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Train Derailment In West Virginia Injures 3 And Spills Diesel
Topline A train derailment in rural West Virginia early Wednesday morning injured three crew members and spilled diesel fuel into the New River, though officials say they do not believe there is signi...
Adidas Slashes Dividend Amid Fallout From Kanye West Breakup
Topline German sportswear giant Adidas unveiled plans to slash its dividend on Wednesday, reiterating warnings the company could face its first annual loss in decades following the costly decision to ...
The Wild West Of Data Privacy
In 2021, online payment fraud grew 14%, from $17.5bn to over $20bn. At the same time, 46% of organisations surveyed by PwC reported experiencing fraud, corruption, or economic crimes in the last 24 mo...
Netflix ‘Stranger Things’ stage play coming to London’s West End
(L-R) Actors Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin and actress Sadie Sink pose after the Stranger Things panel during day 2 of Argentina Comic Con 2018 at Costa Salguero on December 08, 2018 in Buenos Aires,...
After split with Kanye West, UK audio startup Kano asks for funding
Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Evan Agostini | Invision | AP British audio and computing hardware startup Kano is planning to raise equity ...
The Overprivileged West’s Delusion Of ‘Transitioning Away From Oil’
Over 15 years in the business, easily the smartest people I’ve met in energy reside in Calgary and Toronto: “Don’t get caught up in the supply story. The demand is insatiable. It’s unstoppable. And it...
Adidas Shares Plummet As Losses Loom From Stockpile Of Unsold Yeezys Left After Kanye West Breakup
Topline Adidas shares plummeted Friday morning after the company said it could lose hundreds of millions of dollars this year from its failed partnership with rapper Kanye West, whose antisemitic rema...
How We Got Here And What To Do About It
(Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images As we watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, we canno...
Ex U.K. Leader Boris Johnson Claims Putin Threatened To Kill Him With Missile Before Russia Invaded Ukraine
Topline Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him in a missile strike just weeks before invading Ukraine, a chilling allegation as...
UK Crypto Industry Branded The “Wild West” By Leading MP
The UK crypto industry has significantly damaged its reputation in recent days. The chair of the Treasury Select Committee, Harriett Baldwin MP, has called the UK crypto industry a “Wild West.” The co...
In West Texas, Water Is Scarce For Fracking, Expensive For Recycling, Cheap For Disposal Wells, And It Causes M5 Earthquakes.
Permian oil pump jacks in Eddy County, New Mexico. AFP via Getty Images The Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico is desert for the most part. The desert is called the Chihuahuan but is not raw d...
GenBioPro sues West Virginia, argues FDA preempts ban
Abortion pill manufacturer GenBioPro on Wednesday sued to overturn West Virginia’s ban on abortion because it restricts access to a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The l...
Kanye West Wants To Meet New In-Laws—But Some In Australia Are Trying To Ban Him Over Antisemitic Rhetoric
Topline Kanye West—also known as “Ye”—is trying to meet his new in-laws, according to the Herald Sun, after TMZ reported he married Bianca Censori, an Australian architect earlier this month, but some...
Congress Pushes US Energy Transition Through Tax Credits — But Will It Work?
A large solar photovoltaic solar project under construction near Santa Nella CA in the California … [+] Central Valley. getty If left to market forces, commodities and industries tend to be more...
To Avoid Handing Putin Another Victory, The West Must Save Saakashvili Now
One of the free world’s greatest allies in the post-Soviet era lies dying as a political prisoner in his home country, having been deliberately poisoned. The former President of Georgia, Mikheil...
Walgreens Strikes $83 Million Settlement With West Virginia Over Opioid Crisis
Topline Walgreens has agreed to pay West Virginia $83 million to settle allegations the pharmacy chain contributed to the opioid crisis in the state, which has the nation’s highest overdose death rate...
Developers lack enough groundwater to build in desert west of Phoenix
home is being built in in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, U.S. on January 7, 2023. The Washington Post | Getty Images Developers planning to build homes in the desert west of Phoenix don’t have en...
SEC chairman Gensler compares crypto industry to Wild West
While speaking at a Twitter space hosted by US Army on Jan. 11, SEC chairman Gary Gensler reaffirmed his skepticism about crypto when he described the crypto industry as a Wild West. He claimed trader...
BTC records historic low in volatility; is this the end of the ‘Crypto Wild West’ ?
Bitcoin’s volatility hits all time low as per head of research at CoinShares BTC Whale Ratio managed to show some recovery Bitcoin [BTC] continued to disappoint both the bulls and bears as the its vo...
Supply chain managers wary of shifting trade back to West Coast ports
Shipping containers are offloaded from a container ship in the Port of Los Angeles before U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks aboard the Battleship USS Iowa Museum on June 10, 2022 in Los Angele...
Kansas City Chiefs Dominate Weak AFC West Like New England Patriots Did In AFC East
Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs looks to pass against the Houston Texans during the first … [+] half of the game at NRG Stadium on Dec. 18, 2022. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)...
Once A Powerhouse, West Indies Is On A Downward Spiral That Spells Trouble For Test Cricket’s Future
West Indies were thrashed by Australia in the two Test series (Photo by Mark Brake – CA/Cricket … [+] Australia via Getty Images) Cricket Australia via Getty Images “We’ve lost the fear fa...
Fans Finally Turn Against Kanye West, Embrace Taylor Swift
Kanye West (L) jumps onstage after Taylor Swift (C) won the “Best Female Video” award during the … [+] 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in N...
Kanye Subreddit Flooded With Holocaust Education Posts
Topline Users filled the popular subreddit devoted to rapper Kanye West with posts dedicated to commemorating the Holocaust shortly after West went on another violently antisemitic rant, showing that ...
Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after Kanye West interview
Alex Jones arrives at the court house as he faces a second defamation trial over Sandy Hook claims in Waterbury, Connecticut, September 22, 2022. Michelle McLoughlin | Reuters Infowars host Alex Jones...
Elon Musk Suspends Kanye West On Twitter For ‘Incitement To Violence’ After Swastika Post
Topline Kanye West, also known as Ye, has been banned from Twitter again after sharing an image combining the Star of David and a swastika, billionaire owner Elon Musk announced Friday—it’s the latest...
As House Prices Fall, The West Coast Is Most Exposed, Southeast Sees Better Trends
Recent data shows house prices continuing to decline in September (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images House prices fell 0.8% month-on-month for September on a seasonally...
Kanye West Storms Out Of Tim Pool Interview After Mild Pushback
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Surface Magazine) getty The unholy trinity of Kanye “Ye” West, white nationalist Nick Fuentes, and alt-right political comm...
Trump Calls Kanye West ‘Seriously Troubled Man’—In Latest Defense Of Dinner With West And White Supremacist Nick Fuentes
Topline Former President Donald Trump struck his most defensive tone yet on Saturday after his controversial dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and embattled rapper Kanye West drew criticism f...
Adidas Launches Investigation into Alleged Kanye West Sexual Misconduct
German apparel company Adidas is opening an investigation into reports that Kanye West used sexual antics on staff. Adidas has launched an investigation into claims that Kanye West misconducted himsel...