Apple is first US company worth over $2tn after stock rose 60%

Apple becomes most valuable American company EVER and worth more than $2 trillion after 60% rise in share price Apple’s share price hit $468.35 on Wednesday for a market cap of $2 trillion The iPhone maker became the first American company to hit the milestone Recently reported blockbuster earnings despite the ongoing pandemic  Saudi Aramco reached … Read more

Rail commuters face an increase in season ticket prices of 1.6% despite return to work plea

Rail commuters face an increase in season ticket prices of 1.6% despite people being urged to return to workplaces. The cap on the annual rise in most regulated fares is linked to the previous July’s Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation, which was announced by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday. Rail fares … Read more

Joe Biden is formally nominated as Democratic candidate for president

Joe Biden was formally nominated as the Democratic Party presidential nominee Tuesday night, as the traditional roll call vote was done by video messages filmed all around the United States and territories.     Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania cast the Keystone State’s votes in front of Biden’s Scranton childhood home.  While Sen. Bernie Sanders, who retained … Read more

Cindy McCain video on Joe Biden to air at DNC

Cindy McCain will speak for Joe Biden on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, lending her voice to a video tribute to Biden’s friendship with her late husband, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona. ‘My husband and Vice President Biden enjoyed a 30+ year friendship dating back to before their years serving together in … Read more

Man convicted in the murder of Michael Jordan’s father in 1993 is granted parole

BREAKING: One of the men convicted in the murder of Michael Jordan’s father in 1993 is granted parole and will walk free in 2023 Larry Demery will be released on August 6, 2023 after being granted parole on Tuesday The 45-year-old was sentenced to life in prison in 1996 after pleading guilty to murdering James … Read more

Eva Longoria opens the Democrats’ convention saying ‘the past four years have left us diminished’

The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday night with opening remarks from actress Eva Longoria before a montage ensued of Americans reciting the preamble of the U.S. Constitution. Longoria, who is serving as the night’s MC, insisted that this election is the most important of her lifetime. ‘Every four years we go together to reaffirm … Read more

‘Multiple’ police officers are shot in Texas after gunman opens fire then barricades himself in home

BREAKING: ‘Multiple’ police officers are shot in Texas after gunman opens fire and then barricades himself in a home Multiple officers have been shot in Texas after they were called to a home  Police in Cedar Park, near Austin, were called to a home Sunday They said the suspect was ‘barricaded inside the home’  The … Read more

Donald Trump’s brother dies in New York hospital one day after visit from the president 

BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump’s brother Robert dies in New York hospital at the age of 72 one day after visit from the president By Jenny Stanton For Dailymail.com Published: 03:26 BST, 16 August 2020 | Updated: 03:35 BST, 16 August 2020 Donald Trump‘s brother Robert, 72, has died in hospital just one day after the … Read more

Barack Obama accuses Donald Trump of trying ‘kneecap the Post Office’ to discourage voting

Barack Obama slammed President Donald Trump for trying to ‘actively kneecap’ the postal service to disenfranchise voters. Obama did not say Trump’s name but did refer to the ‘president’ in his interview on the podcast of David Plouffe, his former campaign manager, in some of his harshest, direct criticism of Trump to date. ‘What we’ve seen … Read more