Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson has launched a major attack against “right-wing” newspapers he accuses of spreading propaganda about Jeremy Corbyn to bolster declining sales. Writing exclusively for The Independent, Mr Watson said the stories making allegations about Mr Corbyn‘s contact with a Czech agent in the 1980s are “false and ridiculous smears” based on…

Most Americans probably don’t know that the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill that Congress passed and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968 is why celebrate Presidents’ Day on the third Monday in February. That legislation changed the longstanding tradition of celebrating two exemplary American presidents’ birthdays on separate days in February — the first…

Ciro Immobile broke his goal drought with a brace as Lazio swept Hellas Verona aside 2-0 to surge into fourth place, ending their crisis. This was a very important game at both ends of the table, as the Aquile had one draw from their last five competitive matches, while Hellas were desperate to escape the…

Frustration is mounting in the medical community as the Trump administration again points to mental illness in response to yet another mass shooting. « The concept that mental illness is a precursor to violent behavior is nonsense, » said Dr. Louis Kraus, forensic psychiatry chief at Chicago’s Rush University Medical College. « The vast majority of gun violence…

In the wake of the most recent mass shooting, President Donald Trump sought advice on gun control from a trusted source: rich people staying at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.  According to the Washington Post, Trump spent the weekend at his resort watching cable news, complaining about the Russia investigation, and asking « Mar-a-Lago Club members…

I have the Amazon cart of a much wealthier person.

Silicon Valley parents can see firsthand, either through living or working in the Bay Area, that technology is potentially harmful to kids.

Moore said analysts have been ratcheting up their earnings forecasts based on what companies said during earnings season. The expectation is that earnings growth this year could now be 19 percent. Sixty percent of S&P 500 companies provided guidance that exceeded expectations. BlackRock monitors earnings revisions, which can be a key indicator for the market,…