Speech and Hearing News

• Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls for citywide hiring freeze days before budget deficit speech
  
  Mayor Lori Lightfoot has called for a citywide hiring freeze just a week before she's set to deliver a speech about Chicago's budget deficit.
  ABC News.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• American imprisoned in Russia says guards injured him as his detention is extended
  
  American citizen Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia, says guards injured him during a hearing where his detention was extended again Friday.
  ABC News.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Dem Rep Wonders Why We Can Ban Straws And Not Guns
  
  Anti-gun politicians like Rep. Richmond seem to forget the right to keep and bear arms is included in the Bill of Rights, alongside the right to free speech, a free press and freedom to exercise religion.
  Daily Caller.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Trump responds with fury over Fed chief's speech
  
  The US president asks if the Federal Reserve head is a bigger enemy than China's premier Xi Jinping.
  BBC News.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• British tourist is choked to death by Norwegian martial arts expert at a hotel in Phuket
  
  Amitpal Singh Bajaj, 34, complained after hearing rowdy noise from the room next door while he and his wife, Bandhna, and young son were trying to sleep in in Phuket, Thailand, on Tuesday night.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Witness challenges American's account of killing Anguilla resort worker
  
  For the first time, we're hearing from someone who says he witnessed part of the deadly confrontation between a Connecticut man and a Caribbean resort worker
  CBS News.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Stock Market News for Aug 23, 2019
  
  Wall Street closed mixed on Thursday as investors waited for Fed Chair Jerome Powell???s speech scheduled on Aug 23 at the central bank's economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, WY.
  Zacks.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Waiting Game: Investors Look to Glean Rate Clues From Powell Speech
  
  This morning, investors are digesting trade war news as they wait for Powell to speak.
  Forbes.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Dow Stays Positive Ahead of Powell Speech
  
  Dow Stays Positive Ahead of Powell Speech
  Zacks.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Trump heads to G7 summit after insulting allied world leaders
  
  "Our allies take advantage of us far greater than our enemies," the president said in a speech earlier this month
  CBS News.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Kremlin critic Navalny released from jail
  
  Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was released from jail Friday, and predicted in a speech that opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and protests against the authorities will only grow.
  CBC News.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Oil prices nudge higher, eyes on speech by Fed chair
  
  Oil prices clawed back the previous day's losses on Friday, with Brent nudging above $60 a barrel.
  CNBC.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• US Treasury yields rise as investors await clues from Powell speech
  
  U.S. government debt yields were higher Friday morning, as investors await comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
  CNBC.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Why the Liberals turned Scheer's same-sex marriage speech into a political weapon
  
  Andrew Scheer may calculate that there is no political advantage to be gained by him participating in Pride events. If so, he shouldn't be surprised when his opponents use his past words on same-sex marriage against him.
  CBC News.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.
• Asian stocks mostly higher ahead of US Fed chairman's speech
  
  BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday after Wall Street declined ahead of a closely watched speech by the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman. ...
  Washington Times.  Friday, 23 Aug 2019.

News Headlines and News Summaries