Bank stocks rose and lobbyists rejoiced on Thursday after US regulators voted to gut the so-called Volcker Rule, a set of regulations imposed in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street collapse that limits the ability of financial institutions to engage in high-risk behaviors that threaten the systemic health of …
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Kosovo President rejects accusation of war crimes as “attempt to rewrite history”
Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Hashim Thaci, who has been Kosovo’s president since 2016, says he will head to the country on Sunday. Kosovo President Hashim Thaci rejected a war crime allegation he faces, calling it an attempt to rewrite the history of his country. In his first comments since prosecutors’ …
Read More »The Broncos need these five dominoes to drop perfectly for a trade in 2020
The Denver Broncos enter the 2020 offseason with a lot of promise. Having a young quarterback with a big lead and a renewed offensive drive tends to add to the excitement. The Broncos have solid offensive training with the addition of coordinator Pat Shurmur and the defense appears poised to …
Read More »United States Must Release Children from Family Detention Centers, Judges Rules
Citing the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday ordered the imminent release of migrant children detained at the country’s three family detention centers. The order to release the children before July 17 came after plaintiffs in a long-standing case reported that some of …
Read More »US Coronavirus Deaths Expected to Reach 180,000 in October
Deaths from coronavirus in the US are expected to reach 180,000 in early October unless most people start wearing masks, according to a report released Wednesday. The University of Washington Institute for Health Measurement and Assessment (IHME) estimates 179,106 COVID-19 deaths as of October 1, although researchers said that number …
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