SINGAPORE — Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup is in talks with investors, including Qatar’s sovereign fund and BlackRock, to raise about $1 billion in equity for its car unit, three sources aware of the matter told Reuters. The fundraising exercise comes as VinFast, Vingroup’s automobile arm, is betting big on the U.S. market, where it hopes
Month: December 2021
TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — Police are investigating after a 33-year-old man was found dead inside of a Taylor home Tuesday afternoon, Taylor police said. Police say a family member found Jonathan Hitch, 33, dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Police are considering the death suspicious. 4 people found dead in Taylor home from
Adam Hollingsworth, the activist known as the “Dread Head Cowboy,” was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail on a contempt charge for arguing with a Cook County judge. The contempt charge lands a day after Hollingsworth, who is representing himself in his animal cruelty case, had repeatedly talked over Judge Michael McHale and made
Whenever a fresh coronavirus variant emerges, the public often hungers for answers. What could it mean for my family? My job? My health? Since the omicron variant was first reported, the common response from health experts — cited across CNN to The New York Times to NPR — is that it could take “two weeks”
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — For the last 12 years, coach Brian Kelly and athletic director Jack Swarbrick worked in concert to return a tattered Notre Dame football brand to national prominence. As coach-administrator relationships go, theirs appeared to be as solid and productive as any in modern college sports. When Kelly surpassed legendary Knute Rockne
ABC7 is always on the lookout for real people working in their communities to Build a Better Bay Area… the advocates, the underdogs, the agents of change. We call them our ABC7 Allies in Action, and we hope you are as inspired as we are by their stories! HIP HOP HERO: One man is setting
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students and wounding eight other people, including at least one teacher, authorities said. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said at a news conference that investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the shooting at Oxford
Suspended indefinitely. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald) CNN has suspended anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely following the release of documents showing that he was involved in a significant way with efforts to assist his brother Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York, as he battled several sexual misconduct allegations. The documents were
LeBron James has entered the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols and will miss the Lakers’ game tonight against the Sacramento Kings, the team announced. According to league rules, vaccinated players, like James, enter the protocols either after a positive test result or after inconclusive test results. According to the league’s protocols, a vaccinated player
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill demanded hearings into fraud in the government’s coronavirus unemployment benefit program after hearing that crime syndicates in China, Russia and other adversary nations pocketed tens of billions of dollars. Both Republicans and Democrats demanded accountability for mismanagement of funds, which The Washington Times reported this week. Of more than $700 billion
A person familiar with the situation has told The Associated Press that New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has a neck injury and his status for Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins is uncertain. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Giants have not released their injury report and the team had
The Colorado Summit of the American Ultimate Disc League will debut in 2022 and play home games at the University of Denver’s Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, according to the league. The AUDL will have a news conference on Wednesday announcing the addition of Colorado’s newest team in the expanding league, according to a news release.
In June, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex crime conviction in a surprise ruling. Now — months after Cosby’s release — the Pennsylvania district attorney, who first found the disgraced comedian guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault, is appealing to the United States Supreme Court to reinstate Cosby’s conviction, according to Variety.
Author Alice Sebold has apologised to the man who spent 16 years in jail after she wrongly identified him as raping her in 1981. Anthony Broadwater, 61, was convicted and jailed the following year for attacking Ms Sebold when she was an 18-year-old student at Syracuse University. His conviction was overturned last week by prosecutors
Politics FILE – This Dec. 4, 2019 file photo shows Dr. Mehmet Oz at the 14th annual L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth Gala in New York. Oz, joins the Republican field of possible candidates aiming to capture Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat in next year’s election. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press By
A serial bank robber in Florida who earned the nickname “I-4 bandit” and was released from prison in June was arrested Tuesday after a brief police chase, charged in the robbery of a Wells Fargo branch, the Associated Press reported. David Marc Ratcliff, 55, had served most of a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted