Unbiased headline news – Investment giant BlackRock is removing an advertisement that included Thomas Crooks, the gunman who targeted Donald Trump.
“In 2022, we ran an ad featuring a teacher from Bethel Park High School, in which several unpaid students briefly appeared in the background, including Thomas Matthew Crooks,” a spokesperson for the company said. BlackRock is a major investor in gun companies, including Sturm Ruger and American Outdoor Brand, the owner of Smith & Wesson.
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Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social surged following the assassination attempt.
In early trading on Monday, shares rose about 30% to a price of $40. That figure marked the highest level for the stock in more than a month, but shares still remained well below a peak of about $62. “The stock serves as a little bit of a proxy for sentiment toward Donald Trump himself,” Tyler Richey, an analyst at Sevens Report Research stated.
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A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, according to French government officials.
“A soldier with Operation Sentinelle was stabbed while on patrol at Gare de l’Est in Paris. He is not in serious condition. The perpetrator was arrested,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in a post on X. Operation Sentinelle is an anti-terrorism military operation established in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in January 2015.
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Six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, with another two in critical condition, emergency services said.
Authorities suspect that Sunday’s fire may have been started by poachers trying to trap animals. Three firefighters died at the scene of the fire near the town of Boston, around 80 miles inland from the east coast city of Durban, emergency services spokesperson Roland Robertson said.
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President Joe Biden proposed a 5% cap on annual rent increases for tenants of major landlords as he tries to show he’s addressing the high cost of housing, according to a source familiar with the plan.
The proposal was announced while the president visited Nevada on Tuesday and is being championed by Biden during a tense presidential campaign and a time when housing costs have been a major driver of overall inflation. The plan would require solid Democratic control of Congress to become law.
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Thailand’s prime minister announced that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts.
This controversial program, intended to boost the lagging economy, will cost billions of dollars. The government announced in April the widely criticized ambitious plan, named the “Digital Wallet,” meant to give 10,000 baht (about $275) to 50 million citizens in digital money to spend at local businesses.
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The hospitality group at the center of an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel in Detroit called allegations that a Black man received an interview only after he used a “Caucasian name” on his resume “baseless.”
In a statement, Daniel del Olmo, president of Sage Hospitality Group, touted the company’s record of hiring diverse candidates and said there were “significant inconsistencies” in the lawsuit filed against the hotel that his company operates. Dwight Jackson said finally landing an interview under the alias “John Jebrowski” made him feel “worthless.”
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Actor James B. Sikking, best known for roles in the TV shows “Hill Street Blues” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died at the age of 90.
Sikking died of complications from dementia, according to a statement from his publicist. Sikking worked on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” which ran for 97 episodes from 1989 to 1993. He played Dr. David Howser, father of teenage genius Doogie, played by Neil Patrick Harris.
