BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky forcefully asserted his innocence and described his own sexual history Friday during an hour of testimony as he seeks to have his child sexual abuse conviction overturned or be granted a new trial.
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Famed billionaire investor David Tepper's Appaloosa LP hedge fund reduced its exposure to stocks by one third in the latest quarter, to $3.80 billion as of June 30 from $5.66 billion on March 31, according to regulatory filings filed late Friday. During the second quarter, the stakes of companies he sold off entirely included the 1.6 million shares of Facebook Inc. , the 7.0 million shares of Bank of America Corp. , the 2.5 million shares of Pfizer Inc. , the 945,000 shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. Читать дальше...
Airbus, Google Ventures, Deutsche Bank, Entertainment One and Tesla featured
The U.S. national team won't medal for the first time since women's soccer was added to the Olympics after falling to Sweden on penalties.
MIAMI (AP) — Florida health officials say they're investigating a new Zika case outside a Miami neighborhood where mosquitoes have spread the virus to over two dozen people. According to the statement, the Health Department still believes active transmissions are happening only in the Wynwood area.
“Usually people will try to hide the scaffolding, but not in this case — it’s part of the work.” — MARC AZOULAY, the director of JR’s New York studio
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky forcefully asserted his innocence and described his own sexual history Friday during an hour of testimony as he seeks to have his child sexual abuse conviction overturned or be granted a new trial.
Germany's canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze is fighting for his life in hospital after suffering head injuries in a taxi crash in Rio, the German Olympic team says.
Nelson Peltz's hedge fund Trian Fund Management LP made few changes in the second quarter, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday. Trian eliminated its small stake in Tiffany & Co. and 11-million-share stake in Legg Mason Inc. , while adding slightly to its stake in Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and trimming slightly its position in DuPont .
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Canada's coast guard admits some staffers are "reluctant" to take on overtime or extra duties because of payroll problems. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has created a new dedicated team to help workers sort through pay issues.
Among the S&P 500’s biggest drags was Dow Chemical , which fell 2.4 percent to $52.33, while DuPont declined 1.9 percent to $67.66, a day after European Union regulators opened a full investigation of their $130 billion merger agreement. The S&P materials index , down 1.2 percent, led sector declines in the benchmark index. All three major U.S. stock indexes ended at record highs on Thursday for the first time since 1999, extending a recent rally that has increased investor concern about pricey valuations. Читать дальше...
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of former soccer star and legislator Hakan Sukur over his links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, accused by Turkey of masterminding last month’s failed coup, media reports said Friday. [...] Turkey’s foreign minister said 32 Turkish diplomats who were called back to Turkey as part of an investigation into the coup attempt had failed to return. Turkey has launched a massive crackdown on alleged supporters of the movement led... Читать дальше...
Athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics are practicing a lot of things: their different sports, their gold medal acceptance speeches, their intimidating faces...and even safe...
During the Rio Olympics, Malcolm Gladwell and Nicholas Thompson will be discussing the track-and-field events, as they did during the 2012 London Games and during the 2015 World Championships.
The Pentagon is refusing to release the precise number of troops it has stationed on the ground in Syria and Iraq.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Kim Rhode stood at the base of the Olympic podium, unsure of what to do with her hands. She tugged at the bottom of her shirt, adjusted the sleeve, dropped her arms to the sides. Scanning the crowd, she locked onto a mop-haired boy sitting on a man’s shoulders, waving wildly
Police are investigating two serious crashes overnight including a collision involving a police car.
Walker Dane Bird-Smith has won Australi's first athletics medal claiming bronze in the 20km walk.
MADISON, Wis. — The Latest on a court ordering the release of Brendan Dassey (all times local): 6:25 p.m. An attorney for Brendan Dassey says she is “over the moon” about a federal court’s decision to overturn his conviction in a slaying that was profiled in the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer.” Dassey was 16
The Frenchman's move from Juventus to Manchester United was the most expensive in football history.
"The charge card is back," Jim Cramer said after Nordstrom, Kohl's and JC Penny's released their quarterly reports.
