The service capped days of public tributes following events in Arizona on Thursday and the United States Capitol the next day. Mr. McCain’s flag-draped coffin was taken by motorcade on Saturday morning from Capitol Hill to the cathedral, stopping along the way at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where Cindy McCain laid a wreath in honor…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMeghan McCain: "We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness" Ex-presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have paid tribute to Senator John McCain at a memorial service at Washington's National Cathedral.The Vietnam War hero, who became one of America's most high-profile politicians, died a…
THE garage in which Hewlett-Packard was started in 1939 is now a private museum—a modest monument to the cut-price creativity and bare-knuckle entrepreneurship that made Silicon Valley famous. Drive south from Palo Alto through 20 minutes of inevitable traffic to Sunnyvale and you will find a landmark of a different kind. Nothing of technological note…
Coca-Cola has announced a surprise move to buy Costa Coffee, one of Europe's largest cafe chains, from current owners Whitbread for £3.9 billion ($5.1 billion) in a move likely to send shockwaves through the coffee industry. Whitbread, which also owns budget UK hotel chain Premier Inn, said that its board had unanimously approved the deal,…
WASHINGTON — Canada’s foreign minister cut short a trip to Europe and rushed to Washington on Tuesday as President Trump’s top trade advisers reiterated that the United States is prepared to leave Canada out of a revised North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico. Touting the agreement with Mexico as a major win, Trump administration…
John McCain is escorted by Lt. Cmdr. Jay Coupe Jr. to the Hanoi airport after McCain was released from captivity in 1973. Horst Faas/AP Sen. John McCain's office issued his farewell statement to the American people after his death on Saturday. In it he slammed President Donald Trump's policies as the president became mired in…
“Automakers urge the U.S. and Mexico to quickly re-engage with Canada to continue to build on this progress,” the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers, which represents most carmakers that sell vehicles in the United States, said in a statement. “The industry is hopeful that any changes to Nafta auto rules of origin continue to strike the…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDonald Trump speaks with the Mexican leader on the phone through a translator The US and Mexico have reached common ground on key trade terms as pressure mounts to complete renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.US President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the existing…
Eli Clayton, aka TrueBoy, is being reported as one of the victims of the fatal Madden shooting. EA Sports Family members and friends have named the two men who died in a shooting at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday, according to media reports. The police have not confirmed the identities of…
He also made money, prosecutors said, by offering what amounted to a total of $6 million in personal loans to one taxi operator and collecting interest. The problem was, the government said, Mr. Cohen did not pay taxes on much of the money he made from the medallions and the loans. Instead, the government said,…
