Wall Street’s ‘Fear Gauge’ Jumps to Pandemic-Level High as Stocks Plunge, US Recession Looms

The Cboe Volatility Index, known as Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” on Monday spiked to its highest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as global equities plummeted amid growing concerns of a U.S. recession. The volatility index, or VIX, rose above 80 on Monday, up from around 23 on Friday and 17 a week

Harris campaign expected to announce running mate Tuesday morning

Harris to make VP announcement soon Harris to make VP announcement soon, Trump says he’ll only debate her if Fox News hosts 09:17 Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is expected to officially announce her running mate sometime Tuesday morning, followed by a campaign video that will be released before their Philadelphia rally the same day,

Kamala Harris campaign expected to announce VP running mate Tuesday morning

Harris to make VP announcement soon Harris to make VP announcement soon, Trump says he’ll only debate her if Fox News hosts 09:17 Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is expected to officially announce her running mate sometime Tuesday morning, followed by a campaign video that will be released before their Philadelphia rally the same day,

Hurricane Debby to Bring Heavy Rains and Catastrophic Flooding to Florida, Georgia and South Carolina

TAMPA, Fla.—Hurricane Debby has made landfall Monday in northern Florida as a Category 1 storm. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Debby has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (129 kph). The storm made landfall in Steinhatchee, a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall in Northern Florida as Category 1 Storm

TAMPA, Fla.—Hurricane Debby has made landfall Monday in northern Florida as a Category 1 storm. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Debby has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (129 kph). The storm made landfall in Steinhatchee, a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Kamala Harris Wants a Reparations Commission Like California’s, Which Called To Decriminalize Public Urination

Reparations task force would target laws that ‘disproportionately and negatively affect African-Americans’ Kamala Harris, 2019 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The reparations bill supported by Vice President Kamala Harris would set up an independent commission similar to the one in California that called for sweeping changes to the criminal code in addition to monetary payouts to black

UChicago Prof, the Brother of a Convicted Iranian Spy, Says Iran Has Nothing To Do With Anti-Semitic Campus Protests

A University of Chicago professor whose brother is a convicted Iranian spy dismissed the notion that Tehran has boosted anti-Semitic protests on U.S. college campuses. Next semester, that professor will teach students about “Zionist settler colonialism.” Alireza Doostdar, an associate professor of Islamic studies and dual United States-Iranian citizen, is slated to teach a course