US military investigators said Wednesday that only enemy fighters were shot dead in a joint US-Somali raid in August, amid allegations that multiple civilians were killed. At issue is an August 25 operation at a farm near Bariire in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, when Somali troops and US special forces attacked a suspected hideout for […]
Keith Bliss of Cuttone and Company joins Yahoo Finance's Alexis Christoforous from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to discuss the selloff in internet technology stocks — particularly the semiconductors and Amazon.
Senate Republicans and House Republicans have introduced separate tax reform plans. The Senate tax plan differs in significant ways from the version passed in the House. In the chart below, we ran the numbers to see how the Senate’s tax plan would affect a single taxpayer, compared to current law and the House’s tax plan.
Two of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase and Gemini, crashed on Wednesday morning, making it impossible for many users to buy or sell digital currency. Coinbase said it saw “all-time-high traffic” that contributed to system outages. Bitcoin fell to about $9,000 on Wednesday after surging earlier to over $11,000.
* North Korea: New missile can reach all of US mainland North Korea, US official, say ICBM fired Wednesday morning could hit all of the US mainland. * The Saudis invented Islamist terror, will they destroy it? The radical Islamist terrorists trying to destroy the west have their roots are in Wahhabism, a form of Islam initially practiced in […]
The Houston Dynamo will be having a playoff watch party on Thurs., Nov. 30 when they face the Seattle Sounders in the second leg of the Major League Soccer Western Conference Final. The party will take place at Lucky’s Pub with a start time of 9:30 pm CT. Lucky’s Pub is located at 801 St. Emanuel…
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers center and one of the league’s most entertaining players, has been named this year’s “Rising Star” by Sports Illustrated. Embiid will receive the award at the Sportsperson of the Year Awards event, which will be held in New York City on Dec. 4. The same honor was…
In a new interview with the New York Times’ T Magazine, JAY-Z opened up about the collaborative music he and Beyoncé worked on while crafting their own releases 4:44 and Lemonade. The “Story of O.J” rapper said that he and Bey weren’t attempting to be competitive with one another or set out to be…
The wheels continue to turn in the N.E.R.D. camp. After revealing the title and release date of their forthcoming record last week, the funk band has returned with a brand new song in “1000,” which features rap heavyweight Future. The new track will be fourth in line on No One Ever Really Dies, due…
It may be hard to believe, but an entire decade has passed since Balance & Composure first started performing together. Since their inception in 2007, the Pennsylvania-based alt-rock/post-hardcore outfit has brought their electrifying live show to college towns, music festivals and cities…