BusinessYahoo FinanceFisker unveils ‘world’s most sustainable vehicle’ as electric vehicle competition heats up
It seems among the investor community, all everyone talks about are the EV (electric vehicle) stocks - and only the big ones at that - Tesla (TSLA), Rivian (RIVN), and Lucid (LCID). One EV company that's been flying under the radar, that is until it had big news at this year's Los Angeles Auto show is Fisker Inc (FSR). Fisker, founded and run by legendary automotive designer Henrik Fisker, unveiled the production version of its Ocean EV SUV.
U.S.HuffPostQAnon Believers Rattled After Kyle Rittenhouse Calls Extremist Lawyer Lin Wood 'Insane'
QAnon followers were taken aback this week when acquitted gunman Kyle Rittenhouse slammed extremist lawyer and longtime QAnon acolyte Lin Wood as “insane.” As Rittenhouse and Wood faced off against each other, QAnon backers were speaking out in support of the lawyer — or the gunman — indicating a possible fracture in the far-right conspiracy movement. Wood, who is known for pushing Donald Trump's election lies as a member of the former president's legal team, was one of Rittenhouse's first attorneys after the teen was arrested last year for fatally shooting two unarmed men and wounding a third with at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
WorldThe TelegraphCoronavirus latest news: Over 60 test positive after flying from South Africa to Amsterdam as fears rise over Omicron variant
Boris Johnson to hold a press conference at Downing Street at 5pm First two UK cases of new omicron variant confirmed in Essex and Nottinghamshire Why the Omicron Covid variant is the most concerning so far If a new vaccine is needed for the omicron variant, how long will it take to arrive? New Covid variant is less worrying than delta, says Prof Chris Whitty Comment: We need to take back our lives from the permanent Covid panic-mongers Dutch health authorities have said on Saturday that 61 passengers from two flights from South Africa tested positive for Covid-19 and the results were being examined for the new omicron variant.
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Charles Moose, former Montgomery Co. Police Chief who led DC-area sniper investigation, dead at 68
Charles Moose, the former Montgomery County Police Chief who led the investigation into the 2002 sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C. area, has died. He was 68.
U.S.Columbus Ledger-EnquirerHundreds of missing FedEx packages found in Alabama ravine. How did they get there?
Hundreds of unopened FedEx packages were found in an Alabama ravine the day before Thanksgiving, according to the Blount County Sheriff's Office. How they got there remains a mystery, but FedEx was called to come get them, officials said in a Nov. 24 news release. The exact location was not revealed, officials said, but it was on private property.
BusinessMoneyWiseFamed investor Jeremy Grantham says the next decline will be 'bigger and better' than anything in US history — here are 3 of his safe haven stock picks
Jeremy Grantham, legendary investor and pioneer of index fund investing, expects today's sky-scraping stock market to come crashing back to earth. Grantham recently told Bloomberg that investors, who enthusiastically drove the stock market to new heights during a global recession, are in for a shock. Grantham predicted the dotcom collapse and the 2008 meltdown of the real estate market — he's also in charge of about $60 billion as the investment chief at asset management firm Grantham, Mayo, & Otterloo — so he's worth listening to.
U.S.ReutersU.S. President Biden calls for intellectual property protection waivers after Omicron discovery
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on nations expected to meet at the World Trade Organization next week to agree to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in the wake of the identification of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa. However, the meeting he was referring to was later postponed after the new variant led to travel restrictions that would have prevented many participants from reaching Geneva. "The news about this new variant should make clearer than ever why this pandemic will not end until we have global vaccinations," Biden said in a statement.
U.S.HuffPostLauren Boebert’s ‘Ridiculous’ Thanksgiving Boasts Go Down Like Expired Turkey
Today I'm thankful to have ZERO Brandon voters in my family! she wrote. The “Brandon” dig references the anti-President Joe Biden phrase “Let's Go Brandon.
WorldThe Daily BeastFauci Says Omicron Variant Is Likely Already Here, NY Declares State of Emergency
Parts of the U.S. have begun an all-out assault against the new, highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the variant is likely already circulating in the country. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Friday, limiting hospital capacity to emergency needs as of Dec. 3 and arranging for the purchase of medical supplies. “We continue to see warning signs of spikes this upcoming winter, and while the new Omicron variant has yet to be detected in New York State, it's coming,” Hochul said.
U.S.Associated PressTheir own words may have doomed men who killed Ahmaud Arbery
But the murder convictions of the three white men who chased him may have been secured as much by their own words to investigators the day of the shooting. Greg McMichael, who was in the bed of a pickup truck when his son killed Arbery, told police the Black man "was trapped like a rat" and he told Arbery: "Stop, or I'll blow your f—ing head off! Statements like that allowed prosecutors to give context to the short video that didn't show the entire shooting and had little of the five minutes that the men chased Arbery.
U.S.Miami Herald‘Snakesgiving’: A Florida python hunter’s mom saved the day. The video has gone viral
A mom in Florida helped her son out in a pinch. In video shared to his social media earlier this week, Martin County snake wrangler who goes by the names Trapper Mike and Python Cowboy posted amazing content of his mother assisting him at work. The quick clip shows how they both were able to get a sizable python out from under a white sedan parked in a Florida home's garage.
U.S.Atlanta Black Star‘She Should Spend Time In Prison’: Former DA Accused of ‘Showing Favor’ to the McMichaels Awaits Her Day In Court on Charges Over Delayed Arrests In Ahmaud Arbery’s Slaying
The men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery are not the only ones facing prison time for the February 2020 murder. Former Georgia District Attorney Jackie Johnson was arrested for her role in delaying justice for the Black man, who was chased and killed while running through a mostly white neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia. According to a grand jury indictment, Johnson violated her oath by “showing favor and affection” to Gregory McMichael and “failing to treat Arbery and his family fairly and with dignity.”
BusinessYahoo FinanceOne of the fastest growing motorcycle brands has 3 wheels, not 2
Throughout the pandemic, motorcycle brands such as Harley-Davidson (HOG) saw a surprising boost in sales as Americans gravitated toward outdoor leisure activities en masse. Among the motorcycle manufacturers experiencing a heyday in growth in North American markets, Can-Am On-Road makes motorcycles that ride on three wheels instead of two. “Can-Am On-Road [has performed] two times better than the motorcycle industry average,” Can-Am On-Road Director of Global Marketing Martin Ethier told Yahoo Finance.
PoliticsHuffPostABC’s Jonathan Karl Issues Stark Warning About Covering Donald Trump 2024
If Donald Trump eventually decides to run for president again in 2024, ABC News' Jonathan Karl warned it may be “the greatest challenge ever facing campaign reporters.” Karl posed multiple questions on the problems of reporting on a possible third Trump presidential campaign in a lengthy interview with Deadline published Friday. Karl, the author of “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show,” said reporting on Trump would be “tremendously challenging” because “now, more than ever” he “is just saying things that are not true, that are designed to misinform, that are designed to erode credibility and belief in our electoral system.”
U.S.VC Star | Ventura County StarAutopsy report shows Fillmore Councilwoman Larson's cause of death: ‘It was all a shock’
Former Fillmore Councilwoman Ari Larson died on Sept. 17 from a health condition that neither she nor her family knew about. Larson died from coronary artery disease, according to a Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office autopsy report. Undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes was a contributing factor to her death.
WorldAssociated PressSome fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands
China's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. should face up to its responsibility to restore the environmental damage it caused with its nuclear tests. It said China was willing to engage with the Marshall Islands and other Pacific island nations on the basis of mutual respect and cooperation under the “One China Principle,” in which Taiwan is viewed as part of China. We welcome efforts to boost economic relations and improve the quality of life between the sides,” the ministry said in a statement.
WorldThe Weather NetworkMeet the ‘megaspider’: Fangs so powerful, it can bite through fingernails
Having MEGASPIDER handed into the venom program is so amazing, in my 30+ years at the Park, I have never seen a funnel web spider this big! She is unusually large and if we can get the public to hand in more spiders like her, it will only result in more lives being saved due to the huge amount of venom they can produce. We are really keen to find out where she came from in hopes to find more MASSIVE spiders like her,” said Michael Tate, Education Officer of the Australian Reptile Park, in a press release.
U.S.Modesto BeeOakdale man returns home after crashing motorcycle in Modesto. Hours later, he was dead
An Oakdale man died at home Wednesday night, hours after crashing his motorcycle in Modesto and being ejected into a canal, the California Highway Patrol reported. The collision happened about 6:50 p.m. on McGee Avenue south of Claribel Road, said CHP Modesto office spokesman Officer Tom Olsen. Joshua Corrigan, 42, was southbound on a straight stretch of McGee, riding his 2008 Yamaha.
NewsYahoo News CanadaFlight PS752 tragedy: Passengers on doomed plane used as 'human shield', Iran tampered with electronic devices, new report says
A newly released report from the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims claims the Iranian government deliberately did not close the airspace to civilian flights, using passenger flights to "shield against possible American attacks." At the highest levels of military alertness, the government of Iran used passenger flights as human shield against possible American attacks, by deliberately not closing the airspace to civilian flights. Report by Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims On Jan. 8, 2020, 176 people on board the Ukrainian Airlines flight, including 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents, were killed when the plane was shot down by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Gua...
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Confrontation between 2 Texas men turns deadly
Chad Read attempted to pick up one of his children from his ex-wife, but after her boyfriend, Kyle Carruth, got involved, Carruth fatally shot Read.
U.S.The New York TimesThey Died From COVID. Then the Online Attacks Started.
Before he died of COVID-19 in September, Nick Bledsoe was not shy about publicly sharing his opposition to masks and vaccines on Facebook. In April, Bledsoe, an auto mechanic from Opelika, Alabama, added a frame declaring “I don't care if you've had your vaccine” to his profile photo and urged his father not to get the shot. During the summer, he posted a petition against school mask requirements, cursed President Joe “Biden and his vaccine,” and in his final post, shared a video casting doubt on the safety of vaccination against the coronavirus.
WorldReutersItaly takes in National Geographic's green-eyed 'Afghan Girl'
Italy has given safe haven to Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed "Afghan Girl" whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country's wars, Prime Minister Mario Draghi's office said on Thursday. The government intervened after Gula asked for help to leave Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country in August, a statement said, adding that her arrival was part of a broader programme to evacuate and integrate Afghan citizens. U.S. photographer Steve McCurry took the picture of Gula when she was a youngster, living in a refugee camp on the Pakistan-Afghan border.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderJared Kushner built strong relationships with wealthy Arab states when Trump was president, but investment from regional players for his new business is yet to be nailed down, report says
During the Trump presidency, his son-in-law Jared Kushner worked extensively on Middle East policy. Kushner is courting Persian Gulf countries to try and raise money for his new investment firm, says the NYT. Kushner is having mixed success, with some countries concerned over his business track record.
U.S.Lubbock Avalanche-JournalWhat we know about about fatal shooting of Chad Read and suspect Kyle Carruth
Here's what we know about the case and those involved: Christina Read and Chad Read argument tied child custody Video released by Jennifer Read, the current wife of Chad Read, showed Chad arguing with his ex-wife, Christina Read, over not having one of the former couple's sons available at a court ordered time. During the argument, Christina could be heard saying the child was not home and that she was going to fetch him. She also said that she didn't abide by the court ordered deadline because she wanted to see their son.
WorldAssociated PressIsrael warns of 'emergency' after detecting new virus strain
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation” after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus variant and barred travel to and from most African countries. The Health Ministry said it detected the new strain in a traveler who had returned from Malawi and was investigating two other suspected cases. At a Cabinet meeting convened Friday to discuss the new variant, Bennett said it is more contagious and spreads more rapidly than the delta variant.
“I know it doesn’t feel like it, but inflation is both a feature and a bug of a normalizing economy.”
“What is not going to work, and hasn’t worked, is trying to talk people out of the lived reality of higher prices.”
“When inflation expectations rise, actual inflation tends to follow.”
“The Fed must acknowledge that its monetary policy has been a source of inflation, and that it will need to raise interest rates.”
“The supply chain logjams are the core of the problem right now, and that should work itself out over time.”