PoliticsYahoo NewsHere are the key players in the Trump hush money case
From Alvin Bragg to Stormy Daniels, these are the all the people you need to know in the wake of the former president’s historic indictment.
EntertainmentINSIDERChris Pratt says he 'totally gets' backlash over his casting in 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' as he knows 'there's a passionate fan base'
The actor was subjected to backlash when it was announced that he would be voicing the beloved Italian plumber in the new upcoming animated movie.
EntertainmentINSIDERJennifer Aniston's viral comments about Gen Z finding 'Friends' offensive are stirring up a heated debate about the show's divisive style of comedy
Jennifer Aniston said young people watching "Friends" find it offensive, leading many to share thoughts on the show's divisive storylines and lack of diversity.
U.S.Yahoo NewsParents plead for their kids' return after children taken into custody during traffic stop
A Georgia mother and father say they are grappling with “indescribable pain” of losing custody of their five children — ages 7, 6, 3, 2 and 4 months — after a traffic stop by the Tennessee Highway Patrol that civil rights organizations have called “targeted.”
PoliticsINSIDERFormer Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, says Trump should 'step aside' from the race after his indictment
"It is a distraction," Hutchinson said of Trump's indictment. The former president was investigated for his alleged role in a 2016 hush-money scheme.
SportsINSIDERNBA players now allowed to smoke weed without being penalized, according to tentative labor agreement: report
Under the new seven-year agreement that has yet to be ratified, NBA players would no longer be tested for marijuana use.
PoliticsINSIDERTrump surges to a 26-point lead over Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP presidential primary post-indictment: poll
In a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, 57% of Republicans and GOP-leaning Independents said they would vote for Trump, while 31% were behind DeSantis.
SportsINSIDERDawn Staley blasts narratives about USC's physicality after Final Four loss: 'We're not thugs. We're not monkeys. We're not street fighters.'
USC women's basketball coach Dawn Staley defended her players on Friday after a reporter said other coaches regarded them as "bullies."
CelebrityINSIDERZendaya wore a dazzling violet sari while attending a Mumbai gala with Tom Holland and Law Roach
Zendaya and Law Roach posed together Saturday on the red carpet for the first time since he announced retiring as a stylist.
BusinessEngadgetCourt rules Elon Musk broke federal labor law with 2018 tweet
Elon Musk broke US labor law in 2018 when he tweeted Tesla factory workers would forgo stock options if they chose to unionize, according to a new court ruling.
BusinessYahoo FinanceNew mansion tax will 'chase people out of LA': Million Dollar Listing's Josh Altman
New mansion tax law will 'chase people out of LA': Million Dollar Listing's Josh Altman
BusinessYahoo FinanceMost workers aren't using this key retirement tool to the fullest
Of the 13 million HSAs in the Employment Benefit Research Institute’s database, only 12% of the account holders invested their HSAs in assets other than cash.
NewsYahoo News UKNurse announces resignation on Twitter after saying A&E care is ‘broken’
Matt Osborne said he was “handing in my notice today” after seeing colleagues commit suicide.
WorldEngadgetJapan joins US-led effort to restrict China's access to chipmaking equipment
Japan is officially moving forward with restrictions aimed at limiting China’s access to advanced chipmaking machinery.
WorldYahoo News Canada'Wasted money!': Internet has mixed reactions to Canadian Navy's new recruitment program
The "Naval Experience Program" comes as the Canadian Armed Forces struggles to recruit new members.
U.S.Yahoo News'Karma': Yusef Salaam, one of the falsely accused Central Park Five, reflects on Trump indictment
One of the Central Park Five, wrongly accused of raping and beating a woman in 1989, spoke to Yahoo News about former President Donald Tump's role in the episode.
BusinessYahoo FinanceBiden administration's 'Internet for All' plan gets a corporate boost
CommScope and Corning announced increased fiber-optic cable capacity in North Caroline in a boost to the Biden administration's "Internet for All" plan.
BusinessTechCrunchKrablr develops generative AI language to boost crab yields
Following a successful transition from crab pricing to crab futures trading, the company is now setting its sights on a new, cutting-edge technology: generative AI. The company plans to use generative AI to develop a new language that will be optimized for communication with crustaceans. "We believe that by communicating with crabs in their own language, we can work with them to increase their populations and ensure the long-term sustainability of our industry," he said.
BusinessEngadgetApple’s MacBook Air M2 is on sale for $1,000 right now
$1,000 is an all-time low price for the entry-level M2 MacBook Air.
NewsYahoo News UKPrimary school worker who stole £490,000 to fund 'extravagant lifestyle’ is jailed
Debra Poole, 61, was in charge of the bank accounts at Hinchley Wood Primary School in Surrey.
WorldYahoo NewsMacron's popularity is in free fall after raising France's retirement age, analysts say
Growing frustration over French President Emmanuel Macron’s newly passed pension reform law, which has sparked two weeks of angry protests, have benefitted his political opponents and called into question whether he can remain in power, analysts say.
BusinessYahoo FinanceMedia giants slash costs, point to 'peak' losses in streaming
The stock market wiped a whopping $500 billion-plus in market capitalization from the world's biggest media, cable, and entertainment giants in 2022.
BusinessAutoblogMaterial scarcity limits the future of EVs, says Stellantis chief
Carlos Tavares, CEO of automaker conglomerate Stellantis, says limited raw materials make a full EV revolution unrealistic.
TechnologyEngadgetGoogle launches a beta Nearby Share app for Windows PCs
Google has released a beta Nearby Share app for Windows PCs.
NewsYahoo News UKDog rescued after spending two days stuck down badger sett
Arlo, a Lakeland Terrier, fell into the hole while walking in a field in Somerset.
ScienceYahoo NewsAmericans want to lead in space but don’t love the price tag — and more space news you may have missed
Welcome to This Week in Outer Space, where you’ll find a roundup of the best space coverage from Yahoo News and our partners from the past week or so.
BusinessYahoo FinanceTaxes 2023: Here’s what to do if you can’t pay your tax bill
The Internal Revenue Service offers some repayment options to help you manage your owed debt.
TechnologyTechCrunchEthicists fire back at 'AI Pause' letter they say 'ignores the actual harms'
A group of well-known AI ethicists have written a counterpoint to this week's controversial letter asking for a six-month "pause" on AI development, criticizing it for a focus on hypothetical future threats when real harms are attributable to misuse of the tech today. Thousands of people, including such familiar names as Steve Wozniak and Elon Musk, signed the open letter from the Future of Life institute earlier this week, proposing that development of AI models like GPT-4 should be put on hold in order to avoid "loss of control of our civilization," among other threats. Timnit Gebru, Emily M. Bender, Angelina McMillan-Major and Margaret Mitchell are all major figures in the domains of AI and ethics, known (in addition to their work) for being pushed out of Google over a paper criticizing the capabilities of AI.
BusinessEngadgetApple wins appeal against UK antitrust probe into mobile browser dominance
On Friday, Apple won an appeal against an investigation the UK's antitrust watchdog launched last fall.
NewsYahoo News UKPensioner writes ‘selfish cow’ on woman’s car window in pink lipstick
The elderly woman left the rude scrawl on the vehicle after a parking dispute in Devon.
U.S.LA TimesScuffle at pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach leaves 2 injured
On Saturday, two days after former President Trump was indicted, some of his supporters gathered to protest in Orange County.
SciencePopular MechanicsThe Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests
A new study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found remarkable differences.
BusinessTechCrunchVirgin Orbit runs low on cash, ByteDance pushes a TikTok replacement, and Canoo settles with the SEC
For the uninitiated, WiR is where TechCrunch recaps all the tech news that took place for the week. Crash and burn: Virgin Orbit is laying off around 85% of its workforce in order to further reduce expenses after the troubled space company said it was unable to secure additional funding to keep it afloat. The news, which Virgin Orbit filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, comes just two weeks after the company furloughed all employees and entered an "operational pause" in order to find more cash.
U.S.EngadgetNLRB says Activision Blizzard illegally surveilled employees during a walkout
The labor agency has “found merit with several elements of the unfair labor practice charges filed by the Communications Workers of America (CWA)” on behalf of the company’s workers.
U.S.USA TODAYShaq called! Michigan teen with size 23 feet surprised by NBA legend after sharing shoe story
Eric Kilburn Jr. is a 14-year-old with size 23 feet. His quest to find shoes that fit went viral – and he got a call from NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal.
U.S.INSIDERA wild iguana in Costa Rica bit a little girl as it tried to steal her piece of cake. Now, doctors say she has developed a rare bacterial infection.
Scientists say the iguana's behavior was strange and rare, as the reptile keeps to itself and typically eats plants.
WorldBusiness InsiderVideo captures the moment a Ukrainian exploding drone destroyed one of Russia's prized Tor-M2 missile systems designed to shoot down drones
A video shared by Ukraine's military shows a drone striking a Tor-M2 missile system built to destroy airplanes, guided missiles, and drones.
TechnologyTechCrunchOpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy
No, it's not an April Fools' joke: OpenAI has started geoblocking access to its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy. The move follows an order by the local data protection authority Friday that it must stop processing Italians' data for the ChatGPT service. In a statement which appears online to users with an Italian IP address who try to access ChatGPT, OpenAI writes that it "regrets" to inform users that it has disabled access to users in Italy -- at the "request" of the data protection authority -- which it known as the Garante.
BusinessYahoo Finance3 things you may have missed as markets wrapped up a first-quarter rally
The banking crisis was downgraded a bit this week. So here's what else you should have been watching in markets.
PoliticsFox NewsBiden admin moving forward with light bulb bans in coming weeks
The Biden administration is set to fully enforce a light bulb ban in the coming months that will particularly impact lower-income households after it rolled back Trump-era rules.
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St. Petersburg police find body of missing Florida boy, 2, in mouth of an alligator
The search for a 2-year-old Florida boy began after his mother was slain ended Friday when his body was found in an alligator's jaws, police said.
U.S.Deseret NewsPerspective: Meet the Oklahoma teacher whose tweet about quitting went viral
David Irby, a band director in Norman, Oklahoma, taught in public schools for nearly 25 years. His tweet saying he was resigning went viral. Why?
U.S.Associated PressAlaska Native Scouts feted 67 years after rescuing Navy crew
Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre eggs in a walrus skin boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait when they saw a crippled airplane flying low. Its 11 crewmen had injuries in varying degrees of severity, caused either by the bullets sprayed by the two jet fighters, shrapnel or the fireball that erupted when the Neptune landed wheels up on the tundra of St. Lawrence Island and fuel tanks stored in the plane’s belly exploded. The men took refuge in a ditch on St. Lawrence Island — just 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Siberia and 715 miles (1,151 kilometers) west of Anchorage — to avoid the exploding ammunition and waited, but for what they weren’t sure.
PoliticsHuffPostMaggie Haberman Reveals How Former Trump Org Employees Celebrated Trump Indictment
“That really sort of tells you something about where these folks’ heads are," said The New York Times reporter.
WorldThe TelegraphRussia will never recover from this devastating collapse
Last June – on the day the UN gave a Ukrainian civilian casualty count of 9,931 so far in Russia’s war – I sat at the UN Human Rights Council as the Russian ambassador excoriated Israel over its latest defensive operations in Gaza. Such unjust condemnation of Israel is common fare at the Human Rights Council and we are all used to the Kremlin’s hypocrisy, but how could the Russian Federation use the council as an international platform for its anti-Western bile, despite being suspended in April
“American workers are desperate for a break.”
“Workers will have more leisure but at the cost of less efficiency and a lower standard of living.”
“We have more important things to do now than spend our lives making a tiny group of very rich people even richer.”
“Some industries and deeply entrenched work cultures mean the four-day workweek may not be realistic for all employees.”
“While workers have spent the last 50 years steadily producing more and more, real wages have not risen at the same rate.”
