U.S. engineer contacted China before stealing missile tech

A deactivated Titan II nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is seen in a silo at the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona, May 12, 2015. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Federal prosecutors charged an engineer who worked at a Los Angeles-area company with stealing trade secret technologies developed for use by … Read more

Officers chase woman in airport, then she spits on them and strips in custody, cops say

A chase after a rowdy traveler at a Georgia airport led to a precinct fiasco when officers detained her, police said. Airport police arrived to a gate in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at about noon on Feb. 5 to approach a “disorderly customer,” according to an Atlanta Police Department news release. A woman at … Read more

Japanese fans excited to see Taylor Swift perform in Tokyo just after record Grammy win

TOKYO — Some Taylor Swift fans in Tokyo spent thousands of dollars to attend the pop superstar’s first performance Wednesday after her latest Grammy win and the announcement of a new album. After not seeing her idol in concert for five years, Chiyuki Fujii bought six VIP tickets, including one for each of Swift’s four … Read more

China appoints ‘Broker Butcher’ Wu Qing as new chairman of securities regulator

BEIJNG, CHINA – NOVEMBER 13: Illuminated skyscrapers stand at the central business district at sunset on November 13, 2023 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Gao Zehong/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s Cabinet on Wednesday appointed markets veteran Wu Qing as chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, state … Read more

Here Are 6 Things White People Say That Highlight Their Privilege And OMG I Hear These Allllll The Time

Feminist scholar and anti-racism educator Peggy McIntosh famously described white privilege as an “invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and blank checks.” In other words, white people typically move through life unaware of all the head starts, resources and access the color of their skin affords them. They don’t … Read more

China replaces its top securities regulator, moving to reassure investors and end a market slump

BEIJING — China replaced the head of its market watchdog Wednesday in an apparent attempt to restore confidence in financial markets following a prolonged downturn. Official media said Wu Qing, a former chairman of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, would replace Yi Huiman as chairman and Communist Party chief of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Chinese … Read more

Trapped between two wars, Ukrainians in Gaza plead for an exit

Two years ago, with Russia pummeling Ukraine and nowhere else to flee, 24-year-old Yulia saw her husband’s hometown, Gaza City, as a sanctuary. The couple moved to the seaside strip with their young son and built a comfortable life despite the hardships of a long-running Israeli blockade. Yulia became a manicurist and bonded with other … Read more

Moody’s downgrades bank’s credit rating to junk; shares tumble

The New York Community Bank (NYCB) headquarters in Hicksville, New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Community Bank’s shares whipsawed between losses and gains early Wednesday after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the bank’s credit ratings two notches to junk. NYCB shares fell 2.8%, reversing earlier … Read more

1,000-pound bomb uncovered at Florida airport prompts half-mile evacuation, cops say

The discovery of a large World War II-era bomb buried at a Florida regional airport prompted an evacuation that extended half a half in every direction, according to investigators. A construction company is credited with finding the 1,000-pound explosive, as crews were digging along Helicopter Drive near Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport, the Hernando County Sheriff’s … Read more

Pakistan Election 2024: Bomb Blasts Kill Many On Eve Of Vote

A day before Pakistan’s election, two bombings near candidate and electoral offices in the province of Balochistan killed two dozen people and injured more than two dozen others, according to a local government minister. One blast occurred in the city of Pishin, killing 12 individuals and injuring 24, and another in the city of Qilla … Read more