U.S.Yahoo NewsTrump indicted by New York grand jury in hush money case: Live updates
A New York grand jury investigating Donald Trump's role in a hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels has voted to indict him, making Trump the first president — current or former — ever to be charged with a crime.
U.S.Yahoo NewsAlvin Bragg, the progressive prosecutor who could take down Donald Trump
“The Anointed One”: That was how the Harvard Crimson titled its 1995 profile of Alvin L. Bragg Jr., then a graduating senior at the college. Harvard was full of ambitious young people, but Bragg seemed destined for something exceptional.
U.S.Yahoo NewsTrump likely to appear before New York judge next week, source says
Donald Trump is not expected to appear before a New York City judge until sometime next week, when he will be escorted into the courtroom under heightened security procedures that are still being worked out, according to a source familiar with some of the discussions about the matter.
PoliticsHuffPostStormy Daniels Tweets 2-Word Response About Trump’s Indictment
The porn star was paid hush money by the former president a month before the 2016 election to keep her from speaking out about their alleged affair.
PoliticsUSA TODAYA Donald Trump mugshot? Fingerprints? What happens next after Trump indictment
Donald Trump's indictment raises a wide array of logistical issues, including how he will be taken into custody and what happens after that.
U.S.INSIDERLauren Boebert, whose teen son got his girlfriend pregnant, says she doesn't want to 'nitpick what the Bible says is right and wrong'
"Obviously, I'm a Christian, and there are standards that we like to uphold, but none of us do it perfectly," Boebert told Dave Rubin, a podcast host.
U.S.NextSharkTeen disqualified from Pokémon tournament for laughing upon being asked his pronouns
A teenage player was disqualified from a Pokémon Trading Card Game tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina, after an exchange with a judge regarding his preferred pronouns. Makani Tran, who took time off school and spent $800 to participate in the tournament, was brought to tears when the head judge told him he was disqualified from the event due to allegedly violating their inclusion policy by making someone feel unsafe and uncomfortable. On our way over to the stream area, the judge asked us for our preferred pronouns.
EntertainmentINSIDERChris Pratt says he 'totally gets' backlash over his casting in 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' as he knows 'there's a passionate fan base'
The actor was subjected to backlash when it was announced that he would be voicing the beloved Italian plumber in the new upcoming animated movie.
EntertainmentINSIDERJennifer Aniston's viral comments about Gen Z finding 'Friends' offensive are stirring up a heated debate about the show's divisive style of comedy
Jennifer Aniston said young people watching "Friends" find it offensive, leading many to share thoughts on the show's divisive storylines and lack of diversity.
U.S.Yahoo NewsParents plead for their kids' return after children taken into custody during traffic stop
A Georgia mother and father say they are grappling with “indescribable pain” of losing custody of their five children — ages 7, 6, 3, 2 and 4 months — after a traffic stop by the Tennessee Highway Patrol that civil rights organizations have called “targeted.”
SportsINSIDER17 photos of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge making other players look tiny
Aaron Judge is a large person, even among his fellow athletes. At 6-7, 285 pounds, he is the largest non-pitcher in MLB history.
HealthINSIDERThe CDC is begging you (again) to stop eating raw cookie dough amid a new multistate Salmonella outbreak that has hospitalized 3 people
The CDC warned that even a small amount of uncooked dough or batter can make you or your child sick with bacteria like Salmonella.
U.S.INSIDERWild video shows Florida police officers wrangling a huge alligator in the middle of the street
Tampa Police were able to safely secure the "growling gator" before the reptile was taken to "find a more suitable home."
PoliticsINSIDERA timeline of Donald Trump's three marriages, numerous rumored affairs, and sexual misconduct allegations
Adult film star Stormy Daniels offered a two-word response to the news that a grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump: "Thank you".
LifestyleINSIDERI heal my inner child by buying myself children's toys because as a transgender person, I wasn't able to express my true gender growing up
Rosen Pitman-Wallace buys toy cars, plays Pokémon, and watches cartoons to heal the inner boy they never got to be growing up.
WorldYahoo FinancePutin’s getting nervous about Russia’s sinking economy
Russia's arrest of a journalist who detailed its economic woes is an act of desperation—and probably not the last one.
HealthYahoo LifeJournalist Jenna Wolfe, 49, had a hysterectomy after testing positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation. Here's what experts want you to know.
The former NBC News anchor says she has two more surgeries to do following her hysterectomy.
BusinessEngadgetVirgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations
Weeks after implementing a company-wide furlough, struggling space launch company Virgin Orbit officially calls it quits.
BusinessAutoblogPolestar 3 gets ready for release, with cheaper, U.S. built, tax-credit-eligible version coming
Swedish EV-maker Polestar (PSNY) is inching ever closer towards its big release of the Polestar 3 SUV. Suffice to say the Polestar 3 will for Polestar — backed by Volvo and China’s Geely (0175.HK) — be the biggest product release in its history, as it takes on a growing field of EV SUV competitors like the Tesla (TSLA) Model X, Mercedes (MBG.DE) EQS SUV, and BMW (BMW.DE) iX. Polestar will begin global production of the SUV at the Volvo plant in Chengdu, China, starting in mid-2023 but then switch production for North America and other markets starting in mid-2024 out of Volvo’s plant in Ridgeville, S.C. Polestar’s other cars have been built in China, which is all part of the “asset-light” business model that Polestar is employing to build cars at existing plants owned by Volvo and Geely.
U.S.Yahoo NewsHow a judge's visit to Stanford has changed the debate over free speech on campus
A confrontation this month between a conservative judge and left-wing students at Stanford Law School may mark a turning point in the free speech debate, according to a prominent legal writer and analyst who has covered the controversy closely.
BusinessTechCrunchAmbani bats for cricket glory as Disney scales back in India
Mukesh Ambani's Jio, the South Asian telecom powerhouse, has long sought to entice its customer base with a plethora of services aimed at boosting subscriber retention. Despite amassing over 425 million customers and claiming the mantle of India’s top network provider—due in large part to its aggressively competitive data pricing—Jio's array of additional services has yet to gain significant traction. With the highly anticipated Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament starting later today, Ambani is eyeing this as the perfect opportunity to revamp Jio's service adoption strategy even as the firm recognizes that cricket streaming will not turn a profit for several years.
HealthYahoo Canada StyleIt didn't make sense; it still doesn't make sense': Ontario Family warns of Strep A symptoms after toddler dies
Two-year-old Nevaeh Muley suddenly died of a Strep A bacterial infection after her siblings had a common cold. What are the symptoms of Strep A?
BusinessEngadgetAmazon's World Backup Day sale takes up to 67 percent off SSDs, memory and more
Amazon is having a large storage sale to commemorate World Backup Day with discounts of up to 67 percent on hard disks, memory cards, SSDs and more.
BusinessAutoblog2023 Honda Civic Type R hit with stop sale over seats
Honda issues a stop sale on certain units of the 2023 Civic Type R over a potentially faulty weld in the driver's seat that poses a safety risk.
PoliticsYahoo News'Republicans could be woke': A Black conservative from Chicago's South Side makes the case for ditching Democrats
Speaking to Yahoo News less than a week before the mayoral election, Devin R. Jones, a native South Sider who heads the Southside Republicans, said he believes Chicago has been governed by Democrats for far too long.
BusinessYahoo FinanceStocks rise as first quarter wraps up: Stock market news today
Stocks were higher Friday after some cooler-than-expected inflation data, as investors also eye the end of an eventful first quarter that has seen the S&P 500 gain nearly 5% while the Nasdaq 100 entered a new bull market.
BusinessAutoblog2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Review: The Corolla of crossovers
With a respected nameplate, extra room and available AWD, the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross has some appeal for Toyota buyers, but the competition is better.
BusinessEngadgetGoogle Bard is switching to a more 'capable' language model, CEO confirms
Updates to the experimental conversational AI service will come as soon as next week, Sundar Pichai confirms.
U.S.In The Know by YahooLGBTQ youth will be marching in all 50 states for autonomy in response to anti-trans legislature
International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual reminder for the world to focus on the lives of transgender people and the issues that they face.
U.S.Yahoo NewsFrom ‘freeing’ a killer whale to cheetahs coming back from extinction: Here are this week’s best feel-good stories
When the news cycle feels extra heavy, just remember there’s plenty of good stuff going on, too. Here's a roundup of some of this week’s most heartwarming stories from Yahoo partners.
BusinessTechCrunchGroupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO, names a new CEO... based in Czech Republic
The company today says it has 14 million active users, but almost consistently for the last decade, its financial position has been in a slow decline -- with stagnation in its core business model, little success in efforts to diversify, declining revenues and ongoing losses. The Chicago-based company, which today has a market cap of just $103 million (a drop of 99.4% from its public market debut), has appointed Dusan Senkypl, a current board member, as interim CEO. Before Groupon, Deshpande was an exec at Zappos for more than a decade, and after he took the Groupon job, he continued to be based out of Las Vegas.
BusinessYahoo FinanceIger firms up Disney strategy ahead of shareholder meeting as ESPN, Hulu futures loom
Recent details give a glimpse what the new Iger era looks like at Disney.
BusinessYahoo Finance CanadaFirst Home Savings Account goes into effect April 1, but banks aren't ready
Canadians will technically be allowed to open an FHSA starting Saturday, but the country's largest banks won't be offering the account to customers until later this year.
BusinessEngadgetThe Morning After: Midjourney shutters free trials of its AI image generator due to 'extraordinary' abuse
The biggest news stories this morning: Midjourney ends free trials of its AI image generator due to 'extraordinary' abuse, Microsoft explains how ads will happen in Bing's AI chatbot, Netflix is testing TV games that can use phones as controllers.
WorldYahoo NewsTerrorism threat level raised in Northern Ireland — and other international stories you may have missed
British intelligence service MI5 raised the terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland on Tuesday to “severe.” A fire at a migrant center in Mexico left 39 people dead. There was an outbreak of Marburg disease in Equatorial Guinea. Learn about these and other stories from around the world.
BusinessTechCrunchSmoakland is testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card
Well, you can't rely on any national institutions as your business partners. One of the major places that shows up is in payments and payment processing; even after recreational cannabis became legal in 21 states and decriminalized in another dozen or so, cannabis has become largely a cash business. Smoakland is currently beta-testing a loophole that lets its customers pay by credit card.
BusinessYahoo Finance'The key is participation' when it comes to retirement savings: Advisor
The best retirement savings strategy? Pick a good mutual fund and a top advisor.
WorldYahoo SportsFormer Olympic star Oscar Pistorius denied parole 10 years after killing girlfriend, can reapply in 2024
The South African Olympian and Paralympian maintains that he mistook Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder when he shot her on Valentine's Day in 2003.
BusinessEngadgetNVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 will reportedly cost $599
NVIDIA is said to be pricing the GeForce RTX 4070 at $599, or the same price as a 3070 Ti.
BusinessTechCrunchEV company Canoo agrees to $1.5M settlement with SEC
Electric vehicle startup Canoo has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a regulatory filing. The SEC began investigating Canoo in May 2021, just a few months after the company merged with special purpose acquisition company, Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. The investigation covered Hennessy's IPO and merger with Canoo, the startup's operations, business model, revenues, revenue strategy, customer agreements, earnings and more. It also delved into the departures of certain company officers, including co-founder and CEO Ulrich Kranz.
BusinessYahoo FinanceStricter EV tax credit rules kick in April 18: What it means for buyers
The Treasury Department on Friday finally issued guidance on the battery production and minerals sourcing requirements for federal EV tax credits for consumers, though the rules may create more chaos than clarity.
BusinessYahoo NewsUtah is the 1st state to limit kids’ access to social media. Experts break down FAQs about new law.
Utah has become the first state to pass legislation seeking to limit teenagers' access to social media sites last week. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said he signed the two bills in order to protect the state’s youth from the harmful effects of the platforms.
HealthIn The Know by YahooWoman visits the Louvre and gets emotional when she sees goddesses with her body type: ‘It really changes your perspective on yourself and what we consider “beautiful”‘
"I love this because sometimes I feel like my body isn't 'normal' but it's actually timeless" The post Woman visits the Louvre and gets emotional when she sees goddesses with her body type: ‘It really changes your perspective on yourself and what we consider “beautiful”‘ appeared first on In The Know.
NewsYahoo News UKInside Jacob Rees-Mogg's former family home as it goes on sale for £2.75m
The former family home of Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg in Hinton Blewett, Somerset, is up for sale.
BusinessEngadgetWaymo brings its fleet of new self-driving SUVs to Austin
Waymo is bringing a fleet of self-driving EVs to Austin to conduct tests of its driverless technology. The company is testing its new fifth-generation autonomous Jaguar SUVs all over the city, as an homage to the company’s first foray into driverless technology back in 2015. Waymo already offers self-driving taxi services in San Francisco and Phoenix.
“American workers are desperate for a break.”
“Workers will have more leisure but at the cost of less efficiency and a lower standard of living.”
“We have more important things to do now than spend our lives making a tiny group of very rich people even richer.”
“Some industries and deeply entrenched work cultures mean the four-day workweek may not be realistic for all employees.”
“While workers have spent the last 50 years steadily producing more and more, real wages have not risen at the same rate.”
