Richard Rojas, who drove his car through crowds of people during a 2017 psychotic episode, qualifies for ‘mental commitment’. A jury in New York City accepted an insanity defense for Richard Rojas, a 31-year-old who drove his car through a crowd of people in the popular tourist destination Times Square, killing an 18-year-old tourist and … Read more
Canada’s contentious Trans Mountain pipeline is no longer profitable, a parliamentary budget watchdog has found, as the expansion project on the country’s west coast has faced years of delays, skyrocketing costs, and opposition from local communities. In a report on Wednesday, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer said the Canadian government’s 2018 decision “to … Read more
People who need menstrual products in the United States have raised alarm in recent months, after noticing fewer tampon packages on store shelves, or being told their preferred brand of tampons was suddenly unavailable. The issue really came to the public’s attention when TIME Magazine published an article earlier this month titled, The Great Tampon … Read more
FIFA unveils list of 16 cities in United States, Canada, and Mexico that will host matches in 2026 World Cup. FIFA has unveiled the 16 cities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico that will host matches during the 2026 World Cup — the first time in history that three nations will co-host the international … Read more
US official says absent return to nuclear deal, Washington will use sanctions to limit Iranian petrochemical exports. The United States has imposed sanctions on Chinese and Emirati companies, as well as a network of Iranian petrochemical producers, accusing them of helping to “evade sanctions” by supporting the sale of Iran’s petrochemical products abroad. In a … Read more
US car manufacturers reported nearly 400 crashes involving cars with partially autonomous driver assistance systems, according to a new report from a US car-safety regulator released on Wednesday. Tesla, which has about 830,000 vehicles on the road with driver-assist programs that have partial control over speed and steering, reported 273 crashes, about 70 percent of … Read more
The world’s largest cryptocurrency has slumped about 70 percent since its record high of $69,000 in November. Bitcoin tumbled on Wednesday to a new 18-month low, dragging smaller tokens down with it and spurring a sharp fall in crypto markets sparked by crypto lender Celsius freezing customer withdrawals. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell as much … Read more
As investors grow increasingly worried about inflation and higher interest rates, Wall Street has fallen into a bear market. The US Federal Reserve bank has indicated that it will push up interest rates as it struggles to curb the highest rates of inflation the country has seen in decades. The uncertainty unleashed by Russia’s invasion … Read more
The average price for regular unleaded petrol rose to $5.004 a gallon on Saturday from $4.986 a day earlier, AAA says. The price of US gasoline has averaged more than $5 a gallon (3.79 liters) for the first time, data from the AAA showed, extending a surge in fuel costs that is driving rising inflation. … Read more
The United States Supreme Court wants the administration of President Joe Biden to weigh in on whether NSO Group has sovereign immunity from civil litigation in US courts to assess whether a lawsuit by WhatsApp against the Israeli spyware company can proceed. NSO Group’s lawyers had argued that because the company’s product is used by … Read more
