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GE Is New Target of Madoff Whistleblower
An accounting expert who raised red flags about Bernie Madoff ’s Ponzi scheme has a new target: General Electric Co. GE -7.64% In a research report posted online Thursday, Harry Markopolos alleges the struggling conglomerate has masked the depths of its problems, resulting in inaccurate and fraudulent financial filings with regulators. The report, which numbers …
Suspect in custody after 6 officers hurt in hours-long Philadelphia standoff
An armed suspect accused of opening fire and wounding six officers in north Philadelphia during a nearly eight-hour standoff surrendered early Thursday, officials said. The gunfire began Wednesday afternoon as police attempted to serve a narcotics warrants, police said. Shortly after midnight, police spokesman Sgt. Eric Gripp tweeted that a suspect was in custody and …
Israel may bar Omar, Tlaib from entering country over support of BDS movement: reports
An Israeli government official decided Thursday that U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., should be barred from entering the country for a planned visit this weekend, according to Israeli media. The two freshman congresswomen support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), a pro-Palestinian advocacy effort, and Israeli law says those supporting …
Turning the Nintendo Switch into Android’s best gaming hardware
Enlarge / Android on the Nintendo Switch. Just think of all the Nintendo apps you’re missing out on. The Nintendo Switch is, basically, a game console made out of smartphone parts. The quad-core Nvidia Tegra X1 ARM SoC would be right at home in a smartphone or tablet, along with the 4GB of RAM, a 720p …
BREAKING: Madison police in standoff with suspect on Monona Drive
MADISON (WKOW) — The Madison Police Department is in a standoff with a suspect on Monona Drive Thursday morning, according to police officials. A news release said at about 1:30 a.m. MPD responded to a report of a shot being fired at a home in the 4000 block of Monona Drive. No injuries or damage …
Greta Thunberg: Caroline Lucas reports Arron Banks to Twitter
Image copyright PA Media/BBC Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has complained to Twitter over a tweet by Brexit campaigner Arron Banks aimed at climate change activist Greta Thunberg. On Wednesday, Mr Banks referred to Ms Thunberg’s sea voyage across the Atlantic and tweeted: “Freak yachting accidents do happen in August…” Ms Thunberg, who chooses not …
Asian market latest: Asian markets roiled by recession fears, but Shanghai and Hong Kong recover
Japan’s Nikkei (N225) fell 1.2%, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 sank 2.9%. Losses deepened even more after a top Australian central banker warned that the US-China trade war is damaging global growth and risks a “self-fulfilling downturn.” The Hang Seng Index (HSI) in Hong Kong and China’s Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) dropped at market open, but …
Kashmir: India’s Modi hails ‘path-breaking’ changes amid lockdown | India News
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed his “path-breaking” move to strip the Kashmir region it administers of its autonomy in a strongly worded speech marking India’s independence day. Parts of Indian-administered Kashmir – the other part is administered by regional rival Pakistan – have been under lockdown and a near communications blackout since August 4, with …
Philadelphia shooting: 8 hours of terror, mayhem and gunfire
Police officers trying to serve a narcotics warrant entered a row house in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. As they got toward the kitchen area, a man fired multiple rounds, forcing some officers to escape through the window, authorities said. But others got trapped in the house with the gunman after he barricaded himself. As …
Russian plane crash-lands outside of Moscow after striking flock of gulls
The Ural Airlines Airbus A321 was carrying 226 passengers and a crew of seven from Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport to Simferopol — a city on the Crimean Peninsula — when it ran into trouble. Shortly after takeoff, the plane “struck a flock of gulls,” according to an official from the Federal Air Transport Agency, TASS reported. …
