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Gov. Murphy and other New Jersey Democrats call on Sen. Menendez to resign over bribery charges
Democratic officials in New Jersey wasted little time Friday in calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following his indictment earlier in the day on allegations that he and his wife had accepted bribes from three New Jersey businessmen.
4 min read - HealthYahoo News
3 questions for the CDC about how COVID-19 is still transforming our lives
The CDC's deputy director spoke to Yahoo News about how Americans should think about, and respond to, the current coronavirus mini-surge.
4 min read - PoliticsYahoo News
Trump legal news brief: Judge to rule on Letitia James's summary judgment request — or whether to dismiss Trump case altogether
A New York judge hears dueling arguments Friday on whether to find former President Donald Trump, his adult sons and his business liable for financial fraud, as well as whether to dismiss the case outright.
41 min read - BusinessYahoo News
The UAW strike and electric cars: Does Trump have a new wedge issue?
Former President Donald Trump will give a speech to autoworkers in Detroit next Wednesday, and he is expected to attack President Biden’s policies promoting a transition to electric cars.
4 min read - USYahoo News
Read the indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., his wife and three associates have been charged by federal prosecutors with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for the U.S. senator’s influence.
1 min read - PoliticsYahoo TV
Katie Couric ended Sarah Palin's vice presidential hopes on this day in 2008
Palin's rising star was brought back to Earth after her sit-down with Couric.
7 min read - WorldYahoo News Canada
'Utterly repulsive': Canadians divided on Justin Trudeau's $650M aid to Ukraine
Canada has pledged a multi-year commitment in supporting Ukraine amid its war with Russia.
4 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Retirement investors are finally getting good returns from the 'safest assets in the world'
Cash investments are seeing some of the largest yields in more than decade.
5 min read - BusinessAutoblog
Honda's first production V8 sadly wasn't designed for a sports car
The first commercially-available Honda V8 is a 5.0-liter unit called BF350 and designed for 25-plus-foot boats. It develops 350 horsepower.
2 min read - TechnologyEngadget
How to use StandBy mode on your lock screen in iOS 17
Apple’s new StandBy mode that accompanied iOS 17 lets you use your phone’s lock screen in a number of unique ways. Here’s how to do just that.
3 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Student loans: 'Higher education is worth it but not the loans,' expert says
Americans owe over $1.7 trillion in federal student loan debt with a million borrowers defaulting every year.
3 min read - TechnologyYahoo Finance
Q&A: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke talks AI, supercharging productivity, and the future of software
"The world has opened up around us," GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke told Yahoo Finance about AI.
7 min read - PoliticsYahoo Finance
Lawmakers are pushing ideas to end government shutdowns forever
One area of agreement in Washington as it heads toward a possible shutdown is that these regular government stoppages are a pattern worth trying to break.
6 min read - USYahoo News UK
Chris Kaba: Everything that has happened since armed police officer charged with murder
What has happened after the decision to charge an armed police officer with the murder of Chris Kaba in London in September 2022.
5 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Elon Musk threatens to charge for X, OpenAI launches DALL-E 3 and Cisco acquires Splunk
This week was as newsy as any other, what with Elon Musk threatening to charge all X (formerly Twitter) users a fee, OpenAI launching DALL-E 3 and Cisco acquiring Splunk in a deal worth $28 billion. Elsewhere, outgoing TC editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino published his iPhone 15 review, Apple released iOS 17, Y Combinator got defensive and Microsoft researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of data.
5 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Return-to-office mandates could be detrimental to working mothers
The labor force participation rate for women with children under 5 is at an all-time high of 70.4% — for now.
7 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Factoring time into your investments
Regardless of if you’re trading for the short term or investing for the long term, making money in the stock market is a process. And processes involve time.
9 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Despite the ups and downs of the fintech space, people still really care about it
Last week, our team was at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, which featured a dedicated fintech stage for the first time (!) and dozens of Battlefield 200 companies in the fintech space. One-on-one chats on the fintech stage included Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev, Plaid founder Zach Perret, Checkout.com president and COO Céline Dufétel. Calley Means and Justin Mares started the payment integration company last year to make it easy for consumers to pay for healthy food, exercise and supplement
5 min read - USEngadget
Hitting the Books: Beware the Tech Bro who comes bearing gifts
In 'Optimal Illusions' UC Berkeley applied mathematician Coco Krumme explores our historical fascination with process optimization and how that pursuit has led to unintended is in the systems we're streamlining.
14 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Labor strikes, inflation and Nike earnings: What to know this week
A stacked calendar with inflation data and updates on several macro economic headwinds awaits investors in the week ahead.
8 min read - NewsYahoo News UK
Is 'Ukraine fatigue' creeping in?
Amid a bitter row with Poland and questions over military aid, is 'Ukraine fatigue' creeping in?
5 min read - USBBC
Woman's body found in jaws of 13ft Florida alligator identified
A witness raised the alarm after seeing the large animal clutching human remains in a canal.
2 min read - WorldBusiness Insider
A Russian reserve army of 15,000 soldiers is pinned down near Bakhmut and will be destroyed, says Ukraine's spy chief
Ukraine's spy chief said Russia's 25th Army, which was deployed earlier than planned, will be buried where they are fighting.
2 min read - HealthINSIDER
A hospital chaplain reveals the two things people worry about on their deathbeds
Chaplain Joon Park is present at every death at the Florida hospital where he works, to counsel people in their last moments.
3 min read - WorldBBC
Simone Biles: Olympic champion responds to viral video of black girl not given medal
The Olympic champion says "there is no room for racism in sport" after footage from Ireland went viral.
2 min read - USFox News
'Sugar Bear' pimp known for torturing prostitutes pleads guilty after shocking find in freezer: feds
Somori Moses, 47, will face 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Leondra Foster in 2017 and sex trafficking eight other women, prosecutors said.
5 min read - PoliticsSheKnows
Donald Trump Claims There Was Only One Reason Why Melania Wasn’t on the Cover of Vogue
Remember back in Trump’s term as President, when people were split on former First Lady Melania Trump not being on the cover of Vogue, despite being the First Lady at the time and a former model? Well, former US President Donald Trump recently claimed that she didn’t care that she wasn’t on the cover (despite …
3 min read - PoliticsSheKnows
Ted Cruz Claims This Is Who He Thinks Is the ‘Most Likely & Most Dangerous’ Candidate to Replace Joe Biden
Because 2023 is just full of surprises, we’re getting another shocking opinion from an unlikely political figure. This time around, former Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is now talking about the upcoming election, specifically who he thinks will “most likely” become US President Joe Biden’s successor. During a new episode of his podcast entitled Verdict with …
2 min read - BusinessMotley Fool
OPEC Just Did Social Security Retirees a Huge Favor
If you're a retiree collecting Social Security, you probably know that one of the most important days of the year is just around the corner. The Social Security Administration (SSA) announces the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) every year in mid-October. The COLA is the amount by which your Social Security checks will increase next year, and the size of the increase is based on a specific inflation rate, the CPI-W, or the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.
4 min read - WorldBusiness Insider
A video appearing to show a Russian Lancet drone striking a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter at its base suggests the small drones can now hit targets far further away
Previous versions of the drone had a range of around 25 miles, weighed around 35 lbs, and could cruise at about 70 mph, Forbes reported.
2 min read - USAdvnture
Clueless Yellowstone tourist escorted away after challenging bull elk to a fight
Bringing an elk call to a National Park is never a good idea, particularly during the rut
2 min read - HealthFort Worth Star-Telegram
Obese and facing diabetes, Southlake man shed 100 pounds in months. Here’s his message
“I was amazed at how many calories I was likely taking in per day.”
7 min read - PoliticsThe Wrap
Former Trump Adviser Calls Cassidy Hutchinson and Other Female White House Aides ‘Pimp Ladies’
Peter Navarro went on a bizarre rant against several women he worked with in the West Wing The post Former Trump Adviser Calls Cassidy Hutchinson and Other Female White House Aides ‘Pimp Ladies’ appeared first on TheWrap.
2 min read - USINSIDER
A woman bought a lighthouse in Ohio for $71,000 and has spent over $300,000 on a decade-long renovation
In 2011, Sheila Consaul purchased a 1920s lighthouse as part of a government scheme and has spent more than 10 years renovating it.
5 min read - ScienceThe Cool Down
Scientists sound alarm over ‘unheard of’ ocean conditions: ‘We could see mass mortality’
"It will go unnoticed."
3 min read - USCNN
Operator of bus involved in fatal New York crash was listed by the state as an ‘unacceptable operator’ after failing several safety inspections
The transportation company that owns the bus involved in a fatal crash in New York this week while bringing high school students to a band camp was listed as an “unacceptable operator” by the state after failing several safety inspections since 2022.
3 min read - USLive Science
See the 'amazing' facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age woman discovered crouching in a 4,200-year-old grave
The skeletal remains of the 'Upper Largie Woman' were found in a quarry in Scotland. Now, scientists have reconstructed the Bronze Age woman's face.
4 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
New satellite image of Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ after strike posted online
A new satellite image of the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters after the missile attack on 22 September has appeared online; there is no more smoke in the photo and the aftermath of the attack is clearly visible.
1 min read - BusinessMoneywise
‘A natural desire to diversify': Janet Yellen says Americans should anticipate a decline in the USD as the world's reserve currency — what you need to know and how to prepare
Long live the greenback.
6 min read - USThe Cool Down
Shocking images show snowplows cleaning city streets after summer storm brings 12 inches of ice and snow
Residents of the city of were stunned when they got 12 inches of snow in August.
2 min read - USSouth Florida Sun Sentinel
Stunned by a Citizens Insurance ‘depopulation’ letter? Here’s what you need to know.
Tens of thousands of customers of state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are getting a stunning surprise in their mailboxes. It’s a letter from Citizens’ “Depopulation Unit” stating their policies have been assumed by a private-market company. Cause for celebration? Not if the private company’s estimated annual premium is higher than what the policyholder is paying Citizens. Delores ...
8 min read - ScienceAssociated Press
Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
Earlier forms, like the Neanderthals, were thought to be just steps along the path of evolution, who died out because we were better versions. Ancient DNA technology has revolutionized the way we study human history and has quickly taken off, with a constant stream of studies exploring the genes of long-ago people. For most of human history we shared the planet with other kinds of early humans, and those now-extinct groups were a lot like us.
7 min read - WorldThe Cool Down
At least 57 athletes fall seriously ill following world triathlon championship: ‘The swim should have been cancelled’
"The team will undertake an investigation of cases.”
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