PM Boris Johnson doesnt have much room to manoeuvre. POOL/Reuters Hes been cornered by Parliament and abandoned by a growing number of political allies. But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has remained defiant as he scrambles to salvage his Brexit stra…
A new climate report, Volume II of the National Climate Assessment, says that the effects of global warming are intensifying and getting costlier.
In September 2018, I warned about the abbreviated FBI investigation into allegations that Brett M. Kavanaugh engaged in sexually aggressive behavior: If Democrats retake one or both houses in November, they will be able to investigate, subpoena witnesses and …
Just a week after the Brewers lost reigning NL MVP Christian Yelich for the season due to a fractured knee cap, the Angels have lost perennial AL MVP Mike Trout for the season due to foot surgery. Why it matters: In addition to winning recent MVP awards, Tro…
You wouldn’t have known it from the summer heat this weekend in the Bay Area, but Silicon Valley’s fall hardware season is upon us in full force with giant companies scrambling to seize a bigger slice of the consumer electronics pie even as the pie itself isn…
Lundbeck, a Danish pharma company focused on brain disease, agreed to buy Alder BioPharmaceuticals, a Bothell, Washington-based developer of migraine drugs, for almost $2 billion in cash. Why it matters: This is the patent cliff in practice. Lundbeck soon wi…
Politico also reported that 90% of the entrants to the contest provided email addresses that were not previously on Yang’s list and that he gained the most Twitter followers of any candidate during the debate.Yes, but: Yang’s contest could p…
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Details: Annually, the museum normally sees only 5,000 to 6,000 visitors, but that’s significantly down from the 20,000 visitors a year in the ’90s. The house runs at an annual loss of more than $80,000.Fewer volunteers are willing to work a…
The strong U.S. labor market continues to add jobs, but the retail sector has been moving in the opposite direction. Why it matters: Brick and mortar retail is likely to keep shedding jobs for the foreseeable future because of an “efficiency gap” between tr…
Indonesian police say they’ve arrested 185 people suspected of starting forest fires that are spreading a thick, noxious haze around Southeast Asia. National police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said Monday that police formally handed over investigations of 23 peo…
