BusinessIn The Know by YahooCollege graduate caught working during commencement sparks conversation about Gen Z's fixation with corporate life: 'Gotta save that limited PTO'
Despite the number of headlines that blame Gen Z for “quiet quitting” — or doing the bare minimum at work — “corporate girl summer” is upon us. Corporate girlies have accumulated millions of views on TikTok with their get-ready-with-me videos, what's-in-my-bag compilations and weekly outfit looks filmed in fluorescent office bathrooms. Insider dubbed them “generation quit” and “the hustle generation“; BBC warned about Gen Z not caring about “prestigious jobs” like previous generations; Vox quoted a TikToker for a lede in an article about Gen Z's supposed aversion to jobs that said, “I don't have goals.
BusinessFortuneMartha Stewart says America will ‘go down the drain’ if remote work continues—and calls France ‘stupid for having August off’
She fears that if remote or hybrid work continues then America will suffer—criticizing European counterparts who have a more flexible work-life balance. In an interview with Footwear News, the lifestyle expert said, "You can't possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely. "Look at the success of France with their stupid…you know, off for August, blah blah blah.
U.S.WSB Cox articlesA 4-year-old was bitten by a copperhead snake. Even 10 vials of antivenom didn’t stop the reaction
A 4-year-old Tennessee boy is recovering after he was bitten by a copperhead snake during a camping trip. Jad Pollom was camping with his family in Highlands, North Carolina, just across the Georgia border, over Memorial Day weekend when he was bitten by a snake while playing on the front porch of a cabin, WTVC-TV reports. Jad was rushed to a nearby emergency room where he received 10 vials of antivenom treatment, the TV station said.
U.S.ReutersFord recalls 125,000 vehicles over engine failures that can cause fires
Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it is expanding and issuing a new recall for 125,000 sport utility vehicles and trucks because engine failures may cause a fire. The recall covers various Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs and Maverick compact pickup trucks from the 2020-2023 model years with 2.5L hybrid or plug-in hybrid engines, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Ford said isolated engine manufacturing issues can cause the engine to fail prematurely and in that event engine oil or fuel vapor may be released, increasing the risk of fire and injury.
BusinessMoneyWise'You can make $60-80k': This TikToker encourages women to find 'lazy girl jobs' — which she defines as something you can 'quiet' quit. And the insight has viewers excited
TikToker Gabrielle (@gabrielle_judge) recently claimed she had a relatively easy job that paid more than the average salary. I'm only accepting the soft life, period,” she says. Her pursuit of the so-called “soft life” is emblematic of the quiet quitting movement that has gripped the nation's younger workforce.
U.S.JalopnikU.S. Recovered 'Intact And Partially Intact Vehicles' Of Non-Human Origin: Whistleblower
An absolutely bonkers report out Monday from the news outlet Debrief details the efforts of a former U.S. intelligence agent to bring to light an 80-plus-year cover up about the truth about UFOs or, as they are now known, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. David Charles Grusch isn't just some guy waving signs on a street corner in D.C.; he's a decorated war veteran who worked with both the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office, where he worked as on the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force with top clearance levels. Grusch turned over classified information to the Intelligence Community Inspector General and Congress in a effort to shed light on UAPs for the American public.
HealthIn The Know by Yahoo‘They were growing’: Woman claims her extreme digestive issues were caused by raw chia seeds in viral PSA
After consuming 2 tablespoons of raw chia seeds every day, a woman claims she experienced horrible digestive issues — and she's warning others not to make the same mistake. TikToker Jade Amber (@@jade.amberrrrr) gained over 5.4 million views, 715,000 likes, 60,000 saves and 11,000 comments when she shared her PSA online. Now, much like the firefighter who took to TikTok to reveal what can happen when you sleep with your bedroom door closed, Jade's PSA has people rethinking their everyday habits, especially those within the clean eating movement.
BusinessFortuneA major insurance company let employees work remotely but the new CEO reversed the policy. Employees are outraged, with one calling it a ‘power move that is frankly disgusting’
Employees at Farmers Group are staging a revolt after the insurance company's new CEO has reversed remote work policies they say were promised to them last year. The Wall Street Journal reports workers have logged more than 2,000 comments complaining about the about-face decision from Raul Vargas on the company's internal social media platform. “I was hired as a remote worker and was promised that was the company culture moving forward,” said one worker quoted in the Journal.
U.S.WSB Cox articlesA dog was abandoned on a rural Ga. road; the culprits didn’t realize a camera was watching
The Effingham County Sheriff's Office is working to identify the owner of a dog found abandoned. The Sheriff's office posted on Facebook Monday that someone dropped off the dog near the Bryan County/Effingham County line. The dog's ribs were visible and it had patches of fur missing.
WorldReutersRussia's Shoigu: Ukraine's counter-offensive has been thwarted
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday his forces had thwarted the first three days of a Ukrainian counter-offensive, alleging that they had killed or wounded more than 3,700 Ukrainian soldiers. Unusually, Sergei Shoigu read a statement himself rather than leaving it to the ministry's regular spokesman. Ukraine has maintained deliberate ambiguity about whether its long-expected counter-offensive is under way, and Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield claims.
U.S.The Florida Times-Union17-year-old Florida girl stabbed 15 times before attacker cuts his own throat. What we know
Afterward, the 18-year-old suspect started to "steadily" cut his own throat, according to an arrest warrant. year-old stabbed 15 times: Arrest warrants says girl stabbed 15 times in Ponte Vedra restaurant before suspect sliced his throat Four people stabbed: Four people taken to the hospital after stabbing at a Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant Here's what we know so far. Who was injured in the attack?
HealthINSIDERA 32-year-old DJ got his tinnitus checked out and discovered he had a rare cancer
Michael Bibi was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer called central nervous system lymphoma. The British DJ went to the doctor with tinnitus and tests revealed he had cancer. Bibi is currently being treated for the fast-spreading cancer in hospital.
WorldAssociated PressIran unveils what it calls a hypersonic missile able to beat air defenses amid tensions with US
Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, adding a new weapon to its arsenal as tensions remain high with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program. The new missile — called Fattah, or “Conqueror” in Farsi — was unveiled even as Iran said it would reopen its diplomatic posts on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia after reaching a détente with Riyadh following years of conflict. The tightly choreographed segment on Iranian state television apparently sought to show that Tehran's hard-line government can still deploy arms against its enemies across much of the Middle East.
U.S.Deseret News‘I am not safe with you’: Home video shows pattern of control and manipulation hours before Enoch murder-suicide
On Jan. 3, Michael Haight told his children he loved them, that the next day they could all go sledding and went over some specifics of his impending divorce with his wife, Tausha Haight. The next morning, Haight shot and killed his entire family before turning the gun on himself. Newly released video footage obtained by the Deseret News through a public records request Monday gives a window into the Haight's home, and Michael's controlling, manipulative behavior just hours before the murder-suicide.
U.S.The Auto WireRoad Rage Incident Kills Utah Porsche Club Members
To make it worse, the victims weren't even involved in the road rage incident. A 48-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman were killed while on a Sunday drive in their 1987 Porsche 911 on SR 73 near Eagle Mountain, Utah when a truck involved in a road rage incident crossed the center line, slamming into their vehicle head-on. This just shows that even if you don't participate in road rage, it absolutely can affect you or the people you love.
U.S.The Independent'Intoxicated' passenger slaps Spirit Airlines gate agent
Tearaney Burroughs faces assault charges following an altercation that escalated after she was turned away from gate E-3 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for being “too intoxicated” on the evening of 11 May. Source: Atlanta Police
U.S.HuffPostMissouri Wants To Execute Michael Tisius Tuesday Despite Widespread Pleas To Spare His Life
The state is currently fighting in court to kill Michael Tisius as punishment for killing two jail guards when he was 19 years old, during a botched plot to free his former cellmate. He is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, although his request for a stay is still pending before the Supreme Court. Parson said on Monday that he would not use his clemency power to stop the execution, claiming that Tisius “received fair and careful review at each step in the judicial process.
TechnologyBusiness InsiderPeople who were whisked away in golf carts to try out Apple's $3,500 headset are calling it 'magic' that is 'still searching for a purpose'
Apple announced its Vision Pro headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference yesterday. Following the announcement of Apple's Vision Pro headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, some attendees were whisked away in golf carts to a location on the company's campus to try out the new headset. After trying out the headset, popular gadget reviewer and YouTuber Marques Brownlee called the device's eye-tracking "magic," while The Verge's editor-in-chief Nilay Patel called the Vision Pro the "best headset demo ever" but was left "still searching for a purpose" for the device after the demo.
BusinessYahoo FinanceTesla Model 3 now costs as little as $23K in California thanks to tax credits
Earlier this week Tesla (TSLA) announced on its website that all versions of the Model 3 sedan now qualify for the full federal EV tax credit of $7,500; previously the cheaper Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) version qualified for half the amount. The federal government's requirements for the EV tax credit mandate that 40% of the critical minerals be extracted in the US or a country with a free trade agreement, and 50% of the value of the battery components must be manufactured or assembled in North America. Prior to the announcement, Tesla was reportedly using LFP (lithium ion phosphate) battery cells made by China's CATL.
U.S.INSIDERA federal judge says she'll reveal who is backing George Santos' bond, but she's giving the GOP lawmaker one last chance to appeal
A federal judge plans to release the names of the people who backed George Santos' bond. Santos' lawyer begged the judge not to identify his guarantors in a letter on Monday. A federal judge said on Tuesday that she plans to reveal the identities of the people who backed indicted Rep. George Santos' $500,000 bond, but she's offering the GOP lawmaker one more chance to appeal before she does it.
BusinessFortuneParis Hilton’s husband Carter Reum quit his ‘cushy job’ at Goldman Sachs to launch a liquor company—and sold it for millions. But he still denies he’s ‘made it’
In 2007, he and his brother, Courtney Reum, left lucrative roles at Goldman Sachs to launch the alcohol company Veev. Within 10 years, the two built VEEV up to become one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the States with more than $10 million in annual sales before they sold the company for more than seven times its revenue. To date, Reum has seeded seven unicorns, authored Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success, and appeared on Hatched, a TV series that follows entrepreneurs.
PoliticsReutersDonald Trump faces skeptical court in New York fraud appeal
A New York appeals court on Tuesday signaled it was unlikely to grant Donald Trump's request to dismiss state Attorney General Letitia James' civil lawsuit accusing him, his family business and three of his children of a "staggering" fraud. The Appellate Division in Manhattan was considering Trump's appeal from a January lower court ruling allowing James to sue. James accused Trump of lying to lenders and insurers from 2011 to 2021 about asset values at the Trump Organization, as well as his own net worth.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramStrangers move in, make 79-year-old ‘a prisoner in his own home,’ Texas officials say
A 79-year-old Texas man was made “a prisoner in his own home” for months after a trio of strangers moved in, according to investigators. The man had gone to Louisiana for a funeral, and when he returned to his home in Tomball, Texas, in December, it was immediately clear that something wasn't right, according to a criminal complaint filed June 2 in Harris County. The homeowner, a disabled veteran, had tried to help one of the suspects, he told TV station KHOU.
U.S.The Enterprise'Ask for help': Stoughton dance teacher takes own life 9 days after giving birth to twins
Ariana Sutton — a dancer and mother of three whose husband is an Easton police officer — took her own life on May 31, after giving birth to twins. Catherine Sutton, sister-in-law of Ariana, said the family wants to make sure mothers don't feel shame about attending to their own mental health. "If another family's able to avoid what we're going through right now, it's worth it to share our story."
U.S.Associated PressDemocrats: Lives could be lost due to Republican walkout in Oregon Legislature
Oregon Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday and implored Republicans, who have been boycotting the Senate for over a month, to return and vote on bills, saying lives are literally at stake. Republicans in the Oregon statehouse conducted walkouts in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to deny enough members for voting on measures. Neither side is budging on a bill on protections for abortion and transgender care, with Democrats saying it isn't negotiable and minority Republicans insisting it die or be changed.
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