Ryan Cohen selling tube socks and baseball cards after offering $55.5bn, although source of funds remains unclear
The CEO of GameStop, Ryan Cohen, said he was selling vintage video games, baseball cards, GameStop merchandise and a $14,000 pair of tube socks to help fund the company’s proposed $55.5bn acquisition of eBay.
His platform of choice? eBay, of course.
Continue reading...Police say they arrested an 18-year-old man after weekend shooting at lake party promoted across social media
Police announced on Wednesday that an 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting that left one woman dead and 22 other people wounded during a night-time party beside an Oklahoma lake.
Police in Edmond announced that the man was arrested earlier in the day on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon in the wake of Sunday night’s shooting, which erupted following an argument amid a large crowd gathered at Arcadia Lake in that Oklahoma City suburb.
Continue reading...Analysis finds victims’ compensation program is awarding less money to fewer people, although budget has increased
Victims of violent crime in California are finding it increasingly hard to get support from the state, a new analysis has found, a development that has locked some of the most vulnerable people out of funds to help cover crime scene cleanup, relocation costs, funerals and therapy.
California established the nation’s first victims’ compensation program in 1965, aimed at helping victims of violent crimes and their families cover some of the costs sprung onto them by the violence.
Continue reading...US launched an operation on Monday in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war
Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz.
The US launched an operation on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war.
Continue reading...Big Dog Ranch Rescue made deal to buy 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin breeding and research facility
The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe.
“They started within an hour or so coming up to us, wanting attention. Some crawled in people’s laps. Every single one of them are super sweet,” Lauree Simmons, the president and founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, said on Sunday. “I think they are loving the attention. I just know they know they’re safe.”
Continue reading...Treasurer says next week’s budget will save more than it spends. Follow today’s news live
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Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi has arrived in Australia for her first visit as leader as the two nations seek to shore up energy and defence ties.
Takaichi was greeted by foreign minister Penny Wong when she landed in Canberra on Sunday evening ahead of a meeting with prime minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House today, AAP reports.
Responsible economic management has been a hallmark of this Albanese Government and the May Budget will be our most responsible yet.
We’re getting the budget in better nick because that helps to fund the things that Australians need and deserve like Medicare, aged care and cost-of-living relief.
In this Budget you’ll see more responsible economic management and more restraint from the Albanese Government.
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