Call it the great cash out. Over just nine days in February, as Bloomberg reported on Feb. 20, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos unloaded a total of 50 million shares of Amazon stock, netting $8.5 billion in proceeds — nearly $1 billion per day of selling. Now inquiring minds want to know: What is […]
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America’s hypersonic missile shield is beginning to appear, frustratingly for China
China and its new DF-27 hypersonic ‘aircraft carrier killer’ missiles have been a talking point recently, especially among Western military men who want aircraft carriers to be declared obsolete. While the US is rightfully concerned at this evolving threat, the nation that sent men to the moon is more than capable of rising to meet […]
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‘No Matter How Much We’ve Saved, We’re Not Going To Be Able To Retire’ — Generation X, ‘America’s Neglected Middle Child,’ Is Freaking Out About Retirement And Experts Say Rightfully So
As retirement looms, a sense of unease grips Generation X, often considered “America’s neglected middle child,” which is facing a financial landscape that feels increasingly unstable. An AARP article highlighted the stories of people like freelance writer Gretchen Elhassani, 47, and university professor Mike Cundall Jr., 49, who represent the growing concern among their peers […]
‘America’s Most Wanted’ suspect linked to child sex crimes caught in Florida
A suspected child sex offender featured on “America’s Most Wanted” was arrested in Florida over the weekend, authorities said. Davie Albarran, 51, who had a warrant for his arrest in Osceola County for sexual battery on a child under 12 and lewd conduct with a child under 12, was taken into custody in Lakeland on […]
Operation Ghost Busted to be spotlighted on America’s Most Wanted show on February 19
The hunt for a fugitive from south Georgia, David D. Young, will take center stage in an upcoming episode of America’s Most Wanted (AMW) on Fox Network television. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Trump’s NATO Threat Reflects a Wider Shift on America’s Place in the World
WASHINGTON — When former President Donald Trump told a campaign rally in South Carolina last weekend that he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies who “didn’t pay,” there were gasps of shock in Washington, London, Paris, Tokyo and elsewhere around the world. But not in South Carolina. At least not in the room that […]
North Texas police say man stabbed partner in 2016. He was on America’s Most Wanted Monday
The attack left the Gloria Sanchez unable to speak when she got a 911 operator on the line. It was Nov. 20, 2016, and she’d just been stabbed in what White Settlement police describe as a “brutal knife attack.” Police didn’t know that at the time because Sanchez’s side of the call was silent. But […]
How a liberal billionaire became America’s leading anti-DEI crusader
Three years ago, Vivek Ramaswamy called up hedge fund manager Bill Ackman with an idea: an “anti-woke” asset management firm that would combat social justice and climate initiatives spreading through the business world. Though the billionaire power broker had made a career forcing management changes in businesses including Wendy’s and JCPenney, Ackman seemed an unlikely […]
What’s it like to audition for ‘America’s Got Talent’? From an 85-year-old magician to a 9-year-old dancer, hopefuls say the show is ‘the biggest stage in the world.’
America’s Got Talent held its first in-person audition in the Los Angeles area since the COVID-19 pandemic. On Feb. 4, eager contestants showed up to the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif., ready to put on their best show to score a coveted spot on Season 19 of the NBC reality competition show. This was […]
Where was most of America’s stuff imported from last year? Hint: It’s not China
For the past two decades, the United States imported more goods from China than all other nations. That’s no longer the case. Mexico is now the top exporter of goods into the US, according to new trade data released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday. Mexico sent $475.6 billion worth of goods into the US […]
US military drills in Philippines unaffected by America’s focus on Ukraine and Gaza, US general says
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Combat exercises between the United States and the Philippines involving thousands of forces each year will not be affected by America’s focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a U.S. general said Thursday. The Biden administration has been strengthening an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific region […]