U.S.In The Know by YahooWoman calls out husband over his ‘selfish’ lie about their marriage: ‘Why are you with this man?’
A woman was stunned when her husband threw her under the bus to impress his co-workers. She consulted Reddit's “Am I the A******” forum for help. Per her story: her husband always shows up late for work because he refuses to wake up.
U.S.The Daily BeastU.S. Embassy Staffer Who Drugged, Molested Women on Video Was in CIA, Feds Say
A U.S. Embassy staffer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least 24 women over a 14-year period was in fact a longtime CIA employee, the FBI announced Monday, as the bureau urged any possible victims to come forward in the case. Serial molester Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 45, was arrested Oct. 9, 2020, in La Mesa, California, where he had been staying with his parents after abruptly quitting his job at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. FBI spokeswoman Samantha Shero confirmed to The Daily Beast that Raymond was working for the CIA during his embassy posting in Mexico.
PoliticsHuffPostDonald Trump Jr.’s ‘Sick’ Stunt Earns Him Scathing New Nickname From New York Daily News
The New York Daily News slammed Donald Trump Jr. as the “SPAWN OF HATIN'” on its front page Tuesday. The tabloid ripped ex-President Donald Trump's eldest son for hawking shirts mocking actor Alec Baldwin over the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot with what Baldwin was told was an unloaded prop gun on the set of his new movie “Rust” last week.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeMan punches and slaps girlfriend's daughter after he misses birth of his child
Frustrated about missing the birth of his child, a man punched and slapped his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter who was left in his care. The 24-year-old on Monday (25 October) pleaded guilty to ill-treating the girl, now five, with another two charges of causing hurt to be considered when he is sentenced on 10 December. He was aware that the girl has slow mental development.
U.S.USA TODAYVirginia 'criminal couponer' who robbed $31.8 million used funds for high-end vacations
A Virginia Beach woman who sold $31.8 million worth of counterfeit coupons to shoppers used the money to pay for high-end home renovations and vacations, according to new information released by the FBI. According to the FBI, Talens used the profits to buy high-end home renovations including an in-ground swimming pool, a new sunroom and a new kitchen. Talens, dubbed the "criminal couponer," by the FBI, used her graphic design skills to manipulate barcodes for coupons at nearly any store in the country.
U.S.INSIDERNorth Port Police Department admits to costly mistake in Brian Laundrie investigation: 'No case is perfect.'
A spokesperson for North Port Police said investigators made mistakes in the Brian Laundrie case. A spokesperson for the department told WINK News that officers mistook Brian's mother for her son. "They're kind of built similarly," Josh Taylor told the outlet.
BusinessYahoo FinanceTruckers, port workers vent as supply chain frustration mounts: 'A lot of us are willing to work'
The great global supply chain crisis of 2021 — which has ensnared groceries, holiday shopping and everything in between — has bottlenecked West Coast ports, and drawn the involvement of the White House to address it. As the disruption reaches a boiling point and adds to rising price pressures, longshoremen, union representatives and truck drivers have pointed fingers over which party is best positioned to alleviate some of the strains. Cargo ships afloat in the Pacific Ocean demonstrate the convergence of strong consumer demand, and a widespread shortage of bodies to meet it.
U.S.Washington ExaminerMinnesota surgeon fired after saying parents should make children's healthcare decisions
A longtime Minnesota general surgeon was dismissed from his hospital after arguing parents should make healthcare decisions for their children. The regional health provider, Lake Region Healthcare, confirmed that Dr. Jeffrey Horak no longer works there as of Wednesday. The company did not specify the reason for his departure, but the doctor recently made comments regarding parents making healthcare decisions for their children.
U.S.HuffPostMiami Herald Pulls No Punches With Stinging Gov. Ron DeSantis Editorial
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is plummeting into “anti-vaxx Crazyville,” the Miami Herald's editorial board declared in a stinging column Monday. We thought things couldn't get much worse in DeSantis' handling of the pandemic, but we were wrong — then we were wrong again,” the newspaper's board wrote. Just when you think he's done enough to undermine our chances of exiting a pandemic that has killed nearly 60,000 Floridians, he has a new trick up his sleeve.
TechnologyAutoblog2023 Corvette Z06 revealed with the most powerful production NA V8 in history
The mid-engine Chevy Corvette's new range-topping performance model has finally arrived. The 2023 Z06 packs a mind-blowing 670 horsepower by way of a 5.5-liter, naturally aspirated, flat-plane crank V8, making it the most powerful naturally aspirated V8 ever put into a production car. Say hello to the new king of internal-combustion performance at General Motors.
HealthWomen's HealthAt 56, Elizabeth Hurley's Toned Abs Rule The Beach In A New Bikini Pic
Elizabeth Hurley practically lives in a bikini (seriously, peep her Instagrams). And she just dropped a new pic of herself soaking up the sun in one. It's been six weeks since the 56-year-old's last bikini photo, so this is kind of a BFD for her.
U.S.Atlanta Black Star‘Your Honor, This Is Racism’: Black Man Claims Bias Before Getting Longest Sentence So Far In Connection with Jan. 6 Insurrection, Judge Says Not So Fast
A Black man received the longest sentencing yet in connection to the Capitol riots that took place on Jan. 6. On Thursday, Oct. 21, Troy Anthony Smocks of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to one felony count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce, WUSA reported. Federal prosecutor stated that the man traveled to Washington on Jan. 6 and for the next two days, repeatedly shared threats via his Parler account.
BusinessReutersShares tumble in blank-check company linked to Trump social venture
The shares had closed down just under 11% on Monday, the day short-seller Iceberg Research said it was betting against the company. Other stocks linked to the former Republican president also tumbled on Tuesday. Shares of Phunware, a company hired by Trump's 2020 Presidential reelection campaign to build a phone app, were recently down 31.7% at 4.89 after it filed for a $48.5 mln at-the-market (ATM) equity program.
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Dramatic Drone Footage Shows Lava and Ash Spewing From La Palma Volcano
The main cone of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma partially collapsed on Monday, October 25, according to the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute, creating a new river of lava. Lava flow from Spain's Cumbre Vieja volcano had covered more than 906 hectares (3.5 sq. miles) of La Palma and destroyed at least 2,162 buildings by Monday, October 25, reported the EU's Copernicus Emergency Management Service.
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Julian Carter was Baker Acted 44 times. Without proper care, he died at 11.
What went wrong An investigation produced for the state by a public-private group of child welfare experts spelled out how agencies responsible for Julian's mental health care failed him in the months and years before his death on Aug. 12, 2019. Among the findings: Julian had tried to take his own life before, once by running into traffic at school. His illness was so severe, mental health professionals recommended him for long-term residential treatment at least 20 times.
U.S.Associated PressIn Louisiana, a father, a son and a culture of police abuse
Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederate flag, Jacob Brown was raised on hunting, fishing and dreams of becoming a state trooper. Fortunately for Brown, the state police was known as a place where who you knew often trumped what you did, and where most introductory chats eventually got around to a simple question: Who's your daddy? Jacob Brown is the son of Bob Brown, then part of the state police's top brass who would rise to second in command despite being reprimanded years earlier for calling Black colleagues the n-word and hanging a Confederate flag in his office.
U.S.USA TODAYTattoo artist Kat Von D is moving to Indiana, closing LA shop: 'Goodbye California!'
Kat Von D really is putting her money where her mouth is. Almost a year after buying a historical home in southern Indiana, the 39-year-old tattoo artist and entrepreneur announced plans Monday to close her famous Hollywood tattoo shop and move to the Midwest permanently. Kat Von D, whose real name Katherine Von Drachenberg, said she plans to reopen the shop in Indiana, where she bought the historic Benjamin Schenk Mansion last December.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramThese cars are targets for catalytic converter theft, Fort Worth Police say
Roy Bruner said he gets about 20 to 30 calls a week to replace stolen catalytic converters at his north side shop. The number of catalytic converter thefts nearly quadrupled nationally between December 2019 and December 2020, according to a March 2021 report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. In Fort Worth, there were 1,398 catalytic converter in the first nine months of 2021, according to a report from the Fort Worth Police Department.
ScienceReutersRemote-sensing reveals details of ancient Olmec site in Mexico
Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec culture that is known for its colossal stone heads. The remote-sensing method, called lidar, pinpointed 478 ceremonial centers in areas that were home to the ancient Olmec and Maya cultures dating to roughly 1100-400 BC, researchers said on Monday. The study was the largest such survey involving ancient Mesoamerica, covering all of the state of Tabasco, southern Veracruz and bits of Chiapas, Campeche and Oaxaca.
U.S.The Wrap‘Rust’ Shooting: Gun That Killed Halyna Hutchins Was Used That Morning for Live-Ammo Target Practice
The gun that killed “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last Thursday was used by crew members that morning for live-ammunition target practice, an individual with knowledge of the set told TheWrap. A number of crew members had taken prop guns from the New Mexico set of the indie Western — including the gun that killed Hutchins — to go “plinking,” a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said. The shooting happened just a few hours later, when lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a revolver after first assistant director David Halls confirmed that it was a “cold gun,” meaning that the gun did not have any live ammunition in it.
U.S.Raleigh News and ObserverTwo high schoolers found dead in car parked outside NC elementary school, police say
North Carolina authorities are investigating the deaths of two teens found in a car parked outside an elementary school over the weekend, multiple news outlets report. Authorities responded Sunday to a report of a “suspicious” vehicle parked on the Don Steed Elementary School campus, WNCN reported. Inside they found the bodies of Britany Carolina Munoz Ramirez and Ailton Sebastian Tirado-Martinez, Hoke County Schools confirmed.
WorldReutersModel soldiers and secret bunkers on Taiwan's front line with China
Chen Ing-wen strides up to a rocky outcrop some 3 km (1.9 miles) from China's coast on Taiwan-controlled Kinmen island and demonstrates how as a soldier he used to shoot from there at Chinese trawlers that got too close. "It was just to scare them - but they weren't scared," said Chen, 50, who did his military service on Kinmen from 1991 to 1993. Sitting on the front line between Taiwan and China, Kinmen is the last place where the two engaged in major fighting, in 1958 at the height of the Cold War, and where memories of war are burned into minds decades later - large model soldiers point guns at China from some old bunkers.
U.S.The WeekMassive storm brings Lake Tahoe's water levels back above natural rim
Heavy rain and snow fell in Northern California over the weekend — so much that Lake Tahoe's water levels are back above the natural rim. Water levels at the Tahoe City dam rose almost 6 inches in 24 hours, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and more than 24 inches of snow fell in the mountains around the Tahoe Basin. This was welcome news, as last week, Lake Tahoe's water levels dipped about an inch below the natural rim of the basin.
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More Than 2 Feet of Snow Buries California's Sierra Nevada Mountains
A powerful storm system over northern California brought heavy rain and snowfall to parts of the region on Monday, October 25, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. Video filmed by the University of California Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Lab (CSSL) shows snow falling at their remote site on Monday at Donner Pass. The lab said 26.6 inches of snow had fallen since 10 pm local time the previous night, according to their measurements.
WorldYahoo SportsKyrie Irving's silence on Barclays Center lockdown speaks volumes
When you are an NBA star whose season is ripped from ex-President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 playbook, you are doing something wrong. Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving should reconsider the company he is keeping. In a scene reminiscent of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol nine months earlier, protesters chanting "no vaccine mandate" and "let Kyrie play" pushed past a barricaded Barclays Center entrance before Sunday's game against the Charlotte Hornets, forcing security to lock down the arena.
“Covid-19 placed systemic problems in sharp relief … What was a raw deal before became, for many, untenable.”
“It’s now going to be a workers’ market, and they’re empowered. I think they are starting to flex their collective muscle.”
“The Great Resignation is not a mad dash away from the office; it’s the culmination of a long march toward freedom.”
“Everybody, particularly if they are young and have a low income, has more freedom to quit jobs they hate and hop to something else.”
“The boost we’ve seen over the last several months could be the result of more than a year’s worth of pent-up resignations.”