New Orleans has been removing monuments to its Confederate history, led by Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Sunday afternoon protesters met at Lee Square, as did people who support monument removal. The protesters included some considered to be white supremacists, but the peaceful protesters of all beliefs were aligned, as, in the words of one man who attended … Read more
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest local TV station operator, is ready to buy Tribute Media, a rival, for $3.9b. If Sinclair gets regulatory approval for the buy, they will have over 200 stations. Read more
The French president-elect, the youngest leader of the country since Napoleon and a man who was unknown a year ago, could find himself without much power to act if he doesn’t quickly form a movement to win a majority in the French national assembly. In the run up to the election, two candidates were chosen … Read more
A debate is taking place in legal circles, matching the contentious findings of the various judges that have been dealing with figuring out how Trump’s executive orders are related to his earlier statements. During the campaign trail, Trump said he would institute a Muslim ban. Most legal experts would consider such a ban to be … Read more
The former Obama administration director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Trump administration National Security Advisor is back in the news this week after Sally Yates, former acting-Attorney General, testified to the Senate about his history. She said that the Obama administration had warned Trump not to hire Flynn because Flynn was vulnerable to … Read more
The Liberals and Christy Clark did not receive a majority … yet. They might not get one. They won 43 of B.C.’s 87 electoral districts, one short of a majority. That means that the NDP with 41 and the Greens with 3 may form a coalition or other governing arrangement, and NDP leader John Horgan … Read more
During a rollover, side airbags and seatbelts may not work properly due to a defect in the truck’s software so far blamed for one death. The vehicles being recalled are the 2013-16 Ram 1500 and 2500 pickups, and the 2014-16 Ram 3500. Fiat Chrysler said the recall covered 1m vehicles in the United States and … Read more
Around 24 hours after being hit by the big malware attack that affected 100 countries, 97% of UK hospitals were back to normal. There is talk that the computers were breached through a vulnerability in older Microsoft systems which was long ago identified by the NSA and which the NSA included it in its list … Read more
New Orleans City Council and Mayor Mitch Landrieu have continued their plan to remove monuments to Confederate history by removing a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Davis Street. The statue stood for 106 years. The removal was conduced in the middle of the night, as Landrieu said removals would be done, early Thursday … Read more
A piece of the world’s second-largest diamond, found 2 years ago by Vancouver’s Lucara Diamond company, just sold for $17.5m. The big rock in question is the 1,109-carat “Lesedi La Rona.” They wanted $70m for it at the auction, but no one bid higher than $60m so they still have it. The $17.5m diamond is … Read more
The reports are being denied by the White House, but The Washington Post broke the story today that in a meeting the president told the Russians highly classified security information about ISIS (something about airline safety and laptops). Among the questions being raised is how this will effect the relationship with the unnamed U.S. partner … Read more
The message delivered from the White House through Stuart Jones, acting assistant secretary for Near East affairs, was: “The regime is responsible for killing as many as 50 detainees per day at Saydnaya. Credible sources have believed that many of the bodies have been disposed in mass graves. We now believe that the Syrian regime … Read more