST 12, 2022
Former US President Donald Trump speaks during the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda Summit in Washington, D.C., US, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Trumps remarks come on the heels of a House hearing that portrayed him standing by indifferently, even vindictively, for hours as a mob of his supporters battled police and chased lawmakers through...
AUGUST 12, 2022
Former President Donald Trump has characteristically growled, yapped and roared against the FBI’s execution of a warrant issued by an independent federal judge authorizing a particularized search for evidence of crimes in his Mar-a-Logo residence — potentially destruction of presidential records or unauthorized sharing of classified information. Trump’s appointee, FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was confirmed by a 92-5...
AUGUST 12, 2022
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, second from right, joined by other Republicans on the committee, calls on a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, on the FBI serving a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's home in Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans...
AUGUST 12, 2022
Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less expectedly, it’s also revealed some weird and dark things about our past—shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens and ancient cities. Here’s a look at some of th
Roman Remains
Italy’s drought has revealed artifacts from World War II and a glimpse of life under Nero.
Europe -...
AUGUST 11, 2022
New Delhi: As India continues to celebrate the 75 glorious years of Independence from the tyrant British rule under the 'Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to deliver another Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of the magnificent Red Fort in New Delhi. Just like every year, the...