Posts by Amelia Frost
In Rio De Janeiro, A Wrong Turn Leads From Paradise To Peril
[ad_1] One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in the seaside city. Both ended up shot dead after GPS navigation apps suddenly diverted them into favelas dominated by drug-trafficking gangs locked in an intense battle for territory. Most of the millions…
Read MoreApple and Google Restore TikTok to App Stores in the U.S.
[ad_1] Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the United States on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the short-form video platform in compliance with a new law that banned it in the country. President Trump tried to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban with an executive order, but the companies…
Read MoreHot Inflation Raises Stakes of Trump’s Tariffs
[ad_1] Hot inflation has raised the stakes of President Trump’s plans to escalate his use of tariffs on the country’s biggest trading partners, risking even higher consumer prices and pushing back the prospects of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates soon. New inflation data released this week showed price pressures intensifying. The unexpected jump in…
Read MoreJoann Customers React to Store Closings and Bankruptcy
[ad_1] Crafters, quilters, knitters and makers across the country received bleak news on Wednesday when they learned that Joann, the arts-and-crafts retail giant, was preparing to close more than half of its stores in the wake of its latest bankruptcy filing — its second in less than a year. Possibly as early as this weekend,…
Read MoreTrump Announces ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Across the Globe
[ad_1] President Trump on Thursday set in motion a plan for new tariffs on other countries globally, an ambitious move that could shatter the rules of global trading and is likely to set off furious negotiations. The president directed his advisers to come up with new tariff levels that take into account a range of…
Read MorePictures Show Wreckage Following a More Than 100-Car Pileup Amid Whiteout Conditions in Oregon
[ad_1] A blinding snowstorm caused a massive 100-vehicle pileup on Oregon’s Interstate 84. Multnomah Co. Sheriff’s Office/FOX12 A blinding snowstorm turned an Oregon highway into a demolition derby Wednesday, triggering a massive pileup of over 100 vehicles that left the highway littered with wreckage. Near-zero visibility turned westbound Interstate 84 into a disaster zone, leaving…
Read MoreTrump Announces More Tariffs To ‘Deliver Reciprocity to Our System of Trade’
[ad_1] Trump announced that he would impose “reciprocal tariffs” on trading partners, opening new fronts in his trade war. The move would match US tariff rates on imports to the levels that other countries impose on US goods. Latin Times President Donald Trump announced a new tariff policy on Wednesday, declaring that the United States…
Read MoreJim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81
[ad_1] Jim Guy Tucker, a former governor of Arkansas who was caught up in the long-running investigation that unsuccessfully targeted his predecessor as governor, Bill Clinton, died on Thursday in Little Rock, Ark. He was 81. His death, at a hospital, was caused by complications of ulcerative colitis, said his daughter Anna Ashton. The Whitewater…
Read MoreTexas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas
[ad_1] In a case that could have major implications for abortion access in the United States, a Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending abortion pills to patients in Texas and to pay a penalty of more than $100,000 for providing the medication to one woman. The case…
Read More3 Federal Prosecutors Resign After DOJ Ordered Them To Dismiss Charges Against Eric Adams: Officials
[ad_1] Three top prosecutors resigned after the Department of Justice demanded they drop Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case. Latin Times Three federal prosecutors resigned after the Department of Justice ordered them to dismiss the corruption charges brought against New York City Mayor Eric Adams last year. On Monday, the acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove…
Read MoreTrump Suggests Musk Met India’s Prime Minister in Washington Because ‘He Wants to Do Business in India’
[ad_1] President Donald Trump suggested Tesla CEO Elon Musk met Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to talk business. During a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump was asked whether Musk met Prime Minister Bodi as an American CEO or as a representative of the U.S. government. “I don’t know,” Trump proclaimed…
Read MoreNissan Says It Will Pull Out of Mexico If Trump Tariffs Come Into Effect
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s threats of implementing new tariffs on Mexico’s steel and aluminum exports have raised concerns for many companies based there. One of the latest to make its concerns public is Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan. According to reports, the vehicle manufacturer is “studying” the possibility of leaving Mexico if Trump goes through with…
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