Amazon says Prime Day was ‘biggest two-day period ever’ for its third party sellers

Amazon says Prime Day was ‘biggest two-day period ever’ for its third party sellers

(Amazon photo) Amazon said on Wednesday that this week’s Prime Day sales event, which ended on Tuesday, was the largest two-day period ever for the e-commerce giant’s third-party sellers. Amid an intense antitrust review of how it operates its marketplace, Amazon’s post-prime PR has driven the company’s ongoing narrative about how good Amazon is for … Read more

Live Updates: Republicans Push Party Members to Vote Against Capitol Riot Commission

Live Updates: Republicans Push Party Members to Vote Against Capitol Riot Commission

Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript McConnell Opposes Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, said Wednesday that he opposed a bipartisan plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. I’ve made the decision to oppose the House Democrats’ … Read more

Raúl Castro to Step Down as Head of Cuba’s Communist Party

Raúl Castro to Step Down as Head of Cuba’s Communist Party

MEXICO CITY – Raúl Castro announced on Friday that he was handing over the leadership of the ruling Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation “full of passion and anti-imperialist spirit”, leaving the island nation for the first time without Castro in a leadership role over 60 years. Mr Castro, who will turn 90 in … Read more

Wilmington, North Carolina house party shooting: 3 dead, 4 injured

Authorities are looking over the scene on Saturday, April 3, 2021 on 7th Street and Kidder Street.  Three people are dead and four others were injured in mass shootings in Wilmington shortly after midnight.  Gunfire broke out at a house party at 718 Kidder St., according to the Wilmington Police Department. [KEN BLEVINS/STARNEWS]

WILMINGTON, NC – Three people are dead and four others were injured in mass shootings in Wilmington shortly after midnight. Gunfire broke out at a house party, according to the Wilmington Police Department. The names of the deceased have not yet been published. The injured were taken to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center for … Read more