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Bailout of GMAC Could Boost GM Car Sales

The federal government is stepping up its efforts to save the auto industry by committing $6 billion to stabilize GMAC, the financing arm of General Motors. Already, GMAC is offering new deals and looser credit standards for car loans, which should help GM dealers and their customers.

Yahoo Saying No to Microsoft Offer

Yahoo is rejecting an unsolicited $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft. But it remains to be seen whether Yahoo shareholders will support a management decision to snub the software giant's bid.

Hushpuppy, the 6-year-old at the center of <em>Beasts of the Southern Wild</em>, is played by Quvenzhane Wallis, who was found by director Benh Zeitlin in a Louisiana elementary school.

'Beasts': Taking Southern Folklore To The Next Level

Beasts of the Southern Wild came out of nowhere to win the Camera d'Or at Cannes and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The fable-like film, starring 6-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis, takes place after a storm ravages Louisiana. (Recommended)

Illinois pensions have amounted to billions that the state can't readily afford. American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees rally against proposed pension legislation on May 23.

Illinois Services Threatened As Pension Hole Grows

Illinois' pension gap is estimated at $83 billion — and it costs $12.6 million more every day the state does nothing to address the crisis. The state can't readily come up with the money, and while politicians say they want to help, they're unlikely to act during an election year.

New Jersey Seeks To Shrink Medicaid

Gov. Chris Christie wants to cut $500 million in Medicaid spending — in part by freezing more than 20,000 state residents out of the program. The state would do that basically by disqualifying any adult who makes more than $6,000 a year. Critics say the cuts would hurt those who can least afford it.

Cyclists in this year's Tour de France will face new controls for what organizers call "technological fraud." Here, elite cyclists are seen riding in the Paris-Nice race in March.

No Motor(ized) Bikes: Tour De France Unveils New Plan To Catch Cheats

"This problem is worse than doping," French Secretary of State for Sports Thierry Braillard tells a newspaper.

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone is seen on a video display during the seventh hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 12, 2022.

Inside the 'unhinged' West Wing meeting on Dec. 18

The White House meeting took place four days afterelectors met to make Joe Biden the president-elect. A faction that pushed the former president to fight that outcome clashed with Trump's advisers.

The graffiti artist, Trek6, painted the Yoruba goddess of the ocean, Yemaya, to honor his Caribbean roots. She symbolizes growth, something that he thinks Hialeah needs.

Miami Area Muralists Rouse A New Reputation For An Industrial City

A new arts district is taking shape in what was once a booming industrial center. Drab warehouses are canvases for street artists in Hialeah, an affordable alternative to Miami's Wynwood art scene.

A mass cremation of people who died from from COVID-19 in New Delhi, India on April 28, 2021. A new WHO report on "excess deaths" compares their calculations with official numbers and finds millions more people died that the government-provided global total, with India a key example. India disputes the WHO finding and stands by its lower numbers.

Governments have undercounted the COVID-19 death toll by millions, the WHO says

Case in point: India, which reported 481,000 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021. The World Health Organization found 4.74 million deaths there either directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic.

Former President Trump returns to Washington to deliver a policy speech

Donald Trump is the featured speaker at the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit formed to promote the ideas that would have been on the agenda for a second Trump term.

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