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Edinburgh’s streets turned blue on Saturday as tens of thousands of Scots marched to demand independence. The high attendance is in defiance of London’s insistence that there is no “appetite” for independence in Scotland. Marching under the slogan of ‘All Under One Banner,’ the campaign hopes to unite Scots of different political stripes to advocate […]
Iranian security forces have identified and arrested “tens of spies” working in government agencies, according to Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi. “The intelligence ministry’s anti-espionage unit has successfully identified and arrested tens of spies in different governmental bodies,” Alavi was quoted by the news agency ISNA on Tuesday. The minister did not offer any details about […]
Enlarge / GM hopes to start manufacturing this car, with no steering wheel, gas, or brake pedals, next year. (credit: General Motors) In January, General Motors unveiled the Cruise AV, a car designed to have no steering wheel and no gas or brake pedals. It seems like science fiction, but GM is totally serious about […]
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Tens of thousands of flag-waving Greeks gathered in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday to demand that Macedonia change its name because it’s also the name of the Greek province of which Thessaloniki is the capital. Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, which share a border, have […]
Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse More than 52 million Americans live in deeply-disadvantaged, “distressed” neighborhoods, report finds. Distressed areas saw declines in both jobs and business establishments despite economic recovery. Wealthy neighborhoods have dominated the recovery, generating 52% of the country’s new jobs. There’s a new interactive tool online that helps Americans visualize just how deeply […]
Reuters/Carlos Barria Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is taking an unprecedented number of privately chartered flights to conduct official business, taking a substantial financial toll compared to traveling commercially. Politico reported Monday that Price opted for private travel at least 24 times since early May, including 5 chartered flights just in the last week, the […]
Associated Press Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was deposed for seven hours in late July as part of the legal battle over allegedly stolen trade secrets concerning self-driving car technology. Uber’s lawyers released a lightly-redacted copy of the transcript on Friday afternoon in the latest update to the sprawling legal battle between the world’s most valuable startup and […]
Bryan Logan/Business Insider About 63,000 people have canceled their Tesla Model 3 orders in the past year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during the electric-car company’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday. Total orders for the entry-level electric luxury sedan dropped from about 518,000 to 455,000, Musk said, but he suggested the cancellations were merely a […]
Istanbul (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people on Sunday massed for a rally of Turkey’s main opposition party in Istanbul, the biggest protest event in several years by critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A sea of people filled the vast shoreside square in Maltepe on the Asian side of Istanbul for the rally […]
About 28,600 more people could die every year in the US if a proposed Senate health care bill becomes law, suggests a review of medical studies released on Monday. “Being uninsured can be lethal,” review author Steffie Woolhandler of City University of New York told BuzzFeed News. Congress is in the middle of efforts to […]
