Jurors deliberated more than 16 hours over three days but still could not reach a verdict in the trial of the first officer to face prosecution in Freddie Gray’s death, forcing an already-weary Baltimore to continue waiting for any resolution in a case that has strained the city for months. Hours after Baltimore Circuit Court …
The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade on Wednesday, signalling faith that the U.S. economy had largely overcome the wounds of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The U.S. central bank’s policy-setting committee raised the range of its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to between …
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has weighed in on the recent controversy and disgust surrounding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump following his comments on banning all Muslim entry into the United States. “How horrible,” she tweeted of Trump. “Voldemort was nowhere near as bad.” Trump has been urging a complete banning of Islamic individuals. “Until we …
Saturday Night Live continued their jabs at GOP frontrunner Donald Trump with Taran Killam and Cecily Strong playing the Donald and his third wife, Melania as they recall who made the naughty and nice lists this year. The polls were nice for Trump, and so was Hillary, but Mark Zuckerberg got a disapproving frown.
New Prime Minister of Canada, son of the beloved Pierre Trudeau, Justin Trudeau is making some changes to Canada and to his office. He’s bringing some things back as well though, having had outgoing PM Stephen Harper’s desk dismantled and shipped to a government storage warehouse and replaced with the desk his father used years …