TechnologyIn The Know by YahooWoman uncovers alleged stalking tactic increasing in popularity: ‘Seems it’s happening to a lot of people’
Then, @angel.edge95 stated that locating the tracking device may not be possible because there was a chance that law enforcement or Apple Support wouldn't be able to assist without the device's serial number. After, she received a second “unknown accessory” message. In the comments of her video, @angel.edge95 said she's working with law enforcement to resolve the problem and noted that they didn't want her to share an update just yet.
U.S.INSIDERCar of a missing college student and skeletal remains found in an unsolved 4-decade-old case
The car of a missing college student and remains have been found in an unsolved case in Georgia. Kyle Clinkscales, 22, went missing in January 1976, and his car was missing until this week. Police also found a wallet and skeletal remains during the investigation.
U.S.The Daily BeastGhislaine Maxwell and the Ecstasy of the Feet
When the feds raided Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan mansion in 2019, they unearthed a trove of evidence including binders of CDs containing tens of thousands of photographs. The exhibits contain several snapshots showing Maxwell giving Epstein a foot rub, seemingly on his private jet. The cheery pictures are at odds with the disturbing accusations against them: that for years, Epstein molested and raped scores of teenage girls after paying them for “massages,” and Maxwell allegedly played the role of scheduler and recruiter.
U.S.In The Know by Yahoo‘Drama queen’ chihuahua has ‘love-hate’ relationship with winter booties
This tiny chihuahua went on an emotional rollercoaster when he put his booties on. Thomas Wilde wanted to keep his chihuahua Vern's paws safe from the snowy streets. “It's a love-hate kind of feeling toward the booties,” Wilde wrote in the caption.
U.S.Military.com14 Rarely Seen Photos that Reveal the Horror of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, they catapulted the United States into World War II in one swift stroke, removing from the international playing field the bulk of the American fleet, which had been strategically moved to Pearl Harbor only 18 months prior by President Franklin Roosevelt. The damage to Pearl Harbor and the surrounding area was astounding. The Japanese hit Pearl Harbor, located on Oahu, Hawaii, just after 8 a.m. The entire attack lasted a mere 75 minutes.
U.S.TheGrioBlack family to sue American Airlines after being kicked off plane in Charlotte, N.C.
Allan Ali and his newborn-holding partner, Kamia Hoilett, had a negative interaction with a flight attendant Sunday on Philly-bound plane. A Black family traveling with a newborn baby was kicked off an American Airlines flight on Sunday as they headed home to Philadelphia from Charlotte, North Carolina. As seen in a now-viral video, Allan Ali and his partner, Kamia Hoilett, were asked to leave a Sunday afternoon flight before departure after a brief, negative interaction with a white male passenger and a white female flight attendant.
U.S.In The Know by YahooWoman reaches breaking point over her roommate’s ‘ridiculous’ new household rule: ‘She’s being absolutely unreasonable’
The roommate has to wake up at 5 a.m. for three months due to her schedule. Because of this, she banned her housemates from using the kitchen after 6:30 p.m.
U.S.Rolling StoneA ‘Chilling Factor’ for Victims: Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyer Drops Anonymous Accusers’ Real Names in Court
Last week in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, defense attorney Jeff Pagliuca made a show of remembering to respect an alleged victim's request for anonymity. Judge Alison Nathan broke in with a reminder to not say Jane's real name out loud. Pagliuca told the judge not to worry.
U.S.INSIDERThe Michigan school shooting suspect's parents have hired high-powered attorneys to defend themselves, but their son has a public defender
The Michigan school shooting suspect was assigned a public defender in court. Meanwhile, his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, have hired a high-powered attorney for themselves in court. The couple's lawyer previously represented disgraced Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar.
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Mandatory food recycling to begin in California
Starting in January, banana peels, chicken bones and leftover veggies won't be allowed in most California trash bins under a mandatory food recycling program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. Dec.
BusinessBusiness InsiderA $50,000 camper that turns the Tesla Cybertruck into an RV has hit $100 million in preorders — see inside
An artificial intelligence and software company is making camper attachments for Tesla Cybertrucks. See inside the $50,000 CyberLandr, which will be produced and delivered in tandem with the Cybertruck. Chatter about Tesla's upcoming Cybertruck has subsided since its unveiling in late 2019, but that's not stopping designers from imagining its potential uses.
U.S.NBC NewsScuba diving YouTuber discovers submerged car of Tennessee teens who disappeared 21 years ago
A scuba diving YouTuber may have cracked the cold case of two Tennessee teens who disappeared 21 years ago after discovering the car they were last seen in at the bottom of a local river. Erin Foster, 18, and Jeremy Bechtel, 17, vanished on April 3, 2000, after leaving Foster's home, according to the White County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Steve Page said in a news release members of Foster's family alerted him on Nov. 28 about YouTuber Jeremy Beau Sides, who uses sonar technology and scuba dives to try to solve missing persons cases on his channel Exploring With Nug.
U.S.Associated PressExpelled Coast Guard cadet sues over policy banning parents
A former cadet who was expelled from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy after becoming a father filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the school's policy that prohibits students from being parents. Isaak Olson was two months from graduating from the academy in 2014 with a degree in mechanical engineering and a commission as an officer when he disclosed that his fiancee had given birth to their first child several months earlier, according the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. The academy expelled Olson under a regulation that requires cadets to either resign or be “disenrolled” if they incur a “parental obligation” from a pregnancy over 14 weeks, according to the lawsuit.
HealthTODAY6 states account for more than half of the country’s recent COVID-19 hospitalizations
While much of the world is focused on the new omicron variant, first identified in South Africa, delta is still a threat, as “over 99 percent of sequenced cases in the United States continue to be from” that strain, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday at a White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing. Hospitalizations in Michigan, which has the highest share of new hospitalizations when adjusted for population, are up 70 percent since Nov. 10. In the neighboring states of Indiana and Illinois, hospitalizations have almost doubled.
U.S.Military TimesSEAL Team 8 commander died Tuesday following training accident
The Navy SEAL who died Tuesday after being injured in a fast-rope training event last week has been identified as the commanding officer of SEAL Team 8, Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois. Naval Special Warfare Command has released few other details so far on what happened, but Bourgeois, 43, was injured during the training evolution Saturday in Virginia Beach, Virginia. SEAL Team 8′s executive officer has temporarily assumed command of the Virginia-based unit, according to the command, which did not identify the officer, citing operational security.
BusinessReutersKellogg to permanently replace striking employees as workers reject new contract
(Reuters) - Kellogg Co said on Tuesday a majority of its U.S. cereal plant workers have voted against a new five-year contract, forcing it to hire permanent replacements as employees extend a strike that started more than two months ago. Temporary replacements have already been working at the company's cereal plants in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee where 1,400 union members went on strike on Oct. 5 as their contracts expired and talks over payment and benefits stalled. Kellogg also said there was no further bargaining scheduled and it had no plans to meet with the union.
U.S.PeopleBrooke Shields Says Barbara Walters Interview with Her as a Teen Was 'Practically Criminal'
Brooke Shields is reflecting on the response to her 1980 Calvin Klein jeans campaign. During an appearance on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, Shields spoke about how she was over-sexualized by the media and the public in response to the now-infamous campaign. After the backlash, Shields did a number of interviews, including one with Barbara Walters, she was asked a series of intimate and invasive questions about her sexual history.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderMark Meadows sues Nancy Pelosi and Jan. 6 committee members, accuses them of acting 'in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States'
Mark Meadows is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the January 6 select committee. Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack. Meadows' legal action came on Wednesday, one day after his lawyer informed the committee that he would no longer cooperate with its investigation.
U.S.Associated PressScott Peterson resentenced to life term in wife's 2002 death
Nearly 17 years after being sentenced to die, Scott Peterson was resentenced to life without parole Wednesday during an emotional hearing in which family members of his slain pregnant wife, Laci, called him out for the Christmas Eve killing in 2002 and his apparent lack of remorse. Scott, 19 years ago today, you were in the midst of planning Laci's murder,” said her mother, Sharon Rocha, addressing Peterson directly as he sat expressionless, handcuffed in a red and orange jail uniform. I still feel the grief every day, after 19 years,” she said.
U.S.Fox NewsJussie Smollett blasts prosecutor for reading actor's texts that included N-word
Jussie Smollett took the stand for the second day in a row at his trial on Tuesday. The former "Empire" actor denied under oath all allegations that he brought the Osundairo brothers on a "dry run" of his attack two days prior to it taking place. Smollett sat in the witness stand where he faced tense, continued cross-examination from Special Prosecutor Dan Webb, who began questioning him as a witness the previous day.
BusinessUSA TODAYSouthwest Airlines to introduce new fare category with perks customers will 'happily pay' for
The fares will appear in a fourth column alongside Southwest's current Wanna Get Away, Anytime and Business Select offerings. Details are still under wraps, but Southwest Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Watterson said it will be above the airline's lowest priced Wanna Get Away category and offer enhanced attributes "customers will happily pay a little bit more" for. He stressed that the new product will not take anything away from other fares but offer something more.
BusinessYahoo FinancePeople are laughing at Trump’s new company
An “investor presentation” the company recently filed with the Securities and Exchange commission is provoking guffaws among business analysts, with laughable evasions and barely any business strategy. It does feel like every public action by this company is designed give the impression that it is a joke,” Bloomberg analyst Matt Levine wrote on Dec. 7. The oddest part of the TMTG presentation is the “technology team” listed on Slide 21.
U.S.Bradenton Herald5-foot invasive snake found living in man’s newly purchased sofa, Florida cops say
A man's newly purchased couch was carted out to the yard over the weekend — after he realized a large snake was coiled inside the padding. The disturbing discovery was made Saturday, Dec. 4, at Clearwater's Marilyn Pines Condominiums and the homeowner resorted to calling the police. It was “a call you don't see every day,” the Clearwater Police Department wrote on Facebook.
BusinessMarketWatchWe’re 58, have $1.3 million saved and two homes, but ‘I would give myself a grade of B-’ for retirement planning
I don't feel like I can retire at this point and figure I have another 6 or 7 years before I can. How should I respond to friends and family thinking I should have retired by now? Thanks for listening, Nervous Bill See: I'm 53, my wife is 54.
BusinessAssociated PressPublix heiress known for philanthropy dies in Florida at 65
The billionaire daughter of the Publix Super Markets founder has died after having early-onset Alzheimer's Disease, the company announced Wednesday. Carol Jenkins Barnett was 65. Barnett died Tuesday night at her home in Lakeland, Florida, Publix said in a news release.
“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.”