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A Texas man accused of deliberately targeting people of Mexican heritage in a shooting rampage that killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart store last year has been indicted on 90 counts of federal hate crimes, according to a court document filed on Thursday. CBC | World News
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Teen activist Autumn Peltier appears at World Economic Forum with criticism for federal politicians
Teenage Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier says she doesn’t feel Canada’s federal politicians are focused enough on climate change, even after years of her campaigning for them to take action. CBC | World News
Read More »Uber to pay $4.4M to end federal sex harassment probe
Uber Technologies Inc. will establish a $ 4.4 million US fund to settle a federal investigation into allegations that the San Francisco company allowed a rampant culture of sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Florida Woman Who Threw Drink At Matt Gaetz Sentenced To 15 Days In Federal Prison
Amanda Kondrat’yev, the woman who threw a drink on Florida Representative Matt Gaetz and pleaded guilty to assaulting a U.S. congressman in June, was sentenced to 15 days in federal prison Monday, Newsweek reports. Gaetz was present at the sentencing and requested that Kondrat’yev receive jail time to prevent others from showing up to his events to cause him or ...
Read More »Trump threatens to cut federal funding for California wildfires
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to cut federal funding to California for aid during wildfires that have burned across the state during dry winds this fall. CBC | World News
Read More »Pound US Dollar exchange rate: GBP/USD rises as US Federal Reserve slashes interest rates
The pound rose against the US dollar today after the US Federal Reserve cut rates for the third time this year, leaving the pairing trading around $ 1.292. The US Federal Reserve lowered its policy rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday. With no explicit signal from the bank that it’s done with easing, the statement was seen as less ...
Read More »Trump nominates Jerome Powell to be Yellen’s replacement at Federal Reserve
President Donald Trump has selected Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the U.S. central bank, succeeding Janet Yellen. CBC | World News
Read More »Donald Trump and Republicans REJECT Janet Yellen as Head of the Federal Reserve
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has ruled out current Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen from serving another term, according to US media. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
Read More »U.S. Senate passes $36.5B disaster aid bill to replenish federal agencies
The U.S. Senate has passed a $ 36.5-billion emergency aid measure to refill disaster accounts, provide a much-needed cash infusion to Puerto Rico and bail out the federal flood insurance program. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. white families 10 times wealthier than black families, Federal Reserve finds
While most American families grew richer between 2013 and 2016, the wealthiest households pulled even further ahead, worsening the nation’s massive disparities in wealth and income. Median wealth for white families was $ 171,000, 10 times that for blacks and roughly eight times that for Latinos. CBC | World News
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