BusinessYahoo MoneyHome prices 'will see big declines in coming years,' expert predicts
I think people are anxious about that at this point in history. In July, housing values jumped 19.7% year over year, up from 18.7% in June and the fourth month in a row setting record high growth, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index. The 20-City Composite grew 19.9% in July, up from 19.1% a month earlier and just shy of analysts' expectations of a 20% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates.
U.S.INSIDERTeen truck driver who ran over 6 cyclists while trying to blow exhaust on them has not been arrested, reports say
A teen truck driver who ran over six cyclists in Texas on Saturday has not been arrested, local reporters found. A truck driver, identified only as a 16-year-old male, ran over several cyclists as he intentionally tried to blow exhaust on them, one of the riders said. The incident, which sent four cyclists to the hospital, occurred in Waller, a city located northwest of Houston.
HealthMen's HealthTroy Aikman Says the 'Pegan Diet' and 4 Days of Lifting a Week Keeps Him Ripped
Back in April, hall-of-fame NFL quarterback Troy Aikman shared a shirtless photo to his social media that showed the FOX Sports analyst is still surprisingly ripped, sporting six-pack abs and at 54. Yesterday, in a lengthy Instagram post, Aikman provided a little more insight into the workout and diet that helps him stay fit. "Many have asked to share my workout program but for me, working out regularly is just a part of the overall plan," he wrote.
U.S.AutoblogFord Bronco Sport takes a tumble down Colorado's Black Bear Pass
A Ford Bronco Sport rolled approximately 400 feet from Colorado's notorious Black Bear Pass near Telluride Sunday morning, ejecting the driver and a dog (along with the Bronco Sport's engine) in the process. Both the driver and dog were hurt in the accident, but a passenger who had gotten out to spot apparently survived the ordeal unscathed. According to The Durango Herald, the Bronco Sport was being driven by an inexperienced driver who was visiting from out-of-state.
ScienceThe Weather NetworkMajor pattern change offers some very sharp reversals of fortune
The atmosphere just pressed shuffle, and this pattern change playlist is coming to a city near you. SEPTEMBER FIREHOSE, EYEING RECORD RAINFALL Not one but two troughs will steer low-pressure systems towards British Columbia. The first trough sticks around until Tuesday, then a potentially more powerful one migrates in on Wednesday.
BusinessIdaho Statesman‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Sales of Idaho’s favorite liquor are ‘on another level’
As Tony Faraca watched the meteoric ascent of Tito's Handmade Vodka, he knew something special was happening. “I've never seen anything like it,” he told the Idaho Statesman last year. Faraca, the Idaho State Liquor Division's CFO, is staring at Tito's sales numbers for fiscal 2021, which ended June 30.
U.S.Associated PressFormer first daughter Barbara Bush gives birth to baby girl
Former first daughter Barbara Bush has given birth to her first child, a baby girl. Cora Georgia Coyne was born Monday in Maine, not far from the family's Walker Point compound in Kennebunkport, former President George W. Bush said in a statement Tuesday. Bush, 39, married screenwriter Craig Coyne at the Maine compound in October 2018.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump summoned a young press aide to his Air Force One cabin so he could look at her butt, new book says
Stephanie Grisham says Trump took an inappropriate liking to one of his young press staffers. Stephanie Grisham, a former longtime top White House staffer, writes in her forthcoming memoir that President Donald Trump took an inappropriate liking to one of his young staffers, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The book, a copy of which The Post obtained, says Trump became "obsessed" with a young press staffer whom Grisham didn't name.
HealthThe Daily BeastAnti-Vax Hospital Workers Dishonor This Nurse’s Dying Wish
As some healthcare workers balk at taking an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine with fewer known side effects than eating Chicken McNuggets, we should remember and honor the thousands of frontline heroes who died risking their lives to save others. “Deanna's dying wish was that everyone get vaccinated so we can protect our loved ones from COVID-19,” the daughter, Kelseyleigh Hepler, wrote. Deanna had made sure that she got the vaccine as soon as it became available, and her husband and daughter and two sons did the same.
U.S.Associated PressIn Murdaugh family scandal, tiny South Carolina town shaken
Ask any of the 2,600 residents in this South Carolina town whether they know Alex Murdaugh, and you'll probably get a quick nod. Ask them to tell you about Murdaugh, though, and you'll get a firm head shake, followed by: “You're not going to quote me, are you?” No one wants to talk about the influential lawyer whose wife and son were killed and who's now accused in a string of controversies — at least, not in the open. For the past century, the Murdaughs have steered much of the legal world in this remote corner of South Carolina — north of Savannah, Georgia, and far from the interstate or just about anything else.
BusinessConde Nast TravelerOcean's 14: Latest Macau Heist Nets $258 Million
Didn't someone make a movie about this? It's a thought that must've occurred to someone at the last Thursday, when officials woke to find a $258 million hole in their accounts. Adding insult to injury, the heist was the second such super-sized robbery in 18 months: In April 2014, a single inside operator made off with a staggering $1.3 billion from the Kimren Group (a gambling junket).
U.S.National ReviewPsaki Responds to Obama’s Claim That Open Borders Policy Is ‘Unsustainable’
White House press secretary Jen Psaki insisted that the U.S. border is not open during a Tuesday press conference, after former President Obama called the prospect of open borders “unsustainable. Immigration is tough. It always has been because, on the one hand, I think we are naturally a people that wants to help others,” Obama told ABC's Good Morning America in an interview which aired Tuesday morning.
U.S.Associated PressTexas inmate executed for fatally stabbing 2 brothers
He was condemned for the September 1991 killings of Charles Allen, 31, and Bradley Allen, 33. The brothers were killed less than a day after Rhoades had been released on parole after serving a sentence for burglary. Rhoades, strapped to the death chamber gurney, turned his head and looked briefly at relatives of his victims as they walked to a window in a witness area a few feet from him.
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Visitors thrilled by displays, planes at China airshow
Military drone among Chinese warplanes, missiles and other weapons technology shown in public for the first time at China's biggest air show
U.S.INSIDERBrian Laundrie's family called the police after Dog the Bounty Hunter showed up on their property
Brian Laundrie's parents called the police on Dog the Bounty Hunter over the weekend. The North Port Police Department responded to a 911 call from the family on the matter, police said. Brian Laundrie's parents called the police on Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman after he showed up at their Florida home over the weekend, police confirmed to Insider Monday.
BusinessReutersU.S. says Chinese government blocking Boeing airplane purchases
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday the Chinese government was preventing its domestic airlines from buying "tens of billions of dollars" of U.S.-manufactured Boeing Co airplanes. Raimondo said that China was not abiding by commitments to buy U.S. goods it made in 2020 as part of a trade deal with the previous administration. "I don't know if Boeing is here.
U.S.HuffPost'Gaslighting' GOP Governor Ripped For Hypocrisy After Getting Caught In Scandal
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is being ripped on social media for her unusual defense of allegations she abused her power by using her office to help a daughter get a real estate appraisal license from a state agency. She didn't address the allegation but instead claimed it was an attack on her “children. The Associated Press on Monday reported that Noem hauled multiple state officials into a meeting with herself and daughter Kassidy Peters, then 26, when it seemed she was going to be denied the license.
WorldThe TelegraphElizabeth I versus Mary Queen of Scots: the royal letter that rewrites history
Sometimes you just hit lucky. In 2010, six years after I finished my biography of Mary, Queen of Scots, Sotheby's invited me to examine a cache of Elizabeth I documents that they were offering for sale. Intrigued, I paid a visit to New Bond Street, where, breathtakingly, 43 documents in pristine condition – more than half signed by Elizabeth or her leading courtiers – were laid before me.
BusinessReutersUnpaid by Evergrande, supplier sells Porsche and home to rescue his business
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) -Guo Hui, whose cleaning business is owed 20 million yuan ($3.1 million) by embattled real estate giant China Evergrande, is counting on the government to fix a crisis that has left his own company on the brink of bankruptcy. "We've reached out to those in charge but they either say they have no money or don't know when they can settle the payments," Guo said from his office at the back of a building in a street in Guangzhou's Tianhe district that is lively with small restaurants and stalls. His case is typical of countless suppliers left on the hook by China Evergrande, based in nearby Shenzhen, which was the country's top-selling property developer before running short of cash this summer under the weight of $305 billion in debt.
BusinessBusiness InsiderElon Musk says he's sending Jeff Bezos a silver medal and a 'giant statue' of the number 2 after surpassing him again to become the world's richest person
Elon Musk has again passed Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest person. Elon Musk has taken a jab at Jeff Bezos after toppling him to become the world's richest person again. On Monday, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became the third person in the world to ever be worth $200 billion, according to Forbes.
PoliticsSheKnowsMelania Trump's Reported Reaction to Leaving the White House Suggests She Really Did Care After All
Former first lady Melania Trump of the infamous “I don't really care do u?” jacket has been dogged with rumors that she never enjoyed the White House life since before she even moved her bags to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave — in fact, her failure to pack up and move herself and son Barron Trump to Washington, D.C. until June of 2017 was read as the first steadfast sign that she wanted nothing to do with Donald Trump's new political life. Per Woodward and Costa, Melania was seen holding back tears as she and former president Trump made their White House goodbyes — and since for years, we've been hearing that Melania really hated D.C. and wanted out and didn't sign up for this, it was fairly surprising to see how different her experience might have been after all.
WorldReutersThe Taliban vowed no revenge. One Afghan family tells a different story
When the Taliban won back control of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar last month, they set out to settle a score with an old foe. As they searched for prominent local politician Ajmal Omar - who had helped drive the militants out of a Nangarhar district a year earlier and tried to dissuade young Afghans from joining them - Taliban members detonated explosives at his ancestral home. They also looted gold and cars, and detained and whipped several of his relatives to try and establish his whereabouts.
U.S.Washington ExaminerWoman arrested after being found naked in back seat of Jeep at Florida car dealership: Police report
A Florida woman was arrested after a customer found her naked in the back seat of a Jeep Wrangler at a car dealership, according to police. A customer at a Toyota dealership on Pensacola Boulevard in Pensacola, Florida, reported to a sales associate that a woman, identified as 37-year-old Alexis King, was in the back of the Jeep without any clothes in the sales lot, according to the arrest report. A manager at the dealership told police he approached the Jeep and found King "naked, with her legs spread wide open," according to the arrest report.
U.S.Miami HeraldUnderwater Utah ghost town hidden for 64 years is uncovered by drought. Take a look
In the 1950s the town of Rockport was home to nearly 27 families, according to the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation. Come present day, the Rockport Reservoir isn't so much of a lake anymore — with extreme weather conditions bringing the water to “about a quarter of its total capacity,” the Weather Network reported. “It's kind of sad, because of the drought conditions, but it's a cool little glimmer to look back and see what was there,” said Utah Division of State Parks spokesman, Devan Chavez, the Salt Lake City Tribune reported.
BusinessReutersLucid to start deliveries of electric cars with range exceeding Tesla's in October
Lucid Group Inc said on Tuesday it will start delivering its luxury electric sedans with a Tesla-beating driving range in late October, in a major challenge to the market leader whose sales of premium models have stagnated. The California-based startup began production of its long-delayed Lucid Air cars at its Arizona factory on Tuesday. Lucid Group's CEO, Peter Rawlinson, who had overseen Tesla's Model S development before he left the company in 2012, faces tasks similar to those of Tesla in its early days, including how to address manufacturing challenges and scale up production.
“It wouldn’t take much of an annual wealth tax to rescue the retirement system.”
“Privatizing Social Security — or at least letting individuals opt-out so they can escape the sinking ship — would be a huge win.”
“Congress could save hundreds of billions of dollars by modestly paring back the benefit formula for future wealthy retirees.”
“Raising the retirement age reduces the number of beneficiaries, thereby reducing the costs of the program.”
“Social Security as we know it needs to be abolished and replaced with a better system.”