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New Orleans is bracing for a saltwater intrusion: Here's what we know
Officials in Louisiana are warning that saltwater coming up from the Gulf of Mexico could affect the availability of safe drinking water for millions of people along the Mississippi River.
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What to look for in the 2nd Republican presidential debate
No one has emerged as a major Republican alternative to Trump, who holds a commanding polling lead. The central question of the GOP race, increasingly, is whether Trump will even face a credible challenge at all.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Roasts Kevin McCarthy and His Sad “Boy Math”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used “boy math” to epically troll Kevin McCarthy over the looming Republican-created government shutdown.“Boy math” is a phrase used on social media to joke about the way heterosexual men stereotypically rationalize or misvalue numbers or prices. Some examples of boy math include “how 5’10” measures 6’,” “having a 70inch tv but no dining table,” and “being afraid of gold diggers when you only have 3 pairs of socks to your name.”Ocasio-Cortez joined the tre
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Fox News Crime Segment Ends in Humiliation for Brutally Roasted Reporter
A Fox News producer had his segment derailed by Seattle residents who challenged the network’s narrative that the city is a “progressive hellscape.”Johnny Belisario, an associate producer on Jesse Watters Primetime, was openly mocked during a segment about how crime and drugs have become expectations in Democratic cities, and that Seattle had become a dangerous place to live.“I’ve never seen any crime in Seattle. I’ve never seen any of it. I’ve seen fun and laughter, and laughter and fun,” one i
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‘What’s Next You Will Tweet About R Kelly?’| Some Fans Still Hate Deshaun Watson, But Are More Mad at LeBron James for Supporting Cleveland Browns QB On Social Media During NFL Game
LeBron James is catching some heat on social media after he tweeted out his support for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. James is one of […]
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3 questions for an expert on why the spike in child poverty is a policy choice
The new data is a reminder that “politics and public policy are a matter of life and death,” said author and former Senate aide Nikhil Goyal.
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Miami’s Jackson names new cardiac head to revive heart transplant center at hospital
The Miami Transplant Institute at Jackson Memorial has not done heart transplants since March, when the program was temporarily suspended after a complaint about patient deaths
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See Sofia Vergara’s transformation into one of Miami’s most ruthless drug kingpins
The ‘Modern Family’ star looks unrecognizable
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We asked Elon Musk's dad what he thought about the new book out on his son. He had a lot to say.
Errol Musk is mentioned over 120 times in the new Elon Musk biography — often in a negative light.
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How the looming government shutdown could affect you
From travel delays to limited food inspections, a government shutdown would touch millions of Americans.
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This Footnote on Trump Boasting About His Saudi Line of Credit Is Terrifying
Donald Trump argued that he didn’t fraudulently inflate the value of his real estate holdings because he could sell them to Saudi buyers at any price he chooses.The revelation comes in one small footnote in a ruling Tuesday that Trump and his company had committed business fraud for years. The lawsuit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, found that Trump had dramatically inflated his net worth, by as much as $3.6 billion in one year. She accused Trump of lying about the value of
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Mary Trump Brilliantly Drags Her Uncle After New York Fraud Ruling
Mary Trump marked her uncle Donald Trump being found liable for fraud by listing all of his historic accomplishments.New York state Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump had committed business fraud and ordered all his New York business certificates be canceled. This makes it nearly impossible to do business in New York and could effectively kill the Trump Organization as it exists today.Mary Trump, who has contributed to The New Republic, took to X (formerly Twitter
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The Judge Who Wants to Drag Us Back to the Victorian Era
From the federal bench in Amarillo, Texas, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk laid another plank last week in the expanding Christian nationalist platform for the United States, in a ruling favoring a public university president who banned a drag show organized by a campus LGBTQ student group. In this court order, the latest twist in a case filed in March by Spectrum WT, a student organization at West Texas A&M University, Kacsmaryk denied the group’s request to restrain the school’s president and his admi
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Formerly incarcerated women on TikTok reveal they weren't allowed to wear contact lenses in prison: 'This is insane'
"On my first day of prison, the officer was like, 'Raise your hand if anybody has contacts in their eyes.'"
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Stocks seesaw as yields continue climb, oil hits fresh highs: Stock market news today
The stock gains came in spite of a continued rise in the price of oil and an uptick in Treasury yields.
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The Batmobile took a different approach in the latest Batman movie
The team behind the latest Batmobile detailed its design process, including creating a from-scratch vehicle with cinematic elements and a big block LS.
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2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid joins Nightshade brigade
2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid gets all the extra black bits as on the Corolla, but black wheels, not bronze.
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Baristas film viral plea to Starbucks regarding dome lids for tall drinks: ‘They don’t work’
"If you see your local baristas struggling, it’s the dome lids."
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FTC to revive fight against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
The challenge is the last major hurdle keeping Microsoft from putting the deal in its rearview mirror.
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Oil jumps to 2023 highs amid low tank levels at US storage hub
A major crude storage hub in the US is running low on stockpiles at a time when world markets are feeling a supply squeeze.
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Sources: Palo Alto Networks in advanced talks to buy Talon and Dig in a $1B security sweep
Palo Alto Networks' stock price has been on the rise on the back of strong earnings and growing demand for cybersecurity services, and now the company is using that momentum to do a little shopping. TechCrunch has confirmed with multiple sources that Palo Alto is in advanced negotiations to buy not one, but two, security startups out of Israel for around $1 billion altogether to expand its portfolio of services. Specifically, it is looking at Talon Cyber Security -- which has developed an ente
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The Senate released its 79-page plan to avoid a shutdown. Here's what's in it.
On Tuesday evening, the Senate released a deal that is likely to be the last chance to avert a government shutdown before this weekend.
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Mistral AI makes its first large language model free for everyone
The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground. Mistral, a French AI startup that raised a huge seed round in June, has just taken the wraps off its first model, which it claims outperforms others of its size — and it's totally free to use without restrictions. The Mistral 7B model is available today for download by various means, including a 13.4-gigabyte torrent (with a few hundred seeders
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Disney+ is getting strict about password sharing, starting in Canada
Disney+ sent an email to users in Canada notifying them of updates to the Subscriber Agreement, which now specifies that members cannot share accounts with anyone outside their households.
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EV boat startup Arc wades into watersports with $70M in fresh funding
Arc is making a splash with investors as it wraps up deliveries of its limited edition $300,000 electric boat and eyes its next target: watersports. The Los Angeles-based electric boat startup, which designed, built and has now delivered a limited edition run of the Arc One, recently raised $70 million in a Series B round from a bevy of returning investors, including Eclipse, Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital and Abstract Ventures. New investor Menlo Ventures — specifically long-time pa
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Amazon Health: A long play and a search for partners
Amazon Pharmacy is just one of the segments of health that the e-retail giant is pursuing.
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Everything announced at Meta Connect: Quest 3 release date, smart glasses and Meta AI
Meta showed off two new devices at Connect today: the Meta Quest 3 and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. It also announced some AI-focused updates.
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BofA CEO Moynihan: Fed 'has won' in quest for soft landing
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says the Federal Reserve “has won” against inflation, but pressures like the strength of the US consumer may keep interest rates higher for longer.
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UAW's Fain to expand strike on Friday if no progress; Trump to visit after Biden
There's plenty of news is coming out of Detroit as the United Auto Workers (UAW) stand-up strikes enter their 13th day.
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DOJ says eBay sold thousands of illegal, poisonous, and polluting products
The Department of Justice raked eBay over the proverbial coals today, accusing the online retailer of "unlawfully selling and distributing hundreds of thousands" of products that threaten the environment and public health. In a statement on Wednesday, the DOJ said it's suing eBay for distributing restricted and mislabeled pesticides, defeat devices that mess with vehicles' emissions controls, and paint thinners that contain methylene chloride. The agency's lawsuit alleges that eBay did so in v
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This startup wants to verify your ID without storing your personal data
As government and banking services move away from verifying identities in the real world, moving toward online ID verification, several companies have entered the market to solve this problem. ShareID spokesperson Eliana Daboul described the company in an email as “an Authentication-as-a-Service solution tied to government-issued IDs.” The twist is that, unlike other similar companies, ShareID claims it doesn’t store any personal data.
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Amazon’s $4 billion splash into the AI wars
Amazon's $4 billion investment into Anthropic is all about keeping up with the AI wars.
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Record number of Canadians using food banks: 'Incomes ... not keeping pace with that high cost of living'
Food Banks Canada released their first national poverty report card this week. Across Canada, food banks are struggling to meet increased demand.
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Generative AI image editing is coming to Instagram
At its Connect event, Meta revealed new AI image editing and sticker-creation features for Instagram.
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There's a 90% chance of a government shutdown: Goldman Sachs
Goldman’s economists predict a shutdown would subtract 0.2 percentage points from the fourth quarter’s gross domestic product (GDP) for each week it lasts.
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US lawmakers push Ford to hand over documents on battery deal with China's CATL
Ford may have paused its plans to build a $3.5 billion EV battery factory with CATL, but it hasn't relieved pressure from Republican U.S. lawmakers who are investigating the automaker's agreement with the Chinese company. The probe, which was launched in July by two House committees, centers on Ford’s efforts to put CATL’s battery cell technology to use at its now paused battery cell plant in Marshall, Michigan. Republican House of Representative members Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, who chairs
3 min read - BusinessAutoblog
2024 Kia EV9 three-row EV SUV pricing revealed: from the mid-$50s
Kia has announced the base price of its 2024 EV9 three-row electric crossover. Ready for a rear-wheel drive family hauler with electric power?
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Former Tinder CEO's startup to fight loneliness with AI chatbot gets backing by Sequoia
Former Tinder CEO Renate Nyborg's startup Meeno, which aims to fight loneliness through an AI-powered chatbot, announced that it has raised a $3.9 million seed round led by Sequoia. Apart from Sequoia, Andrew Ng’s AI Fund and NEA participated in the seed round. Meeno listed several angel investors at that time, including Megan Jones Bell (clinical director of Mental Health, Google), Jim Lanzone (the CEO of Yahoo, TechCrunch's parent company), Eileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), André Heinz, Pet
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The coastal village where fed-up residents have voted to ban second homes
One in four properties in Burnham Market, which has a population of 724, is estimated to be a second home.
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Government shutdowns usually cause trouble at airports. This time could be worse.
Airports most directly feel the impact in any government shutdown. This time around, the risks for travelers and the airline industry are even higher as a deadline to reauthorize the FAA coincides with the shutdown.
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The US electrical grid is in desperate need of upgrades, watchdog warns
In a new report, the SAFE Grid Security Project warns the US grid faces increasing risks from extreme weather, cyberattacks, and inadequate infrastructure as energy demands grow more complex.
2 min read - BusinessAutoblog
Aston Martin Valhalla hypercar progress report: F1 tech, 998 horsepower
Aston Martin says its F1 efforts have contributed to the development of its forthcoming Valhalla hypercar, now with nearly 1,000 horsepower.
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Sleep disorders can make life very tricky. Here's what parasomnias are — and how to treat them.
Experts explain what parasomnias are and treatment options.
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Jim Jordan fires back at Fani Willis’s ‘hostile response’ to House probe
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Wednesday fired back at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) for her “hostile response” to his request to turn over documents related to her prosecution of former President Trump. In a letter dated Wednesday, Jordan said that Willis’s response to his request only “reinforces the Committee’s…
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In 1971, a mysterious hijacker parachuted out of a plane with $200,000 and vanished. This man is suing the FBI to get potential new clues
The tale of D.B. Cooper, who leaped out of a hijacked plane with $200,000 in 1971 and disappeared, is the stuff of legend. But one man believes DNA testing could offer some new clues.
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Will the Trumps lose their homes? NY judge who dissolved Trump Org is cryptic at a tense hearing
"Maybe Don Jr.'s or Eric's residence?" a Trump lawyer on Wednesday asked the judge who just ordered Trump Organization be sold off. "Are those covered?"
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