Hurricane Melissa’s destruction in Jamaica seen in before-and-after satellite images

[ad_1] Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week.  While officials said that damage assessments remained underway to determine the full scope of the destruction, satellite images offered a preliminary look at some of…

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Judge grants preliminary injunction against Bovino, federal agents over use of force: “Shocks the conscience”

[ad_1] A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against federal immigration agents over their use of force during Operation Midway Blitz, telling lawyers for the Trump administration she found their evidence “simply not credible.” “It is difficult to conceive how an injunction requiring the government to comply with the Constitution could possibly be harmful,” U.S….

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Andrew Ross Sorkin on worrying similarities between Wall Street today and 1929’s pre-crash market

[ad_1] After nearly a decade spent studying the most famous stock market crash in history, financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin warns that the Wall Street of today echoes the market of 1929, when highs preceded a massive slump, leading to the Great Depression. Artificial intelligence and technology have contributed to a remarkable boom in recent…

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Senior U.S. Senator visits Taiwan, calls it “a free country” with “right to remain free” as China threat looms

[ad_1] Taipei — The head of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday he was determined the United States and Taiwan remain “the best of friends,” calling the democratic island claimed by China a “free country,” as he visited with another American lawmaker. Republican Senators Roger Wicker and Deb Fischer arrived in Taipei on…

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