Tag: Ross

RFK Jr. is no Ross Perot

Jun. 11—Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will campaign Saturday in Albuquerque. Can you feel the excitement, the heady sense of a 70-year-old newcomer on the rise? Neither can I. Not since Ross Perot in 1992 has a third-party candidate helped determine the outcome of a presidential election. That trend will continue this year. […]

Diana Ross, Eminem and Jack White perform at revamped Detroit landmark

Some of Detroit’s greatest musical exports, including Diana Ross, Eminem and Jack White, have taken to the stage for a concert ahead of the reopening of a former train station that had long symbolised their hometown’s decline. The 90-plus-minute event Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central celebrated the city’s refurbished train station, which […]

Ross Stores promises 850 new jobs at $450 million warehouse near Greensboro, NC

One of the nation’s largest discount department store chains has committed to build a $450 million, 852-worker warehouse in North Carolina’s Randolph County. Ross Stores, the California-based company behind Ross Dress for Less, says these warehouse positions will pay an average wage of $55,800 at the future facility 20 miles south of Greensboro in the […]

Trump just spotlighted Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online illegal drug marketplace Silk Road. Why he is a hero to some.

Trump vowed to commute Ross Ulbricht’s sentence at the Libertarian National Convention. Libertarians view Ulbricht’s life sentence as a symbol of government overreach. Trump also promised to include a Libertarian in his cabinet if elected. Donald Trump made an address at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday, promising to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, […]

Trump vows to commute prison sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht

Former President Trump on Saturday vowed to commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug-selling site Silk Road. The GOP frontrunner made the pledge while addressing the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C., in a bid to win over skeptical party activists, many of whom held up signs that read: […]