Month: May 2022

Pending Home Sales Dive as Soaring Prices, High Mortgage Rates Take Toll

A measure of U.S. home sales based on signed contracts dropped to a 2-year low in April, the latest in a string of data points suggesting the housing market may be heading into choppier waters. Contracts to buy previously owned homes fell 3.9 percent last month to a reading of 99.3, the National Association of Realtors…


New York Calls Off US History Test, Says Content May Trigger ‘Trauma’ Related to Buffalo Shooting

New York State’s standardized exam for U.S. history has been canceled because of content that could potentially “compound student trauma caused by the recent violence in Buffalo,” education officials announced on Tuesday. Originally scheduled for June 1, the New York State U.S. History Regents Exam had already been printed and packaged for shipment to individual…


EXCLUSIVE: Part Two—Who is Jan. 6 Prisoner Kash Kelly?

Those who have been incarcerated for their participation or presence in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, have been called everything from patriots to insurrectionists. But of all the Jan. 6 prisoners currently being held in any number of detention facilities across the country, the one who seems to stir the most controversy is a 33-year-old…


Canada Stands by Its Dairy Quotas as US Files Second Trade Complaint

Canada’s international trade minister says the country stands by its position on imposing trade quotas on dairy products after the United States filed a second formal complaint against the policy under the new North American trade agreement. The dispute is centred on Canada’s tariff-rate quotas (TRQs)—the quantities of certain goods that can be imported under preferential…


Revised Report Shows US Economy Shrunk More Than Previously Estimated in First Quarter 2022

The U.S. economy contracted by 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022, following an increase of 6.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021, due to a record trade deficit and 40-year high inflation, according to revised data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on May 26. The contraction was revised down 0.1…


Texas Mass Shooter Appears to Have Walked Into School Unobstructed: Official

A Texas Department of Public Security official said the 18-year-old suspected gunman who killed 21 at a school on Tuesday appeared to have walked unobstructed into the building before the incident unfolded. Victor Escalon, the South Texas Regional Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told reporters Thursday that the door at Robb Elementary…


Toronto Schools Lift Security Lockdowns After Police Shoot Male with Rifle

Several schools in east Toronto went under lockdowns on May 26 as police were to called to investigate a male carrying a rifle. The safety measures were lifted after the police shot the man. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) said on Twitter that schools including William G Davis Junior Public School, Joseph Howe Senior Public…


Finding Rotterdam: So Many Surprises in Holland’s Second City

Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, is one of the most popular destinations on earth. With travelers returning to Europe in droves, it is again flooded with tourists, people eager to experience its famous charm, walking down dozens of storybook canals, cruising under bridges and past houseboats on aquatic tours, heading to the Rijksmuseum to…


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UK Slaps Windfall Tax on Energy Firms; Russia Preps to Seize Exiting Western Firms | NTD Business

Russia preparing a new law to seize properties of Western firms. It’ll raise the stakes for global firms that are trying to leave the country over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The UK slapping a windfall tax on energy companies as they make record profits while energy prices are through the roof. Twitter will pay millions of dollars…