Author: Leslie Stewart

A 12-year-old Connecticut student who says police have assaulted two of their Muslim classmates, says he was charged with a hate crime in the attack. Four seventh graders were caught up in an argument at Wallace Middle School in Waterbury, Connecticut earlier this month, causing two 13-year-old Muslim girls to be injured, police said. Injured teens wear hijabs regularly, the Connecticut branch of the Council on America and Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) said. Their relatives sought an investigation into the attack, claiming that teens could have been targeted for their religion, police said. Waterbury police said in a statement Friday that…

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Ghoolsby said Friday that the outlook is rising but he is still seeing rate cuts on the cards.Speaking two days after he and his colleagues voted to stabilize the short-term rate again, Goolsbee told CNBC that he has heard more concerns from businesses in his area about the impact of tariffs and the possibility of price hikes and delayed growth.”When a lot of uncertainty is gained, I think we need to wait to see some of these things resolved on a policy basis,” the central banker said in an interview with Squawk Box. “I’ve been…

Israel has ordered the troops to be taken away parts of the Gaza Strip forever to “annext to Israel,” unless Hamas handed over the remaining hostages, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday.The statement came after Israel violated a two-month ceasefire with Hamas this week, killing nearly 600 people due to air strikes and resuming ground operations in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government vowed to intensify their operations until the extremist groups that nominally ruled Gaza before this round of conflict returned the 59 dead and living hostages that continued to hold prisoners.”I have directed the IDF to…

Former NBA player and coach Butch Carter alleges in an amendment lawsuit filed Thursday that he was sexually abused by a doctor on the Indiana University basketball team while he was on the team.Carter, who played for the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and other NBA teams and served as head coach for the Toronto Raptors, is a fifth former Indiana University basketball player and says Dr. Bradford Bomba Sr. complained about unnecessary judicial testing at Young Healthy Player.His account was included in an amended complaint filed this month in the US District Court for the Southern District of…

The Accenture sign was painted on August 7, 2024 in Warsaw, Poland.Leksander Kalka | nuphoto | Getty ImagesStocks Accenture It slides on Thursday after the consulting firm said efforts to strengthen federal spending have begun weighing revenues.The stock fell 7.3% after the second quarter revenue call said the federal services business lost its contract with the US government after a recent review.”The federal government accounted for around 8% of global revenue in 2024 and 16% of US revenue in the US. As you know, the new administration has a clear goal of running the federal government more efficiently. In this…

Vithun Khamsong |Moment |Getty ImagesA recent survey by the New York Federal Reserve has made it difficult for Americans to raise funds in emergencies.A bank’s survey of consumer expectations in February found that if an unexpected need reaches 62.7%, there is an average chance that Americans can pay $2,000 within a month. This is the lowest level since the survey began tracking data points in October 2015.”It’s getting worse given that today’s CPI levels are 35% higher than in 2015,” said Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo.Retailers have also seen the impact, with many warning first quarter sales being softer…

US President Donald Trump responds when he met NATO Executive Director Mark Latte (not pictured) on March 13, 2025 at the oval office of the White House in Washington, DC. Evelyn Hockstein |ReutersPresident Donald Trump is pushing the central bank to cut interest rates as a backstop in his tariff plans after he primarily entrusted the Federal Reserve business.In a Wednesday night post on the Truth Society, Trump encouraged Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues to ease the policy as the administration enters the next phase of aggressive trade policy.”It would be much better for Ustariff to move its path…

Opinion: Robin Singh, CEO of KoinlyIn the Regulation and Bitcoin (BTC) record-breaking race, there’s no doubt that tax agencies will double their crypto tracking systems before Bitcoin reaches $1 million.Crypto investors should not assume they can be complacent or skated until the price reaches a million dollars. In addition to focusing on their lasers, they are skilled at scrutinizing the past. Many jurisdictions have the power to backtrack the past few years, and if tax authorities are aware of how much they have missed, they don’t just slide it…This could spell trouble for Bitcoiner who has received misinformation, who is…

French Prime Minister François Bailloux will distribute a “survival manual” to all households with instructions on how to prepare for acute threats.A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office told NBC News that the first person document currently awaiting official approval is working to prepare for armed conflict, nuclear threats and natural disasters.According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the 20-page booklet is not specifically designed for the current geopolitical climate, but appears to coincide with France’s new defensive stance.In a national speech on March 5th, French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the need to review France’s security stance, saying, “We must better…

CHICAGO — A former Georgia warehouse worker at Augusta National Golf Club was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday for transporting millions of dollars worth of stolen Masters Tournament memorabilia, including one of Arnold Palmer’s iconic green jackets.Richard Glensky, 40, pleaded guilty last year to one count of transporting stolen goods across state boundaries. He appeared in a suit and a red tie at a federal courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday. His parents and wife sat in the courtroom behind him and he apologised for his actions before our district judge Sharon Johnson Coleman served his sentence.”I deeply regret…