The president had been going around saying that package raised taxes too much and cut spending too little, and laying off blame for it not just on Republicans, but also on the congressional Democrats, who in truth he had strongly pressured at the time to vote with him, and who (also contrary to his new version of events) had unsuccessfuly tried to get him to make deeper program cuts, not the other way around....
In an attempt to curb the spread of the virus, many businesses closed down non-essential businesses. As positive cases of the virus declined, state governments began to allow some businesses, such as bars and restaurants, to reopen while employing safety measures against the virus. Interaction between individuals, particularly in bars, caused a resurgence of the coronavirus in some areas. In response, some governors closed businesses down again. According to the Yelp Economic Average, some of those businesses have closed their doors for good....
Around the world a ravenous appetite for stocks has pushed markets from Austria to New Zealand up sharply over the past month. Responding to the passage of Bill Clinton’s deficit-reduction bill, the Dow itself rose to record heights, hitting 3583 before closing the week at 3569. Even the once ravaged Tokyo stock exchange has experienced a steady recovery; the Nikkei index has risen more than 25 percent since January. Some analysts confidently grabbed the bull by the horns....
In the end, neither side could quite carry off the conceit. Summits between Moscow and Washington just aren’t what they used to be–and not simply because, post cold war, the United States and Russia seek to be, in Bill Clinton’s word, ““partners.’’ It’s because the Russians have fallen so far, so fast, since the end of the cold war. The country’s economy bears more than a passing resemblance to a corrupt, Third World kleptocracy; its military is a crumbling embarrassment, and its vaunted nuclear capability is scary mainly because it’s not clear that Moscow has its arsenal under full command and control–as Boris Yeltsin’s own defense minister conceded a few weeks ago....
On the political front, the facts are just as stark. Political scientists increasingly believe that our government no longer responds to the views of anyone but the wealthy. Of course, these forms of inequality are mutually reinforcing: As economic wealth gets more concentrated, the wealthy build greater and greater political power that they, in turn, translate into favorable policies that lead to even more profound concentrations of wealth. And on and on....
The new details were unsettling. After Kinkel, already in custody for the school shootings, urged police to search his house, they found his mother and father dead in separate, blood-spattered rooms. They also found bomb-making materials and how-to books, along with a popcorn tin full of 9-mm shell casings. A bottle of Gilbey’s gin was in Kinkel’s bedroom. A Mother’s Day card–signed LOVE, KIP–sat on the living-room mantel. Now awaiting trial, Kinkel was recently transferred to an adult prison; he turned 16 in August....
In truth, it’s a bit of both–and this week’s cover package is the latest chapter in our ongoing commitment to clarify the complexities of the Internet Century. From New York, Steven Levy and Jared Sandberg track high tech’s ever-growing influence; in the gold-rush West, Brad Stone keeps a keen eye on Silicon Valley. When it comes to the bottom line, our Business lineup of Allan Sloan, Johnnie L. Roberts, Jane Bryant Quinn and Robert J....
Valerie Johnson shoots a smile across the table. But her mistrust of the public system is dead serious. As a child she saw her brothers struggle in a school that she says belittled and ignored them. One was murdered at 19. She sees even greater peril for her own children. Test scores and graduation rates in her inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood are among the lowest in the city. At the nearby public high school, metal detectors flank doorways and truant students loiter outside....
Chris Mullin played at the Garden, leading St. John’s to the Big East Tournament title as a sophomore and leaving with the MVP trophy. Today’s players might know him as the guy who coached his alma mater for four seasons, until 2019, when it was clear that things just weren’t moving forward. MORE: Printable NCAA bracket: Download one for free Those days were long ago. The Ali-Frazier “Fight of the Century” happened 50 years ago this week....
Ekblad left last Thursday’s game against the Ducks after an awkward fall during a collision on the wall. He could not put any weight on his right leg as he was helped off the ice. It initially looked bad, but interim coach Andrew Brunette had positive news after the game, saying the result of the injury was “way better than we thought.” It was a major deja vu moment for Panthers fans, who saw Ekblad injure his left leg late in the regular season last year, resulting in him getting shut down for the season....
The plea came Monday, the same day his lawyers asked a Massachusetts judge to dismiss a murder charge in the 2013 slaying of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. Defense attorneys say the charges should be dismissed because prosecutors have failed to show probable cause that Hernandez killed Lloyd or even took part in the slaying. Prosecutors countered that they have "powerful evidence" against Hernandez that bolsters their case. The judge did not immediately rule....
The slugger, whose listed height and weight of 6-7 and 275 pounds only give a sense of his seeming ability to blot out the sun simply by standing up, is the kind of instant sensation the Yankees needed to spur positivity in New York after the team’s first trade deadline sell-off in two and a half decades. To Judge, though, it works both ways. MORE: Best hitter names of the past 100 years...
Officially, the play is credited as an 61-yard touchdown, but the Packers quarterback actually threw the ball almost 70 yards. And he threw it so high, it almost hit the roof of Ford Field. Really. MORE: Facemask?! 2015’s most questionable calls | Rodgers: The next James Bond? SBNation.com uncovered this great Instagram post showing Rodgers’ heave coming within just a few feet of part of the roof structure. A video posted by Brandon Movitz (@brandicle) on Dec 3, 2015 at 8:54pm PST...
It will be tough for the Packers to win without the veteran signal caller, and the Packers face a tall task this week when they really need him. Green Bay travels to face the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday afternoon for the Game of the Week on Fox. The Packers lost their first game of the season, 38-3, to the New Orleans Saints but have won seven straight to hold the top spot in the NFC....
As first pointed out by Mark Schofield of soshcentral.com, the discussion came up during a game between the Patriots and Packers. During the Nov. 30 matchup, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms brought up a discussion they had with Aaron Rodgers. MORE: Gronk takes blame for deflated ball Here’s a transcript of their conversation: The key to take out of that conversation is Rodgers telling Simms, “I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it....
The Packers quarterback is gearing up to follow a kick-ass 2021 season with another, and, in truly Aaron Rodgers fashion, is doing it in his own personal flavor. On arrival to training camp, Rodgers did his best Nicolas Cage impersonation, as he was dressed as Cameron Poe, the protagonist of cult-classic film “Con Air.” Now, Rodgers will be in something of a face-off with Cage himself: The passer randomly received a bust of the famed actor, which is now prominently displayed in his locker....
The Green Bay QB continued to shatter team records while adding his name to the NFL record book in Saturday’s 38-25 win over the Vikings. Rodgers was 28 for 38 for 347 yards and four touchdowns to become the first quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards against the Vikings this season. IYER: Rodgers will run away with MVP when Packers run table Rodgers had just two first-half incompletions while throwing for three scores and adding a brilliant 6-yard touchdown run....
International soccer’s all-time leading scorer took the field for the final time Wednesday, logging 72 minutes of the U.S. national team’s 1-0 friendly loss to China in New Orleans. MORE: Wambach says Klinsmann must go | Wambach out to ‘change the world’ It marked the 255th cap for Wambach, who leads all players — men or women — with 184 international goals. After securing gold medals at the 2004 and 2012 Olympics, Wambach capped her legacy with a Women’s World Cup crown this past summer....
Fall and Rise uses firsthand accounts to depict the 9/11 attacks with as much immediacy as possible. “With time, news becomes history. And history, it’s been said, is what happened to other people,” Zuckoff wrote in the introduction to Fall and Rise. “Even if words might fail, they’re the best hope to delay the descent of 9/11 into the well of history. That is the purpose of this book. The approach is to recount the chaotic day as a narrative in three parts: events in the air, on the ground, and in the aftermath, focusing on individuals whose actions and experiences range from heroic to heartbreaking to homicidal....
