Jack Smith and the Supreme Court
Special counsel Jack Smith’s indictments of Donald Trump have made him a central actor in the 2024 election, and now he is dragging the Supreme Court into the political thicket. The Justices don’t have to dance to Mr. Smith’s timetable, nor to his view of presidential immunity. The Justices this week agreed to consider Mr. […]
Hong Kong Puts Itself on Trial
The trial of jailed newspaperman Jimmy Lai begins Monday. He is formally accused of sedition, collusion with foreign forces and conspiracy to produce and distribute seditious material. But the real case the authorities are making is that Hong Kong people would never push for democracy if the 76-year-old Mr. Lai and outside forces hadn’t infected […]
The Score: Macy’s, Hasbro, Pfizer and More Stocks That Defined the Week
The Score is a weekly review of the biggest stock moves and the news that drove them. Macy’s An investor group has launched a $5.8 billion bid to buy Macy’s and take it private. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link This week saw a number of stocks that […]
Matthew Perry Died of ‘Acute Effects of Ketamine,’ Autopsy Says
“It’s appropriate for it to take long,” Melinek said. “Sometimes it takes months to do a proper investigation.” Perry did not shy away from speaking publicly about his struggles with drinking and drug use, which sometimes led to hospitalizations for a range of ailments. By his own account, Perry had spent more than half of […]
Activision Blizzard to Pay Around $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover
Updated Dec. 15, 2023 5:41 pm ET Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $50 million to settle a high-profile lawsuit by a California regulator that helped spur Microsoft’s October takeover of the videogame company, according to people familiar with the matter. California’s Civil Rights Department sued Activision in mid-2021, alleging its leadership ignored numerous employee […]
Samuel Morse’s Moving Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette
Samuel Morse came to Washington in February 1825, an ambitious but frustrated 33-year-old artist. Before the discovery of telegraphy and the code that bears his name, he was nearly as well known for his paintings as for his father, the famed geographer Jedidiah Morse. Or as the Marquis de Lafayette jested to his son Georges […]
The Joy of the Boston Tea Party, 250 Years Later
A wooden ship called the Dartmouth sailed into Boston Harbor 250 years ago carrying 114 chests of East India Co. tea that brewed, in a way, the American Revolution. On Dec. 16, 1773, fewer than 20 days after the Dartmouth’s arrival from London, dozens of Bostonians climbed aboard and dumped the tea into the harbor, […]
Some Surprising Truths About Israeli Politics
Things Biden should know: The country is united, Netanyahu is down but not out, and peace still has a chance—eventually. Source link Israel is widely known as a democracy in which politics plays a major role. However, what is less known are the surprising truths about Israeli politics. This article will outline some of those […]
Notable & Quotable: Hiding Harvard's Menorah
‘The university . . . would not allow us to keep this menorah here overnight, because there’s fear that it’ll be vandalized. Think about that.’ Source link What was once a longstanding tradition of the Jewish students at Harvard University, is no longer in evidence. In 1980, the menorah, a nine-branched candelabra and symbol of the Jewish […]
Why 2025 Can Be a Good Year for Ukraine
A 1% of GDP increase in NATO defense spending is equivalent to a 24% increase in Russia’s. Source link The year 2025 has the potential to be a significant turning point for Ukraine, both economically and politically. This forthcoming year promises a range of developments that could further solidify the country’s democratic progress and further […]