LA PALMA, Spain—Red hot lava from a volcano that devastated the Spanish island of La Palma reached the Atlantic Ocean late on Tuesday evening, nine days after it started to flow down the mountain, wrecking buildings and destroying crops. Big clouds of white steam billowed up from the Playa Nueva area as the lava made…
Microsoft CEO Says Failed TikTok Deal ‘Strangest Thing I’ve Worked On’
Microsoft’s near-acquisition of social media app TikTok last year was the “strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,” Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said on Monday. TikTok had been ordered by then-President Donald Trump to separate its U.S. version from Chinese parent ByteDance because of national security concerns about the collection of U.S. users’ data. Microsoft…
Refinitiv Agrees to Pay a Civil Penalty of $650,000 for Failing to Report Certain Swap Data: CFTC
September 28, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday said it has filed and settled charges against Refinitiv US SEF LLC., in the agency’s first-ever enforcement action against a swap execution facility over reporting violations. Refinitiv, which provides financial data and software to traders, banks and investors, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $650,000…
Border Patrol Agents Told to Get Vaccinated by November or Face Being Fired
Border Patrol agents have been notified by the Biden administration that they must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22 or face termination. The notice comes on the heels of President Joe Biden’s executive order on Sept. 9 that all federal employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19. In some cases, medical and religious exemptions are accepted…
Judge Halts South Carolina’s School Mask Mandate Ban
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked South Carolina’s ban on school mask mandates. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Lewis issued a temporary injunction against the law, concurring with the plaintiffs that the law discriminated against students with disabilities. “This is not a close call. The General Assembly’s COVID measures disallowing school districts from mandating…
Trump Holds Rally in Georgia, Again Challenges 2020 Presidential Election Results
Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Perry, Georgia over the weekend, continuing his claims challenging the 2020 presidential election results and hinting at a potential run for 2024. Trump called on his supporters to “save America” which he says begins with an “earth-shattering” victory in 2022 “to be followed by an even more…
Spike in Bond Yields Spooks Investors, Deflates Tech Stocks
Technology companies led a broad slide in stocks on Wall Street Tuesday, deepening the market’s September swoon. The S&P 500 fell 2 percent, its worst drop since May. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 2.8 percent, its biggest drop since March. Decliners outnumbered advancers on the New York Stock Exchange 4 to 1. The benchmark S&P 500…
Boston Rally Protests Against Vaccine Mandate
Mary Gordon-Judge and Michelle Orfanos, registered nurses from Massachusetts, felt they were “discarded like trash” as hospitals in the state announced plans to discipline employees who would not comply with their vaccine requirements. The nurses said their colleagues could easily get an exemption from flu shots in past years, but now only “a percentage of…
UK Autism Cases Rose 787 Percent From 1998 to 2018: Study
Autism diagnoses in a large sample from the UK rose by a startling 787 percent from 1998 to 2018, according to a recent paper. Published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, the paper adds to a growing body of research showing increases in the diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) throughout the world, including in the…
Nearly 100 Illegal Aliens Nabbed in Two Stash Houses in Texas
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers apprehended nearly 100 illegal aliens inside two stash houses in Laredo, Texas, during a 24-hour span last week, the agency announced on Tuesday. Officers nabbed more than 50 illegal aliens from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras in a stash house discovered on Ligarde Street on Sept. 23. The next…
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