The US government said President Donald Trump should not be forced to defend a defamation lawsuit placed against him by a woman who accused him of rape 25 years ago. Author E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her, but the government has argued it should be substituted as the defendant. In a filing with the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, the Department of Justice said Trump qualified as a typical “employee of the government” entitled to immunity under federal law from… Source link

Justin Thomas has lost one of his oldest sponsors. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) Justin Thomas will no longer have Ralph Lauren as a sponsor after a microphone picked up a muttered anti-gay slur from the golfer after he missed a putt at the Sentry Tournament of champions. The company announced it was discontinuing its partnership with Thomas, currently ranked third in the world, in a statement released Friday: At the Ralph Lauren Corporation, we believe in the dignity of all people, regardless… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The National Rifle Association of America, the gun-rights group feared for its lobbying clout but now threatened with dissolution by the state of New York, filed Friday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to regroup in Texas. Restructuring in court will help the NRA exit “a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York,” according to a statement on its website. The NRA’s petition listed assets and liabilities of as much as $500 million each. The filing marked… Source link

article American multinational technology company Google logo seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) A suspicious package has been reported at a Google office  in Mountain View, leading to an evacuation of  the building, according to police. The Mountain View police has asked a Santa Clara County bomb squad “to further inspect the package,” the department said in a… Source link

Google is removing some Australian news sites from search results in a move which follows a government order to pay publishers for their content. The Sydney Morning Herald, which is one of the affected news sites, reports Google has admitted to removing content as part of an “experiment.” A Google spokesperson tells The Herald: “We’re currently running a few experiments that will each reach about 1 per cent of Google Search users in Australia to measure the impacts of news businesses… Source link

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General Motors (GM) shares are on a roll this week, hitting an all-time high and gaining an astounding 17% over the past five days. Fueling this push was a big week for the automaker at CES, where CEO Mary Barra outlined an ambitious plan to release 30 all-electric cars by 2025, along with a new logo rebrand focusing on an electric future to boot. A big piece of GM’s new EV puzzle is its new Brightdrop commercial delivery business. Brightdrop pairs software and services with products like an… Source link

This week has been beyond crazy. Whether it’s trades, injuries or COVID protocols, there’s just so much going on right now. Luckily, we have just four games on this main slate but there’s still a ton of question marks out there. Most notably, the Sixers, Grizzlies and Heat continue to deal with COVID craziness. It’s unclear what these rosters will look like at this point but we’ll do our best to break things down and offer up some values for this Saturday slate.   Guards  Shake Milton, PHI… Source link

TipRanks Raymond James: 2 Big 7% Dividend Stocks to Buy Now Watching the markets with an eye to the main chance, Raymond James strategist Tavis McCourt sees both risk and opportunity in current market conditions. The opportunity, in his opinion, stems from the obvious factors: the Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats in the recent runoff vote, giving the incoming Biden Administration majority support in both Houses of Congress – and increasing the odds of meaningful fiscal support getting… Source link

President Trump made history on Wednesday by becoming the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. However, this time around, the Senate trial could look drastically different, with some arguing it might not happen at all. That’s because, while presidential impeachments are already incredibly rare, the certainty that a Senate trial will not start until after Trump’s term ends on Jan. 20 means we are in uncharted legal territory. Yahoo News explains what we know — and what we don’t… Source link