The economy grew 2.1% in August but remained 9.2% below its February level, official figures show. Even the Eat Out To Help Out scheme failed to get the economy anywhere near the 4.6% rise analysts had been expecting. The Office for National Statistics said the manufacturing sector grew by 0.7% (still 8.5% below February’s figure) and construction
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Rapper Tory Lanez has been charged with shooting fellow star Megan Thee Stallion during an argument earlier this year. Lanez, 28, is accused of shooting the 25-year-old in both feet following a party in the Hollywood Hills in July. He has been charged with assault with a semi-automatic firearm, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in
8:39 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clint Bowyer will retire at the end of the NASCAR season and join the Fox Sports booth as an analyst. Bowyer, in his 15th full season, heads into Sunday’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway facing elimination from the playoffs. He’s ranked 11th in the 12-driver field that
Donald Trump says he will “probably” hold a rally in Florida after he was cleared to resume public engagements from tomorrow. His physician, Doctor Sean Conley, says the president has completed his course of treatment for coronavirus and that he has responded well. In a statement released by White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on
October 8th, 2020 by U.S. Department of Energy Brush up on your knowledge of wind! This article is part of the Energy.gov series highlighting the “Top Things You Didn’t Know About Energy” series. By Liz Hartman Wind turbines are soaring to record sizes. The average rotor diameter of turbines installed in 2018 grew to 379
It’s been a week since President Trump became America’s highest profile Covid-19 patient: the White House is now a hotspot, and the election campaign is in complete disarray. Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purser Brown take you through a rollercoaster Washington week, which took the President from parties at the White House, to hospital, to celebrating
Tesla is making an update to Model 3, which is significant enough that people other than Elon Musk would call it a refresh, and we’ve seen it. Electrek can confirm some of the new features. Over the last few months, we have heard a lot of rumors about a Model 3 update. It started when
Many investors are speculating that Big Oil dividends could be in danger given how low the price of crude has dropped this year, but in an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Chevron CEO Michael Wirth defended his company’s ability to keep its dividend intact. “We continue to have a very strong balance sheet so our
8:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN The boxing world is catching its collective breath following a fight for the ages on Saturday between Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk. The pair channeled Naseem Hamed-Kevin Kelley, Micky Ward-Arturo Gatti I and a bit of George Foreman-Ron Lyle all in the span of five rounds. But with Zepeda’s hard-earned
Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon Jennifer Aniston speak at the Apple Spring Event on March 25th, 2019. Source: Apple Apple will extend some Apple TV+ subscriptions on a free one-year trial for three additional months, the company confirmed to CNBC on Thursday. When Apple TV+ launched last fall, Apple bundled a free one-year subscription with the
John Lennon’s sister is celebrating his 80th birthday with a series of special events in Liverpool. Julia Baird is one of the stewards of the Beatles star’s legacy, which she describes as “anti-war, equality, diversity – all the things that we’ve gotten nowhere with, that we’re still talking about today”. Like Lennon, Ms Baird is
Men work at a distribution station in the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images In the six years since Amazon held its first Prime Day, the marquee shopping event has always been held in mid-July as an attempt to drum up sales during the sluggish
8:17 AM ET With a key matchup between UFC men’s bantamweight contenders Marlon Moraes (23-6-1) and Cory Sandhagen (12-2) set to headline this weekend’s event on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, it feels like a good time to talk about one of the UFC’s most intriguing divisions. As far as the promotion’s
Six men have been charged with plotting to overthrow Michigan’s government and kidnap its governor. They are accused of conspiring to abduct Gretchen Whitmer from her holiday home, with one of the suspects saying that he wanted to try her for “treason”. According to a court filing, they plotted for months, consulted and trained with
October 8th, 2020 by George Harvey Image from the National Park Service Digital Image Archives, public domain, Wikimedia Commons President Trump has claimed to be economically successful based on a rather small set of metrics. One is joblessness data. Another is the Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJI). There are people who believe in his success,
Donald Trump’s campaign has proposed pushing back the final two presidential debates with Joe Biden by one week. Earlier, the US president said he would refuse to take part in a debate on 15 October that organisers were planning to do virtually in response to his coronavirus diagnosis. In a statement, Trump campaign manager Bill