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Powerball: Why getting eaten by a shark is more likely than winning the $1.2 billion jackpot
The odds of winning Wednesday’s drawing are 292,201,338 to 1 — or about 300 times less likely than getting struck by lightning.
4 min read - USYahoo News
They were arrested after a rally against DeSantis. Now, the 'Tampa 5' say protesting is on trial.
Four recent University of South Florida graduates and a former school staff member – now known as the ‘Tampa Five’ – claim campus police initiated a violent clash between officers and students protesting Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis on campus in March.
7 min read - USYahoo News
Congressman carjacked in D.C. as big cities continue to battle perceptions, and realities, of crime
A fatal stabbing in Brooklyn and the killing of a journalist in Philadelphia have deepened a sense of unease in some big cities.
4 min read - USYahoo News
Supreme Court's new term will include cases involving abortion drugs, guns and social media
The new term comes at a time when the court finds itself under increased scrutiny over what critics say is a pattern of ethical lapses.
4 min read - BusinessIn The Know by Yahoo
‘Don’t fall for this scam like me’: Woman’s Facebook Marketplace PSA goes viral on TikTok
"I just got scammed on Facebook Marketplace. Like an actual identity theft scam. So I'm gonna share it with you so that you don't fall for it. Be smarter than me!"
4 min read - BusinessAutoblog
Rivian R1T fender benders can turn into $40K repair bills
Rivian R1T fender benders can turn into $40K repair bills. Rear corner damage is an Achilles heel for gargantuan estimates.
4 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Electric Hydrogen is the green hydrogen industry's first unicorn
Investors have historically been skeptical of green hydrogen. High production costs, expensive infrastructure builds, competition with batteries and minimal government support have made the green hydrogen sector a risky bet. Electric Hydrogen (EH2), a Massachusetts-based green hydrogen technology company, has just become green hydrogen's first unicorn, with a $380 million Series C raise that brought its valuation up to $1 billion.
3 min read - USIn The Know by Yahoo
What’s a crash pad? Gen Z flight attendants discuss what it’s like to commute across the country: ‘This life is not for everyone’
Flight attendants reveal the truth about commuting to and from their bases. The post What’s a crash pad? Gen Z flight attendants discuss what it’s like to commute across the country: ‘This life is not for everyone’ appeared first on In The Know.
5 min read - ScienceEngadget
Prada will help design the spacesuits for NASA's 2025 Artemis III mission
The luxury designer will work closely with Axiom Space.
1 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
US judge denies SEC's attempt to appeal Ripple ruling
The decision from federal judge Analisa Torres was another blow to the SEC's efforts to rein in the crypto world.
3 min read - TechnologyIn The Know by Yahoo
Algorithms are changing the dating game — an expert weighs in on what you should know
Can we trust the algorithms behind dating apps with our hearts? Expert Liesel Sharabi breaks down how these algorithms are impacting our relationships. The post Algorithms are changing the dating game — an expert weighs in on what you should know appeared first on In The Know.
3 min read - TechnologyTechCrunch
Sam Altman backs teens' AI startup automating browser-native workflows
Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman's AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that's aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways. Induced AI, founded this year, enables businesses to input their workflows in plain English, subsequently converting the instructions into pseudo-code in real time for numerous repetitive tasks typically managed by back offices. The eponymous platform spins up Chromium-b
3 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Goldman Sachs calls an audible: Mortgage rates going up, after all, in 2023
In January, Goldman Sachs housing economists predicted mortgage rates would land at 6.5% by the end of this year. Now, the firm sees rates running higher — to around 7.1%.
3 min read - TechnologyYahoo Finance
Google announces Pixel Watch 2 with Fitbit-powered exercise tracking
Google's Pixel Watch 2 gets improved performance, a new heart rate tracker, and Fitbit exercise tracking.
3 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
The stock market sell-off is all about the 'pain trade' in bonds
As stocks sell off, Wall Street strategists believe all of the action is in reaction to rising Treasury yields.
4 min read - USYahoo Finance
Sam Bankman-Fried faces crypto-crash fatigue with potential jurors in FTX trial
At least five potential jurors told a judge that they or relatives lost money on crypto, highlighting a public-perception challenge for the FTX founder in his criminal trial.
4 min read - USYahoo News 360
Is winning the lottery all it's cracked up to be?
There’s a laundry list of horror stories about big lottery winners whose golden tickets led to strained family relationships, bankruptcy, prison or even murder.
5 min read - PoliticsYahoo Finance
What Trump stands to lose in the New York civil trial
It's not a criminal trial, and there's no risk of jail time. But Trump could still lose big in the New York case focusing on vastly overvalued Trump businesses.
5 min read - BusinessYahoo Movies UK
The true story behind BlackBerry
The true story behind the tech biopic, "BlackBerry," set to hit UK and Irish cinemas today and why a tiny tech start up in Canada turned into a multi-billion dollar industry.
6 min read - TechnologyEngadget
Google Pixel 8 Pro vs. the competition: From Tensor to temperature sensor
Here's how the new Google Pixel 8 Pro compares to the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra on the spec sheet.
4 min read - TechnologyTechCrunch
Google Assistant is getting AI capabilities with Bard
Google Assistant is getting an AI-powered update. At today's Made by Google live event, the company introduced Assistant with Bard, a new version of its popular mobile personal assistant that's now powered by generative AI technologies. Essentially a combination of Google Assistant and Bard for mobile devices, the new assistant will be able to handle a broader range of questions and tasks, ranging from simple requests like "what's the weather?," "set an alarm," or "text Jenny," as before, to n
4 min read - USYahoo Music
His interview with Tupac murder suspect helped lead to the breakthrough arrest. Why DJ Vlad now feels a 'sense of closure.'
Noted DJ and prolific interviewer's session with Duane "Keefe D" Davis was pivotal to the long-dormant case.
5 min read - BusinessYahoo Personal Finance
How a government shutdown would impact your money: Student loans, Social Security, investments, and more
A government shutdown is looming again. Here's how it might affect you personally.
5 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Oil: 'Demand destruction has begun', say JPMorgan analysts
Expect lower oil demand in the fourth quarter.
2 min read - WorldYahoo News UK
Victoria Derbyshire confronts Tory minister with list of false statements - 'Is this how desperate you are?'
Minister Michelle Donelan had used her Tory Party Conference speech to claim: “We are the party of facts.”
5 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance UK
Why petrol and diesel prices do not fall with oil prices
Diesel prices increased by more than 8p a litre to 163p last month, while petrol prices rose by 4.5p a litre to 152p.
5 min read - WorldYahoo Sports
2030 men's World Cup will be hosted by 6 countries on 3 different continents
After three opening games in South America, the 2030 World Cup will be hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
1 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Generative AI removing background noise from recordings is just one of the new tools for podcasters
Yes, there are clear concerns about AI’s potential for auto-generating disinformation. Podcastle, a full-service podcasting platform which we covered when it raised $7 million in a round led by RTP Global and Point Nine Capital, is today joining the trend with a new tool it calls Magic Dust AI. The generative AI-driven tool can take a pretty ordinary or low-quality audio file and give it a near-studio-quality sheen, by eliminating background noise, enhancing its dynamic range, and giving the s
2 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Wage growth keeps slowing for job switchers as US labor market cools off
The gap between wage gains seen from job switchers and job stayers is at its smallest margin in nearly three years, a welcome sign for the Fed.
3 min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Newt Gingrich Has 1 Damning Word For Republicans Who Axed McCarthy
The Clinton-era GOP speaker lashed out at breakaway Republicans who ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speakership.
1 min read - PoliticsThe Daily Beast
Trump Finally Brings His Online Rage to the Courtroom
Angela Weiss/ReutersA day after receiving a tongue lashing from a judge disturbed by Donald Trump’s insolence outside the New York courtroom, the former president began to make exasperated remarks inside the court, as the third day of his bank fraud trial started Wednesday.The increasingly furious Trump—whose real estate empire has already received the kiss of death from the judge—remained quiet during the first two days of proceedings, instead choosing to rail against the entire justice system
2 min read - PoliticsHuffPost
House Dem Spots 1 Very Awkward Problem In GOP Plan To Make Trump Next Speaker
There's one glaring issue standing in the way of the far-right plot to install Trump as next House speaker.
4 min read - PoliticsSnopes
Fact Check: Biden Ordered FBI to Make Unannounced Home Visits to Over 100K Trump Supporters?
"The FBI agents say, 'You haven't done anything wrong yet, we just want to talk.' Is this a form of voter intimidation?," a popular post on X asked.
3 min read - USThe Daily Beast
Disturbing New Details Revealed in Charlotte Sena Kidnapping: Reports
GoFundMeDisturbing new details emerged Tuesday surrounding the abduction of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena and the suspect who is alleged to have swiped her from a park while riding a bike.In an arraignment memorandum obtained by CNN, 46-year-old Craig Nelson Ross Jr. “wrote a ransom letter with the intent to compel the payment of monies as ransom for her,” the document says. Also among the new details to emerge Tuesday is that Ross may have forced the child to pen her own ransom letter to demand $50
3 min read - PoliticsDeadline
Trump Ordered To Shut Up Or Face 30 Days Behind Bars
Donald Trump has been told to watch what he says and posts, or risk ending up behind bars for up to a month. In the second day of the former POTUS’ financial fraud trial, Judge Arthur Engoron just issued a limited gag order against everyone in the civil case to stop verbal and social media-posted …
3 min read - PoliticsThe Daily Beast
Trump Being Nominated for House Speaker Is Becoming a Real Possibility
Carlos Barria/ReutersRight-wing pundits and lawmakers are already rallying around the idea of former President Donald Trump as the next Speaker of the House following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s shock ouster Tuesday. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and even the far-right cable network Newsmax all floated the idea of Trump taking over the role Tuesday evening, just minutes after McCarthy’s ejection from House leadership. “Donald Trump should be nominated as a litmus t
3 min read - USUSA TODAY
Assistants' testimony could play key role in MSU sexual harassment case against Mel Tucker
Four low-level staffers' accounts to the school's outside investigator could help establish if Mel Tucker engaged in "quid pro quo" sexual harassment.
10 min read - USFox News
Philadelphia motorcyclist arrested after kicking in woman’s car windshield during road rage assault, cops say
A motocyclist was caught on video smashing in the woman's windshield before headbutting her in an apparent road rage assault in Philadelphia on Sunday.
2 min read - BusinessMoneywise
'No one saw this coming': Kevin O’Leary says the persistence of remote work is now harming sectors other than just real estate — here’s why he’s predicting certain ‘banks are going to fail’
He's not the only one with concerns.
4 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
Ukrainian special operation forces land in Crimea, battle with losses occurs – Defence Intelligence
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence has stated that units of the Special Operations Forces landed on the territory of the occupied Crimean peninsula and attacked the Russians, and after completing the mission, they retreated.
2 min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Jimmy Kimmel Fires Back At Trump’s Late-Night Insult With Creepy Reminder
The late-night host turned Trump’s attack on late-night “creeps” into a joke about the former president’s adult sons.
1 min read - USThe Cool Down
Dashboard camera catches disturbing video of tailgating truck moments before crashing into median: ‘Those things should be illegal’
“Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person."
2 min read - USKTVU
'People are threatening me, my wife and my children,' Sunol school board prez claims after banning flags
Sunol Glen Unified School Board President Ryan Jergensen said he and his family have received death threats after he helped pass a ban on special-interest flags on campus.
3 min read - USWOFL
Florida man 'took his eyes off the road' and rear-ended another car on his way to buy milk, deputies say
A Florida man was arrested after he "took his eyes off the road" and crashed into another car on his way to buy milk, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.
1 min read - USSacramento Bee
Deer with rat trap stuck to face can’t eat or drink. Then Colorado officers step in
Officers believe someone set the trap with peanut butter, Colorado officials said.
1 min read - USThe Auto Wire
Chevy Suburban Turns Into Battering Ram On California Freeway
Dashcam footage captured an unbelievable moment on the 405 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley, California as a Chevy Suburban wove back and forth across all the lanes, eventually smashing into a Jeep. This is the kind of situation you hope to never face in real life. Here is a situation where erratic driving was caused by a driver’s medical emergency. The footage, which was taken just before noon on September 27, shows the Suburban suddenly swerve into the right lane, cutting of a Frito Lay deli
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