Facebook Tweet Email Link New York — Stocks hit record highs Thursday after August inflation data mostly matched expectations, reaffirming investors’ hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September. The Dow rose 617 points, or 1.36%, and closed at 46,108, crossing the 46,000-point mark for the first time. It’s a symbolic milestone…
El Paso, Texas — The long white tents, visible to anyone driving across East El Paso, Texas, are designed to be part of the biggest immigration holding facility in U.S. history, with a capacity for as many as 5,000 immigrants. “That’s what it is, a giant tent city,” Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas, who…
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The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has taken on the running of Nestles Avenue Early Years Centre in Hayes, South Ruislip and Uxbridge centres from the council under 15-year leases. The keys to the three sites were officially handed over today (11) by Cllr Susan O’Brien, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Families, and Cllr Jonathan…
What is fashion week without running into your friends? At the Simkhai show on Thursday afternoon, Tiffany Haddish was shocked to find “my baby” Jordan Chiles next to her. The pair first met roughly two years ago and have been friends ever since. “I just remember I was so super proud of you,” Haddish said. …
Singapore’s reputation as a safe harbor for wealthy mainland Chinese families is fading, reversing an inflow that came at the expense of rival wealth hubs like Hong Kong and Japan. Its allure for China’s wealthy surged after 2019, when a wave of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong led to a clampdown by Beijing and the…
The United States will press G7 countries to impose sharply higher tariffs on India and China for buying Russian oil, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing four people briefed on the plans. According to the report, US President Donald Trump wants allies to adopt tariff levels of between 50 and 100 percent in an effort…
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Yesterday afternoon, after hearing that the conservative activist and influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot, I turned, as I…
Bayern Munich reportedly made an enquiry to sign Arsenal star Gabriel Martinelli in the summer before landing Luis Diaz from Liverpool. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Bundesliga giants took a serious look at the 24-year-old before eventually moving for the Colombian. Bayern considered Martinelli before Diaz transfer Arsenal rejected €35 million (£30m/$41m) interest outright Brazilian…
Thousands of Google Maps users across the country reported problems with the app Thursday afternoon, including in the Chicago area. According to the website Downdetector, nationwide reports of problems with Google Maps began around 1:43 p.m. Thursday. By 3:43 p.m., a spike of more than 5,334 outages was reported, the webpage showed. Around 5:15 p.m., a…