5 takeaways from Trump’s Supreme Court and New York hearings

Two of former President Trump’s legal cases collided Thursday, as the Supreme Court held a hearing on his broad claims of immunity from criminal prosecution while his trial continued in New York over a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The Supreme Court case has the capacity to derail Trump’s other three … Read more

National Enquirer’s David Pecker testifies in Trump trial: Five takeaways

Former President Trump’s trial was dominated on Tuesday by the testimony of former magazine executive David Pecker. Pecker was previously the publisher of the National Enquirer tabloid. In that role, he engaged in the unusual practice of “catch-and-kill” — in essence securing the rights to publish a story in order to quash it. Pecker testified … Read more

JetBlue shares tumble after airline lowers 2024 revenue outlook

Silhouette of passenger in front of the JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft spotted on the apron tarmac docked at the passenger jet bridge from the terminal of Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport AMS EHAM in the Netherlands.  Nicholas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images JetBlue Airways shares tumbled more than 13% in premarket trading Tuesday after the … Read more

Qatar calls for urgent action to defuse tension in Middle East

Doha: Qatar has called on the international community to swiftly intervene to defuse tension and prevent the Middle East region from sliding into a new conflict cycle. This came in a statement delivered by Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani, Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), before a Security Council meeting at … Read more

Biden gives $6.1B to Micron Technology for chip factories in New York

Joe Biden’s administration reached an agreement to dole out a staggering $6.1 billion in government support for semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology to produce advanced computer memory chips in New York and Idaho. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) personally pursued US-based Micron to build what will ultimately be a set of four chip factories near … Read more

Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud CEO’s office

Nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night after staging a sit-in at the company’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, including a protest in Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office. The arrests, which were livestreamed on Twitch by participants, follow rallies outside Google offices in New York, Sunnyvale and Seattle, which … Read more

Chinese soup dumplings explode in New York’s Manhattan as YouTube and TikTok fuel a xiaolongbao craze

Across Manhattan, in New York, diners are picking up their soup spoons and chopsticks and biting (ever so carefully) into the city’s hottest order. Xiaolongbao, aka soup dumplings, are a dim sum classic, traditionally made with ground pork and/or crab – or, increasingly, unconventional ingredients such as matzo balls – in a pool of molten … Read more

Episcopal bishops oppose seminary’s agreement with choral group

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Tuesday, April 16, 2024 The Chapel of the Good Shepherd at The General Theological Seminary of New York. | Courtesy The General Theological Seminary/Virginia Theological Seminary Episcopal Church bishops have objected to a New York-based seminary possibly allowing a Catholic choral group to lease space on its property because … Read more

Biden admin recruits 15 states to help enforce airline consumer laws

The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in 15 states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a power that by law is limited to the federal government. The US Department of Transportation said Tuesday that the states, which include California, New York and Illinois, will help ensure that government enforcement activities keep up … Read more