(Bloomberg) — For day traders riding the AI-fueled stock mania, it’s been a money-minting bet like no other — offering double-digit returns week in and week out. Most Read from Bloomberg Now though — after pouring a record amount of cash into a leveraged-up ETF — a cohort of retail investors is facing big losses […]
A British-Mexican man who says he was targeted for being gay and arrested on false drug charges in Qatar has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence, a fine amounting to about $2,700, and a deportation order by a court in the Arab nation, which is a vital U.S. ally in the Middle East, according […]
Your Guide to KC: Star sports columnist Vahe Gregorian is changing uniforms this spring and summer, acting as a tour guide of sorts to some well-known and hidden gems of Kansas City. Send your ideas to vgregorian@kcstar.com. On my way to the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures for the first time, my thoughts wandered […]
Russia has likely been recruiting Cuban nationals to fight in its army in Ukraine, research by the BBC has shown. In September and October 2023, passport details belonging to over 200 Cubans who allegedly joined the Russian army were leaked online by a pro-Ukrainian platform called InformNapalm. The passport details were obtained, the site said, […]
A 73-year-old man, who followed a woman to her home thinking he was going to have a romantic moment, was attacked and robbed by the woman’s ex-boyfriend, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. It turned out that Chelsea Wright, 34, of Holly Hill, and her ex-boyfriend, Andrew Marks, 33, of Ormond Beach, had planned to […]
A hiker needed medical assistance on a “difficult and rugged” trail that leads to beautiful flowers — a popular destination North Carolina rescuers have had to warn travelers about before. McDowell County responders received a call Saturday, Feb. 24, about a “hiker in distress” at Pinch-In Trail, a hiking path in Linville Gorge Wilderness that […]
A Washington state serial killer suspect is accused of luring at least four victims to their deaths after asking them to help him dig up “buried gold.” King County prosecutors initially arrested and charged Richard Bradley Jr., 40, in May 2021 with one count of first-degree murder in connection with the murder of Brandi Blake, […]